Careless Driving and Failure to Yield to Pedestrian in a Crosswalk (NJ)

[phillyfootball20]

Hi, I was driving on Oct 15th and made a left turn from a stop sign onto a somewhat busy road.
It was raining and quite foggy.
There was a hatchback stopped in the middle of the intersection (from the stop sign to the road I was turning on). I stopped next to it for about 5 seconds, wondering why it stopped.
As the hatchback "went", I too released my brake and let the car roll, was approaching a red light.
There was a pedestrian in front of me and my car tapped him; I didnt see him at all, windshield was foggy and so was outside.

Police came, pedestrian is pretty much OK.
I received citations for "Careless driving" and "failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk"

I do not have the citations in front of me but they both have "Court Appearance Required" checked w/ no fine. I have court tonight; what should I expect, how should I plead? Wise to get attorney?
I realize this is last minute :/

Thanks
Alex
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[magicmerlin]

This is a UK based website.

[R1Geezer]

Take no notice of the a5seh0le above, yes it's UK site but common sense is the same anywhere.

Plead guilty and act as contrite as poss you'll get a fine not too large, no point paying for an attorney, whatever they do they won't save you what they'll cost. Good luck