You may have other charge on your ticket

Tail light failure in most state is correctable violation.  In CA, If that is the only charge, you can fix the light and have a local officer or highway patrol to inspect it the sign off the ticket.  You should be able to mail the ticket back to the court with $25 administration fee.  If in other state, you may need to see the judge in person but the judge most likely will dismiss the case if you prove the light has been fixed and just pay the admin fee.

If your facing $402 charge, I think you have other charge on your ticket such as driving without valid DL, or expired driving permit, or driving without insurance.  Only such violations could set such high penalty.   I think the first step is double check your ticket and find out what exactly the cop wrote the violation code on your ticket.

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• 402 dollars is for driving alone with permit only -jennapl- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2014 postreply 17:49:14

• That is the violation -jingxi02- ♀ (941 bytes) () 07/16/2014 postreply 18:17:52

• thank you very much. -jennapl- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2014 postreply 18:23:51

• more -jennapl- ♀ (574 bytes) () 07/16/2014 postreply 18:31:51

• No contest means surrender, don't do that -jingxi02- ♀ (411 bytes) () 07/16/2014 postreply 20:29:48

• more details -jennapl- ♀ (1108 bytes) () 07/16/2014 postreply 18:22:49

• Dismiss the case entirly may be possible but least likely -jingxi02- ♀ (816 bytes) () 07/16/2014 postreply 20:15:51

• 这是misdemeanor，不是一般infraction, 你要不是专业的，最好慎重发表意见。 -nj_guy- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2014 postreply 22:23:45

• Thank you very much! -jennapl- ♀ (77 bytes) () 07/17/2014 postreply 10:56:24