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Buduwoodoo
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Will I lose my license till I am 21, or just be stuck with another ticket? PARENTS don't KNOW.?
Last night, my friend and I drove up to Wisconsin between the hours of 10:00 3AM.
Here's the situation: I don't have my license. I more more don't have my learners permit. I joked with my friend and swirved to the left of the road a little, and out of NOWHERE a cop pulls us over. Now as you may be able to imagine, we freaked out in a calmly manner and the cop is asking for license.

So stupid Bryttany myself says that I'm indeed 16, but I must have left my license at home in Illinois.
Two hours afterward the cop lets me off with a 121.60 ticket for swirving, and expects me to call him today with my license info or I'll get another ticket for operating a car without a license.

Now If I do not call him today because I don’t have license info to give him, clearly will I lose my license till I am 21, or just have the ticket?
Because he still would not know that I do not have my license He also has the wrong spelling of my name, and my old address
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Okay just so everyone knows I didn't give the cop the old address that's the address that came up when I gave him my phone number it's the address on the ticket.

The only false info I gave him was I spelt my last name with an extra L, and told him I was one year older than I infact am.
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Marcello
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Okay The problem was resolved.

I told my mom We called the cop who issued the ticket and I only had to pay the tickets seeing how they are more out for drunk drivers rather than traffic citations.

I am SO lucky.
Thanks for all the advice.
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Better tell your people, you may be in a whole HEAP of trouble over that.
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He will most likely get in touch with you. there is lots of ways to find a person's whereabouts depending on their old address. I work for a bill collection agency and we do it all the time.
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Mike In Canada
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Ha ha. You should not have broke the law. I would not like to be in your shoes. Why could not you sweet talk the cop out of the ticket was the cop a male or female ?
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Well the question to you is do you feel lucky?

If the cop got your license plate down, he will have more than enough info to track down your REAL name and REAL address.

I'm sure when he does track you down, the fact that you gave him a false address will not look too good for you either.
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If you do not give him your info and do not contact him it is probably that either he will contact you and your parents or get a bench warrant issued for you. You screwed up and now your trying to dodge the consequences which will just make things worse. The Cop is going to learn anyways you may also make things easier on yourself and your ending punishment by going forward.

In the future do not be stupid enough to drive without a license, you could lose it till your 21 or with enough infractions forever, driving is a opportunity not a right.
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If anything on the ticket isn't done properly or misspelled you aren't accountable for the ticket. You will not lose your license just get a ticket for no D.L. But, you may want to call him because you could hate to really go and get your license and be arrested for a warrant put out on you. But, the cop maybe just wants you to call him I have never heard of an officer saying call me tomorrow with your information. They hust wrote the ticket and told me not to drive off till they did.
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You will not lose your license, but you'll get a second ticket for operating a motor car without a license.

This may or may not because problems for you when you attempt to get your license. The fact that you were in another state and that you misspelled your name may make it such that you will still be able to get your license in Illinois.

Providing incorrect info like you did, is a crime. If it catches up to you, you may be in some pretty serious trouble. If it does not, hopefully you will learn from this and you will not drive till you have your license.

I guess my real question is, where the hell are your parents in all this? they are ok with you sneaking out from ten three and going up to Wisconsin? If anything, your parents should be cited by the cops for being novacained above the shoulders.
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Have you had last tickets without having a license before? if so then yes that may be a problem. I work at the courthouse where I live and typically if people don't have a license he gives them a date to have it by and doesnt good them. Not telling the truth about it can be different. It doesnt matter if your name is spelled wrong or if they don't have your current address. they'll still get ahold of you and still hold the ticket against you. All the cop cars around here have a camera on the front of them which shows everyone they pull over and on the camera you're able to hear everything being said also. Itd be best to tell your parents about it and you'll off a lot easier if you tell the truth. If you have never had a ticket ask if you may be able to go to defensive driving instead of paying a good and it being put on your record.
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Karogros
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That situation doesn't look good. You better tell your parents about it. Why did you break the law? This is the kind of stuff that may be prevented. Good Luck. =
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Well you have a choice to make. you may be able to confess to mom and dad and most probably get into big league trouble. not to talk about you'll get the ticket for not having a license. or just ignore the whole deal.

