'I was driving home at night and my phone rang right as I approached an intersection. I was startled and thus blew through the red light. I almost caused an accident, and felt like a retard. No accident. A cop spotted it though and pulled me over. I ended up getting a ticket for "traffic light" and he also checked a box which asked the question "Was there an accident?" He checked "almost an accident."
The cop told me my options and even told me I could plead no contest (or not guilty, cant remember) and try to get it knocked down to something else. Or just pay the 125$. e told me the price would be about the same either way. I only have 1 other moving violation on my record.
Should I go through some effort to get this dropped? What do I exactly do?