I was pulled over in Georgia in Dekalb County within the borders of
Atlanta. I was traveling at around 30 mph in a parking lot of a
shopping strip near my home and did not adhere to the parking lot's 4
stop signs. The police officier followed me home from the Shopping
center and down the road about 2 miles in front of my apartment
complex, then pulled me over. He asked me if I had anything to drink.
It was 12AM and I had one beer at a restaurant with a friend. He
accused me of drunk driving, but I was clearly not drunk. He did not
ask me to step outside of the car or do a breathaliser test of any
sort.

But he was unclear about the drinking and dricing charge. Rather, he
told me that I was being charged for reckless driving. I looked at the
ticket, it said nothing about drinking and driving. It merely said
"reckless driving- parking lot". He also told me that this would not
go on my record as it was a county ordinance that I had violated.
My questions are:

1) What is the charges exactly that I am facing and what is the worse
case consequence?
2) What should my defense be and can I take an on-line defensive
driving course to avoid this ticket altogether?
3) I have a NJ driver's license, will there be any points added to my
ticket as this is supposedly a county ordinance violation?

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Request for Question Clarification by webadept-ga on 28 Dec 2005 07:33 PST

Hi, 

There should be a county ordinance code on the ticket which would
direct us to the exact ordinance the charge is filed as. Could you
please post that number or reference ID so we can look it up? Thanks.

webadept-ga