The big factor in what you choose to do is in where the police was that stopped you. If you live in Illinois and were stopped by a Wisconsin police officer then most probably your capability to get a license in Illinois won't be influenced. you may be able to expect a warrant for your capture to be issued in Wisconsin so that if you're ever stopped in that state for anything you could be arrested. If you were stopped by an Illinois state police and that's where you live then your toast. Not only will they issue a warrant for your capture but you'll be easy for them to find depending on the car tag from the car you drived.

The wrong spelling is not that much help since he most likely did not get the wrong car tag number and that will lead anybody to your door step.

I propose you just face the music and tell mom and dad you were an idiot. you may be able to expect that extra ticket for no license and if you were caught in your home state you may be able to kiss driving at 16 goodbye. maybe you will get lucky and you will get a chance at 18.
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Good job, you really snowed that policeman.

Oh, wait a minute, you did not let him get your license plate number, did you?

Mom and Dad are not going to get a summons to appear in court and have their car towed in are they?

Messing with the police is fun, they're sure to think it's humorous too. Now that the cop has given you a break, and you lied to him, to boot. What makes you think that they will not come for you like a rabid dog? Now you may have an obstruction of justice charge against you.

Your worried about not to get your license, how about the time you may have to use up in Juvee Hall??????

Seriously, you may want to tell your parents what happened and get it cleared up now. With the tiket, there will be problems sooner or afterward and the afterward it gets, the more of a problem it's going to be.

Good luck to you, but take the punishment now and get it over with, it'll be best in the long run.
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As the wife of a police officer, shame on you. I do not know the laws in WI, and since you're out of state, it is most likely no big deal. Just pay the ticket and be done with it. Police officers get a bad rap b/c they have to keep people in line all the time and nobody appreciates it. If you do not pay the ticket, there is more than probably an capture warrant for failing to pay. do not freak out, just pay it. And from now on, own up to your mistakes. Tell them the truth. It could be a ray of sunshine in a police officer's day to really have someone tell the truth. Compounding a lie is never a good thing. And trust me, if he wants to find you, he'll. Just hope you learned something and appreciate that he did not take you in and call your parents to come get you or worse. Could've been lots worse. So just thank your lucky stars, pay the ticket, and learn from your mistake. Get your learner's. K?
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You're kind of at his mercy. I could come clean with the cop. Call him and admit to the fib. Then, you may be able to see how he reacts. He may not want to deal with the extra paperwork. Then again, he may. If it sounds like more trouble is coming your way, you will have to tell your parents.
Truth is typically the best path.
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First and primary, you have to tell your parents EXACTLY what happened and EXACTLY what you told the police. You may be in some serious trouble for this.

Next get a lawyer and legal advice. The lawyer will most probably tell you to contact the police officer to explain your actions and give him/her the truth.

By fessing up now and get the story straight and on the right track you may be able to save yourself lots of trouble not to talk about lots of money and hopefully keep yourself out of prison.

Yes, prison, you may be able to go to prison for this, just keep that in mind.
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You're good, just pay the tickets. My friend is a cop, his dad is a cop, and my brother in law is MP.

Something like this I doubt a cop could use up all his time on. You do not give him the info, he sends another ticket. Everything is said and done, just pay it.

HOW EVER, tickets will go on your record wether you have a license or not, which will invertenly influence you when you do get a license, based on the rules in your state for provisional licenses.
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Parents may really know, but are intentionally not telling you, because you're at an age where you have to learn how to figure out this kind of thing for yourself, as one of the responsibilities of being a driver.

Have you asked your parents about this?

You have dedicated a whole series of crimes.
Maybe you may want to use up some time in prison.

O R
You can take care of your legal responsibilities.
Pay all tickets that you get.
Call the police officer and tell the whole truth.
It helps to grovel, be substantial that you're sorry you lied.

This is one of the reasons that a person who is learning to drive is supposed to have an adult in the car, and not be driving with another of same age . peer pressure can because you to act very stupid, can get you killed.
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You can also get another ticket for a curfue infraction. Its the same times as IL, that also comes with at least 20+ hours of community service. But this depends on what time he pulled you over, so do not worry to much about that. You have to pay the ticket asap. Wisconsin cops hate IL drivers, I got pulled over for going 68 in a 65, which is bull, I beat that out in court although. You have some big charges that can come against you if you do not tell your parents and tell the cop the truth. Good luck
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