Got a ticket for chirping the tires.

Lordy. Chirped the tires, got to 35 mph in 2nd and got a "careless driving" ticket tonight on Gatroit. The Ford explorer next to me passed me up too. It wasn't even an intentional thing to take off with speeding in mind. :confused: Really lame police around here. That's why my white collar butt will never support them. I guess I will get slicks so my tires don't make any noise. :rolleyes:

You were on Gratiot :rolleyes: and that's all that needs to be said.

You were on Gratiot :rolleyes: and that's all that needs to be said.

tell the judge you just bought the car, and it was a stick. You didnt really know how to shift it, i did that three different times in roseville.

worked each time ;)

I was going to say just pay the ticket, until I saw that careless driving.. You gotta fight to keep that off the record. Good luck.

I was going to say just pay the ticket, until I saw that careless driving.. You gotta fight to keep that off the record. Good luck.

:yes:

Do what you can to keep that off of your record.

The police are very strict on Gratiot to try and keep people from cruising too fast and mostly to earn a lot of revenue for the city. It's never good to have a careless driving on your record, if your record is decent then you have a chance of negotiating it down. 3 points can haunt you.

Don't drive with slicks either because they will give you another ticket for that.

I thought careless driving was 4 points. It would be worth $300 to an attorney to keep that one off your record. Fight it and make the cop show up in court.

Careless driving is a 3 point violation. I see too many of them for the most mundane driving.

The last one I got was 4 points back in the good ole days before crack and rap music. I already had 8 points on my record and that put me to 12, the magic number. I had to see some lady at the drivers license bureau and I remember handing her my license and leaving without it. You learn how to drive real cool when you lose you license for 30 days. The dumb part is I didnt even try to fight it. 21 years old and driving a 68 Dodge Coronet RT convertible 440 auto every day. The moral of the story is fight every ticket even if you have to borrow the money for an attorney.