How to answer police and avoid arrest?!

[alpinehyperlite]

Careless operation, driving under suspension, anything over 20 mph over limit.... Etc are mandatory court.

 

[SMaxxin]

Failure to maintain control and leaving the scene of an accident also require a court appearance...so I've heard

 

[alpinehyperlite]

Anything associated with a crash.

 

[Sixtysixdeuce]

Anything associated with a crash.

Not necessarily true, at least not in all places. Here, the officer doesn't have to issue a citation or summons if there is no injury-especially with single vehicle accidents.

Leaving the scene here, however, is not only mandatory court appearance, but is also a felony offense, short of extenuating circumstances that justify it (such as you were en route to the emergency room with a child having an asthma attack). In those cases, if the person turns themselves in as soon as possible, they are usually not charged with a felony.

Careless operation, driving under suspension, anything over 20 mph over limit.... Etc are mandatory court.

I know for a fact that a careless citation is not (or didn't used to be, anyway) mandatory municipal here in CO, as I have been so cited and paid the fine by mail. Here, careless is the lower offense; reckless is mandatory appearance. I was also mistaken about the speeds in my previous post; in CO, 1-24 MPH over is civil, 25+ is criminal.

Not trying to bicker about minutia, just pointing out that what constitutes a civil or criminal, petty offense/misdemeanor/felony varies from state to state.

 

[alpinehyperlite]

Here with a crash ANY time something is written whether it be criminal or traffic is mandatory court. This I'm 100% sure of. I work for LOUISIANA police. Idk how anyone else's stuff is.

The other stuff I listed is 100% sure for appearance in Louisianas 19th Judicial court. Just as I'm sure that driving with a suspended drivers license is a Criminal offense.