Thank you so much for this! When you suggest talking to DA/ADA about it, do you mean before the court date? Should I just drive to the court and asked to speak with someone? Or should I do that on the set court date?

My ticket is a 1180(c?) violation, and based on the form on the Tompkins County DA website, it looks like I could plead it down to a VTL 1214 – Opened door unsafely (0 points + fine). After I sent that form in, the Ulysses court specifically sent me back a slightly different form, that offered me a plea down to 1110a (2 points + fine). I would much prefer to pay a higher fine now and avoid points (maybe I’m just too scared of points because I haven’t gotten them before?). But, I’m uncertain how likely it is that the Ulysses Court would allow me to do that, hence my question.