ok, i feel like i can lend some decent advice because i've had 8 speeding tickets, 4 warnings and had my license revoked for 5 months. just recently i was pulled over by an undercover cop after running a stop sign at 30+mph. when he ran my license it came back revoked and i had a court date. the charges were failure to stop at a stop sign, driving without a license, and reckless driving or something like that.

anyway, i thought i was basically screwed because i was in north carolina at the time (i have a connecticut license) and i was only staying for another few days...as school had ended and i was coming home.

to make a long story short, i hired a lawyer and he was somehow able to get everything thrown out of court. none of these charges ever reached the connecticut dmv and i was never penalized any points or forced to pay any fines.

if i had represented myself i would have probably lost my license, paid over 1000 dollars to the state of north carolina and possibly spent a week or so in prison.

my advice, hire a lawyer.