Alright, I'm sticking my head out there by asking advice from people who have had past experiences with a laying drag ticket. well.....here's the story, I was taking it sideways in my S13 in one of the Southern Poly parking lots. I had been doing it for about 2 weeks, I only took about 2 passes each time and I got the hell out of there. I was bound to get caught since I live on campus and all.....

I am 19 years old with 7 points on my liscence. I had just gotten my liscence back a few months ago from a 78 in a 55 and a 70 in a 45 almost a year and a half ago.

I did a search about this ticket and I came to the conclusion that this is a 3 point offense and about a $200-300 fine. I had recently received a notice for an appearance to court. Last time I got one, I lost my liscence, so I'm extremely paranoid that the information I had gathered is wrong and I need some further clarification on this. this is Cobb county btw.

Now, I'm more than positive that few if not many people on this forum will flame me for being stupid and what not. I expected to get caught sooner or later, but wasn't sure what would happen as I know the cops on campus. The way I see it, I paid to play, and I needed a place to practice.

....how I got caught....

well, I was having a marry old time doing my thing in large parking lot way deep in the woods of southern poly. That night I was there a bit longer than usual....well, I was there at least 20 min.... I was progressing quite well that night, I was continuously improving my transition during Manji's....and well....I was trying new techniques seeing what worked and what didn't, which led to the "lets do it one more time" state of mind. I think I might have said that at least 6 or 7 times to my room mate who was in the car with me.

The last run I had blown an IC pipe off, so I was sputtering like a mo fo and at that time it finally hit me that I need to get the hell out of there. So I tried to sputter my way out of the parking lot. the SPSU cop comes driving down the hill and he stops. So i decided to stop next to him since it was more than obvious it was me especially with the racket my SR was making while it was fighting to stay on, and there's no point in trying to get out of it. I also didn't think I would have made it up the hill.

we had this conversation....

cop: Mr Tran....was that you?
Me:.....yeah?
cop: [looking at me like I'm an idiot] Why would you do that?
me:uh....because you weren't here?
Cop:....don't move

he makes a U turn and gets behind me, long story short we talked briefly about school and what not. He took my liscence and wrote me a ticket for laying drags since I was honest with him. He then warned me that he will take me to jail next time I do it, blah blah blah

I want to reiterate this again.... I am not in any shape or form trying to fight this ticket. It was clearly my fault, It could have been WAY worse, and I had it coming to me. Like I said before, "I paid to play". Just wanted to make that clear for that moron that will talk shit.

My court date is on Dec. 13, I plan on requesting a continuance till Jan since it'll be the holiday season and I need to use the money for holiday crap. Then come Jan. I plan on pleading No lo Contendre, pay what ever fine, find a more discreet parking lot, and hope to god I don't lose my liscence and/or my insurance doesn't drop me like a bad habit. From my understanding no lo means no points?

any comments, suggestions, clarifications, and funny stories are highly welcomed and encourage.

Thanks