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Perhaps you are not aware but this is standard practice with traffic law. When someone gets a speeding ticket or commits some other moving violation and gets a lawyer to "take care of it," the lawyer will most often convert the moving violation to a non-moving violation via a deal with the prosecutor. Of course this generally involves a substantial fine for the non-moving violation, around $200, and the lawyer's fee for his services. All of this is done for the sake of avoiding points on your licence, and your insurance rates rising. In my case I did it myself, and since both I and the prosecutor knew I was innocent, I did not have to pay a stiff fine, only the $24.50 court costs. When a lawyer takes care of your speeding ticket, they make you pay out the ass because you both know you were guilty. I don't know if this is allowed in other states but in Missouri it happens all the time. IMO it makes the whole points system bullshit cause the people that can afford it will never get points on their record, and that just isn't fair to those that are not so fortunate. I say if you are guilty of a moving violation and you lose in court, you suffer the consequences like everyone else.
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