fighting a ticket for running a stop sign 4660

I'd suggest calling the Clerk of Court and asking if you can speak to the DA before the trial and explain your case. He may dismiss it. Alternately, try to speak to the DA the morning of the trial. The last time I got a ticket, they lined everyone up early and asked how we were pleading. I plead not guilty. All the guilty people were told to go pay the fines. The innocent people were told to wait for their case to be called. At the first morning break, I was called over to the DA. My case involved a chain collision. I was charged with failure to stop to avoid a collision with a vehicle then stopped in the roadway. The DA said if I could prove my insurance paid for the car in front of me the charges would be dismissed. I did so and the charges were dismissed. Later I found out I could have handled this all before the trial. These days the police in my area don't even issue tickets for cases like mine. They just provide a police report and leave it up to the insurance companies to fight it out. BTW, the guy that hit me in the rear in the same chain got to pay for my rear end damage. I was not as smart as the guy in front of me. He claimed I pushed him into the car in front of him (a lie) and so I had to pay for the damage to both ends of his car, and the rear of the car in front of him. If I had been as dishonest, I could have just blamed it all on the car that hit me in the rear. On the other hand, I guess I was lucky. I was in a Jensen-Healey and was hit by a Pontiac Bonneville. The car in front of me was a crummy Toyota, that was leaking gas, but there was no fire. I drove away from the accident. They had to tow the Toyota away. The Pontiac drove away as well. The car in the very front was a Mazda. It drove away as well. The Toyota folded up like a cheap deck chair. Oh what a feeling.

Anyhow, the DA probably doesn't want to tie up court time with cases like yours. I'd say there is a good chance you could handle the whole thing before the big day.

Ed