Do I go to court to ask for leniency or pay the ticket?
Tl;dr a) pay ticket or B) go to court and hopefully get some money off.
Got stopped last night for an unregistered vehicle because it had expired back in April. I was utterly flabbergasted because I always pay my registration and I swear I had paid it.
A) pay the ticket
B) go to court and explain this is the first time in 22 years this is happened and maybe get a couple hundred bucks off. (They usually are pretty good with reducing if people show up to court)
Either way I’m completely fine paying it, I’m actually very happy he stopped because I genuinely had no idea. if I had gotten into an accident that would have been way more expensive then $600. I want to phone the detachment and thank him actually which I don’t know if that’s weird or not.
Edit: sorry! Forgot to add they usually send a letter in the mail as a reminder and i guess this year they decided to do emails because checked my email saying it had expired. I usually pay all my insurances beginning of year. So I guess it did slip my mind, and paid my insurance this morning!! Feel like a fool!