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Last night my friend and I went to a concert.
We both and drank at it but by the time the concert was over the alcohol was out of my system, but it wasn’t out of my friends. He was a mess and I was in a rush to get him to my house to clean him up to take him home to his parents. I wasn’t paying attention to my speed or the speed limit because I was trying to figure out where we were and I was going with the flow of the two vehicles in front of me. I saw the cop car behind me and thought they were going after someone else so I switched lanes to get out of their way. Then I realized they were pulling me over. The cop walked up to the passenger’s side and told me that I was going 60 something in a 45. I asked why he hadn’t gotten the people in front of me because I was going just as fast as they were. He said his laser could only pick up one car, and that one car was me. My friend started rambling and the officer asked if we had been drinking. We both said no but then the officer saw a cup we got from the concert as a souvenir. He left and came back with a breathalyzer and tried to get my friend to blow into it. I immediately called my dad and let him know what was going on. I don’t know if what my friend blew ever read, the police officer never notified us, but then the police officer came over to my side of the truck and asked me to step out. I took the breathalyzer test which appeared to not be working. After several tries the officer asked me to turn around and told me I was under arrest for being under age and being in possession of alcohol. I was not charged with drunk driving. I’m only 17 so if the breathalyzer had read anything I should have been charged with a DUI, regardless if it was under the legal limit of .02. My court date is in a month at the municipal court in the city I was arrested in. I have one charge of going 70 in a 45 and one charge for underage possession of alcohol. For the speeding ticket, because it is over 24 mph over the speed limit I will have my license privileges in Georgia taken away for 6 months and have 4 points on my driving record. For the minor in possession I could have my license privileges taken away for 4 months. Although we had alcohol paraphernalia in my vehicle (a plastic cocktail cup from the concert), there was no alcohol in it. We picked it up off of the ground outside of the concert because we thought it’d be a good souvenir. At one point we drank an energy drink out of it but we never drank alcohol out of it. My friend was visibly drunk, I was visibly sober. In order to fight these charges what steps should I take. I can’t afford to lose my driver’s license for 10 months; I won’t have a way to get to school if it’s taken away. I’d be willing to take classes, do community service, pay fines, etc. What should I do?
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