Wouldn't this court date be withdrawn if they were going to offer him a plea? Not sure if that is obvious or not, I don't drive like an asshole.
I assumed that was the purpose of the pre-trial community service, to prevent this from ever going to trial.
If that's the case, then he might actually be looking at a supsension of his license. Which based on his Legal history in Virginia, seems like a reasonable outcome to this. Plus he has already used his option for traffic school and at least where I am from, you only get one shot at that.