i was arrested and put in jail for a few hours until my parents had to bail me out of jail, i was arrested for street racing, a friend and i. we weren't racing, just speeding, there's a difference. but we went to court, it helps to have a lawyer....it helps a LOT. my friend and i, our lawyers made deals with the town attorney, i got away with taking the defensive driving class, and my friend had to do 50 hours community service, he had taken the driving class a week before all this. and after we completed those tasks, the tickets would be reduced from wreckless to improper. i was fine with that. just recently, i applied for a valet job, but you had to have a perfect driving record, so i ordered my driving record from the dmv to see what was on it... i have +2 points from the driving class, no tickets at all, somehow i got lucky.

advice, you must get a lawyer seeing you're only 16, it will greatly help you, don't drive until court date if you can help it, or make your parents restrict your privledges until then, and when you get in front of the judge or town attorney, make sure your parents mention that they have taken action to restricting your driving rights, that's what helped me.. best of luck let us know what happens.. i.e. don't speed period, cops think differently, the one who arrested me and my friend was a cop for 3 months and wanted to make "the big bust in town" as he told me and the magistrate... yeah it wasn't cool