My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: California
i got an speeding ticket on 4th of July, i was doing 97 on a 70 zone in I-5 (i was not doing 97, i was doing 92, but the office wrote that on the ticket), i was driving from seattle to california, the ticket was issued over redding, CA.
i moved to california a month ago, but i'm still 5 hours away from Redding, so i called several times, to see how to deal with this. i have requested for court trial, they send me a letter for this, i would like to get the ticket reduced by half [it's a $459] by pleading not guilty, but the written request for trial involves waiving the right to have a trial within 45 days. I'm also sending them the $459 bail.
if i lose , besides losing the bail, is there any other further consequence ? will i have to pay more money ? go to jail ?
the trial request says that "the maximum sentence is a fine and assessment of $380 though some may go as high as $950"
about the ticket circumstances, the officer did not hear my reasons , instead he was arrogant and did not understand that i was trying to get my sick parents to the hotel, this is the second ticket in 2 years . [the other one, i was doing 41 on a 35 zone] and i'm a good driver, and in fact i was just getting into the highway after stopping at a gas station, i was not driving like that for more than 1 minute.
thank you so much for any feedback you may have.
Kind regards,
Bruno

