okay for background here's what happened in the past year:
1st violation 67 in 45 reckless, reduced with probation 12 months
2nd violation 82 in 65 reckless, reduced pay fine
3rd violation "speeding"(no actual speed recorded), probation 6 months
4th violation failure to obey a traffic sign(no left turn), probation 6 months

today was my hearing for probation for the very first violation from last july and this is what happened:

i went to court today
my lawyer said he'd be 10 minutes late
he ended up being 40 minutes late
he pulls me out of court
and says there are 2 problems
#1 judge knight did not show
#2 debbie roe is the substitute
normally that's not bad
but... she is the head of my firm mcdermot and roe
so i tell him i'm going to go pay the fine
when i go to pay the fine they tell me the case has to be heard in court
so i go back to the courtroom
and my mom looks for the lawyer to make sure he didnt have me pulled from the docket
he goes to ask mrs. roe if she can see me sooner since i will be pleading guilty
she sends us to the courtroom next to us
he says on the way over that this judge used to work at his firm
and we go up
and tell her that i have been convicted once 9 months into the probation
she says "what are these two pending"
he says "allen didnt tell me about htose"
"in that case we'll take the minimal fine"
before he finished saying that she said "12 months probation pay court costs"
we go to pay court costs and the clerk says "you paid them last year, you dont have to pay anything"
the lawyer says "what did you eat for breakfast"
and the clerk says "you are the luckiest young man i've ever seen come through here"


so in the end i am on 3 simultaneous probations and only convicted of a single speeding for 14 mph over.