If you do not contact the court within 10 days, what happens?

• A. A charge of violation of promise to appear will be filed in addition to the speeding charge
• B. The speeding charge is dismissed
• C. A warning letter is sent
• D. The case is automatically heard in your absence

Answer: (A)

When you sign a ticket, you’re promising to contact the court or appear by a set deadline. If you don’t reach the court within 10 days, the system treats that as failing to comply with the promise to appear. That creates a separate charge—violation of the promise to appear—added on top of the original speeding offense. It’s the standard consequence because you didn’t follow through with the agreement to take care of the ticket by the specified time. The other options aren’t how this typically works: a warning letter isn’t issued just for missing the deadline, the speeding charge isn’t automatically dismissed, and the case isn’t automatically heard in your absence.