I'm in a similar situation. Last month, I was just tooling normally along a rural stretch of Rt.15 between Gordonsville and Orange, VA. The State officer was just going the other way, and I guess decided to make a U-turn and come after me. He cited 79/55 but wrote it down to 74/55 which is below the felony reckless driving charge. Honestly, I don't even think I was going 79mph but whatever. I really don't mind paying the fine.......I don't want it on my record. Being an out-of-state driver (MD), I won't get any points from my ticket, but it will appear on my record if I plead guilty (prepay the fine).

My thought is to appear in court and plead for leniency regarding it showing up on record. What do y'all think? Court date is 21 Jan 2009. Chances of the officer showing up are not that great, given he is a State trooper and Orange is in the middle of nowhere.

By the way, VA is running low on funds. They're everywhere and ticketing everyone. That very same weekend, my parents were almost ticketed themselves.

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