[wasmussen]

I've been to a civilian court and army base court for traffic fines.

I was speeding years ago in my Javelin going 38 in a 25 neighborhood. My car idles at 32. They set theirselves on a downhill area. It was early morning on Saturday and no one out on the street or yards. I was coasting 38 by them downhill. I was nice to the cop of course and he was to me. No reason to be any other way. He dropped the speeding ticket to nine over to reduce it to ONE point. I went to court and the judge got tired of listening to all the excuses people were giving. He got to me after the officer told the judge what he observed and how polite I was. Besides being my first ticket ever-I told the judge I was going to work bagging groceries on the military base and didn't realize I was speeding. He said ..no points and court cost with a smile.

The military court involved reckless driving by my friend and I. Two others were driving right there with us doing the wreckless driving. To make a long story short we fought it and won due to the 2 MP's getting mixed up with the color of the cars and stop signs and on ways that were missing from their respective areas due to new signs that were to go up the following week.

Luck has nothing to do with either of these because we were polite and respectful.Good luck with your situation