There are two traffic courts. Try to be in the one for rich people.

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No conviction for a crime, so no to #1. And being a misdemeanor it would have been expunged quickly. My real concern was the possibility of the sentence being losing my license for 3 or 6 or 12 months, which was possible.

As to my driving record, all that shows is a speeding ticket. I had a clean record before and since and that speeding ticket has since rolled off my record.

Part of the reason I was so snarky with the cop was that I hadn't had a ticket for 10-15 years. (and none since then , either)

And if my car was not a 20-year-old piece of shit I would not have been pulled over. The cops in my town have a policy of pulling over shitty cars after dark, assuming they are driven by black people or immigrants.

If I had been respectful to the cop I probably would have gotten nothing but a warning, once four things were determined.

1) the car was not stolen
2) I was white
3) I was sober
4) I lived locally

But I didn't feel like playing the game that night. Just in a pissy mood.