Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ View Post
This is a legit ticket and this law has been around for years, man. It is for traffic control. IIRC, you also can't make turns between 6am-9am. This is keep the flow of traffic on Peachtree St. moving. Also when the traffic is heavy on Peachtree and some numbnut tries to make a left at the last second and gets caught in the middle of the intersection because Peachtree is so backed up, it causes more back ups because there is a car blocking both sides. There are many streets in downtown that have that ordinance.

This should be a 3 point citation.

BUT! You may be ok. In August, I got a ticket in Dekalb County for disobeying traffic control device. I waited and went to court. The judge said that if you could pay the fine in its entirety THAT DAY, then he would reduce it to a city misdemeanor and the ticket would not appear on my MVR. So I did. Now there is NO record of me ever getting that ticket. That fine was $350.

Later, QD.
To add, and I'm not doing this to scare you, but a Class 2 Misdemeanor is an offense that can result in a punishment of up 6 months in jail and/or a $1,000 fine. Since you already know your fine is $198, then you have no worries on the jail part.

I would strongly advise that you wait til your court date and go down there as you may just save your points total from going up. And the chance that it won't even appear on your MVR. Later, QD.