What would you guys do?

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Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Request a jury trial. Often times you can get small cases thrown out. Unless the judge wants to sock it to you.

Mechanical excuse won't fly. You could say "My bike suddenly had issues where it kept dying and I was trying to nurse it home so I could work on it". And then explain you resolved the problem.

Exactly. DO NOT say that it had been like that since they will simply tell you that you should not have been riding it in that condition. Tell them it started acting up and you had to get it home. Its about the only chance you have of getting out of that one.