Multiple Tickets with Careless Driving

[sdhoble]

My question involves a careless driving ticket from the State of: New Jersey

I took a wrong turn on a one-way street by mistake. I realized my mistake and turned onto a side street so I could get off the one-way street. A cop was behind me as soon as I took the turn on the side street. I was given five tickets :-

1. Wrong way on one way street (required court appearance)
2. Failure to stop - he claimed that I did not stop before turning on the one-way street. I'm sure I did.
3. Failure to signal - he claimed that I did not signal before turning on the one-way street. I did not signal.
4. Driving on private property to avoid a signal or traffic - He claimed that I was in fact taking a short-cut by driving onto the side street. I turned onto the side street so that me and the cop do not have to stand on the one-way street while he's giving me the ticket.
5. Careless driving.

This happened in broad daylight. Any ideas what could I use to contest these tickets. Should I go with an attorney to contest the tickets. Any help is much appreciated.

Thx

[Mr. Knowitall]

I would suggest working with a lawyer. I expect it will be possible to work out a deal that gets some of the tickets dismissed, but I don't expect that an officer who issued that many tickets is going to be saying nice things about you to the prosecutor.

[sdhoble]

Thanks for the reply. I've hired a traffic attorney to handle my case (paid $250 for fees, ouch!). My hearing is scheduled in September, will keep you posted on what happens.