Bring the judge some flowers or ride you dirtbike into the courtroom, that'll smooth em over!:) Just tell them it was safer to take your bike out there to find your lost property verses parking a car on the shoulder and casuing a scene. The bike is way less intrusive and also add that you couldn't get the troopers to help you find your stuff, they were too busy. Call the local office and ask them what their policy is on helping find lost things on the highway. If they say they don't help like that then use that also. You also didn't want to take away important time from the road officer to help you find your stuff, he has more important things to do, you wanted to handle it yourself. When you call the local office, ask them if it's okay to stop and look for your stuff if you do it safely, if they say it's Ok, don' forget to get their name aand bring that into court too. Sometimes the court will reduce the fine if you plead guilty right then, if not, you have nothing to lose but to fight it. This is something that you know you did but for a good reason, not like speeding over 100 mph and trying to get away with it. You have a valid reason and it's too bad you got someone that didn't use common sense. Good luck