My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Kansas.
Senario: It's 11 o'clock in the morning, and I'm leaving my highschool to go to another building, I'm pulling out of the parking lot, onto a small side road, where there are no cars in sight. As of right now, I can't remember if there is or isn't a stop sign there (I'll go back and check tomorrow), but I slowed down (still in second gear, I drive a stick so I didn't want to fully stop, shift to first, then take off again, I'm lazy I guess). So I'm slowing down, look both ways, then I pull out. About 100 ft later is a 4 way stop. I was the 3rd driver to the intersection so I completely stopped and waited for my go. As soon as I pulled through the intersection, sure enough, a cop is behind me.
I was issued a citation for Ordinance 12.04.080 :: "Driver's Failure to Stop Vehicle Before Emerging from Alley/Building/Private Roadway/Driveway". The cop told me I usually wouldn't have been required to show up in court, but of course (my luck) my insurance card expired on the first of Februrary. Now I have current insurance on the vehicle, but I guess I forgot to put it in my car. Because of that, is why I need to show up in court, and he said you can "take care" of the main citation as well.
Question: As I will already be requried to show up to court, is there a way out of the ticket? Or at least lessen the fine? I mean, according to a site I found, its a $121 ticket, and a moving violation. This is my first time ever being pulled over, I'm a great student, and usually always drive safely. This is not at all the way I imagined being first pulled over. People regularly peel out of our highschool parking lot, and it just is my luck that not making a full stop gets me busted. On top of that, will I have to pay another fine because I didn't have current insurance on me when I was pulled over even though the vehicle has been totally covered?
Finally: I guess I'm going to rant a little, but I am a great student, I have a 4.0! And there are kids in my school who deal drugs daily, and do stuff far more illegal than a (practically) harmless rolling stop, and yet our tax payer dollars (yes I do pay taxes as a kid in highschool), go towards busting me for this. I was so sure I was just going to get a warning. I'm not at all a sketcky looking person, I was driving slow and carefully, I don't own a radar detector, and my music was barely on (playing Red Hot Chili Peppers as well). Hmm. As far as I'm concerned, this cop must have been pissed because when he pulled up my name, and it showed a perfectly clean record (granted I've only been driving for 2 years), he just had to be that guy and fine me practically a whole week of work (for me) for a freaking rolling stop. I'll throw in that I drive a burnt orange 350Z... A pretty flashy sportcar. All the more reason he pulled me over I'm sure. Plus, I really don't need any points on my license for such a harmless infraction.
Also!: My dad said because the actual citation doesn't mention stop signs, this is practically an ill-enforced citation. Read it carefully... if everytime you pulled out of your own driveway onto a street, even though theres no stop sign, your required (by this ordinance in Kansas) to fully stop. If this was fully enforced, every driver in Kansas would have a ticket. Is this at all a good arguement when I go to court?
Thanks for the help guys. I'm super nervous of my insurance sky rocketing because of this...

