Quote Originally Posted by FZRguy View Post
Not in my exp. Can vary some from county to county, but always go to the first court date. You will get a plea offer, which is always less $ and less points, or you can plead not guilty. I had a Jeffco ticket a few years back for $160 with four points. Plea deal was $72 and two points. Yes, I took it, and so did about 15 others with the same ticket.
In the 5 years I was in Colorado I got two speeding tickets, one in the Springs and one in Pueblo. Both times the only "plea" deal I got was "We'll call it 'illegal lane change' and drop it to two points, but the fine is still $17X whatever."

Thankfully I only had to pay the one, and now the only ticket on my license for the last 8 years or so is a single "illegal lane change", which is ironic because I am very uptight about signaling lane changes, etc, as it's a huge pet peeve of mine. The other I fought because it was a retarded ticket and the officer messed it up when he wrote it, so the judge just threw it out.