Stunt Driving - Drifting For About 0.5 Seconds
Hi everyone,
I was charged for "stunt" driving after coming off a left turn and accelerating a little bit too quickly, causing my rear wheels to spin out, as it is rear wheel drive. My speed was maybe around 30. I lost control for about 0.5 seconds straightened. The road was completely empty besides me. Quite possibly the most pansy "stunt" I've ever witnessed in my life. I will be asking the convenience store/gas station for footage since it was straight across from them
A lot of people have been charged for "stunt driving" when going 50 over but I have seen very few on drifting. Does anyone have any idea what I can expect on my summons date? Will I be able to show "the crown" the video (provided I can get my hands on it) and would that help my case and possibly get a reduction? Or would that just solidify the case against me, that I indeed did drift for half a second? And what would it even be reduced to?
Thank you all
*Rant about the officer, totally unnecessary to read but feel free:
Officer thought I saw him even though he was undercover (I was looking at and admiring his muscle car + another one behind him and wondering why there was no badge, guess I know now hah) and was very upset about this point and totally fixated on it. Maybe thinking I was doing this to be "defiant" or something silly like that, so he wanted to slam me to teach me a lesson???
Also told me I had the throttle opened (wasnt even half, having throttle open on this car during a turn is indeed a death sentence). When I told him that I did not, the aftermarket exhaust is just loud he said "no you dont have that much horsepower in there". But a minute ago he said himself "I drive an M3, I know what its like to drive fast cars and I never do this kind of thing". His M3 has 18% more horsepower than mine.......so I guess 18% is enough to make his car "fast" but mine "not much power". Interesting fellow indeed.