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Each prosecutors office has guidelines for how to handle speeding tickets. They will either give you a break or they won't, depending on their office policies. Almost any prosecutor offers you 1/2 off the fine if you plead guilty without making them go to a court trial. Remember, PLEADING NO CONTEST IS PLEADING GUILTY. So is pleading guilty with an explanation. Prosecutors love to get people to do things like that because it seems to make the defendant happy and it results in a conviction. I don't know if something got lost in translation with the first lawyer or what, but if you plead no contest you are convicted, will pay the fine, the ticket goes on your record and there is nothing a lawyer can do about it later.

You really need a lawyer to handle this for you, but it should only be a couple of hundred dollars. The lawyer will know or find out what the office policy is for you and get you your best deal. You can't really do it yourself because without being a lawyer you don't know what you don't know.

The gold standard is to get the prosecutor to either amend the charge to some non-moving violation that isn't certified to the state or do some sort of deferred prosecution where the case is continued for a period of time and dismissed if you don't have any other charges and you pay an amount equal to the fine as prosecution costs. At the very least they will give you half off the fine, but you get stuck with a conviction.

So call a lawyer who knows what he's doing in traffic court and he'll do for you what can be done. Good luck,