Got a ticket, didnt to go to court!

Ok, so I got a ticket for running a stop sign in december and the cop also cited me for driving without a DL. (I kept my car) I went with what my dad told me.. to wait in the mail for something.. so i was like okay... i didnt know i needed to show up to court.. so i got a letter today with an arrest warrant and a $2500 bail fine.
-Going to court to talk to a judge tomorrow morning... any tips hints on how to approach this.. i'm gonna be honest with him and tell him its my first ticket and that i thought i needed to wait in the mail for something and that I had been caught up with school and all n that I havent driven the car ever since.. I am not working at the moment..

-I'm under the defferred action proccess and also under another one from parents to son. :S

If you read your yellow copy of your ticket you will read in the back that your to go to court if not a bench warrant will be issued , if you go tomorrow be prepare to pay or stay in jail

Damn man I hope this doesn't show on your background check and cause unnecessary complications.


Good luck

I didn't go to court either for a traffic violation (and no DL) and I got an arrest warrant but still got approved. Don't worry everything should be fine

So did you end up paying or what did you do?

of course you gotta pay it.

LOL you don't want to pay

Call a lawyer, man.

This happened to my dad, actually. He went online and paid the fine. Nobody came to arrest him. You could go online and see if you state allows tickets to be paid online. If so, pay it. Then go in tomorrow to the courthouse to see what is up.

People forget, it is not the end of the world. You are likely to just get a "failure to show up" fine. My father had to pay extra for that.

But this is NC, just throwing some ideas around.

did the ticket not have a court date? if it didn't that is the only way i can see you getting out of this clean other wise you will more likely end up paying the fine and at best community service. if i was you i would lawyer up