You should be in your knees thanking God or whatever that it’s not a DUI
Forgive me, it’s early morn, but I don’t get what you’re saying here.
In Michigan, other than egregious examples like willful reckless driving or OWI, traffic/parking offenses are civil infractions.
So, does that make Mrdeals ‘The Perp’?
I’m wondering if the mandatory appearance in court is because it was a commercial vehicle.
A “tail light” ticket would normally be dismissed with proof that it was fixed. Drive the vehicle to the DMV or round up a Trooper and have them sign off on it.
Yes! Always plead “Not Guilty” and the prosecutor will almost always knock it way down or find an excuse to dismiss all together. They don’t want to waste time and money for a speeding ticket.
I haven’t been convicted of a moving violation in a real long time. 
I still don’t understand this post.
I suspect he means that a DUI, particularly for a commercial driver, is a very expensive and perhaps career-ending event.
Of course it’s a total *non sequitur *in the context of a thread about tail lights. Some folks need to trot out their hobby horse, whether that’s the evils of impaired driving or of overzealous enforcement, every chance they get.
On a happier note I suppose another interpretation is that if this poor guy is going to *criminal *court over a tail light, just imagine what sort of Spanish Inquisition might await a person charged with DUI.
One-liners are always hard to parse.
Q: Did they find some kind of independent switch in your car so you could turn one light off and not the other? Or make one headlight normal beam with the other high beam?
Have you rehabilitated yourself, son?
That was a whoosh, Casey.
I think you were whooshed. Casey was quoting from “Alice’s Restaurant.”
Oh. :smack:
Yes, it is different for a CDL holder. But for the average citizen a first offense DUI in Wisconsin is not a criminal act (unless there are injuries). It’s handled as a traffic ticket. We’re the only state I believe that does this.
Mrdeals doesn’t mention a previous citation. The court summons sounds like it was issued because there was a fix-it ticket that was ignored. The ticket itself is not criminal, but ignoring it could be.
Fun fact. If you’re driving someone else’s car and you get a fix-it ticket, you’re the one responsible for making the repair and getting the repair inspected. It’s nice if the owner pays for the repair to their own car, but it’s not their ticket.