OT- Speeding ticket and court
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Bigmike
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He asked me the old "Do you know how fast you were going?" Immediately I thought of Super Troopers and kind of chuckled to myself, but I answered with "I dont know"
Well those of you who suggested a 2nd traffic school... do you think I would have a good chance of getting it since it was kind of a weird time a place to give a ticket? seriously I was the only one on the freeway besides a couple of truckers and it was in the middle of the night. Would that make a difference?
1SickReefer
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all traffic cops are hypocrites, I cant stand them. I think there all 2 faced liars!!! Show me one that does not speed up and down the road.
Sorry, sore subject.
Sorry, sore subject.
GTR
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7342080#post7342080 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by golfish
Same here Steve...I got my last one in 1978 on the 10 fwy over by Cal state LA in a 1972 Mustang, what a POS that car was, you couldn't see over the front hood.
Wait, let me knock on some wood
You got me beat Mark but not by much. I think mine was in 1988-89 coming home from Big Bear down the back side. I think the roads a real wide four lanes at that point. All three kids in the back and Barb and I in the front seat of the Astro Van. Only because of the Astro van I think I win. :lol:
SteveU
1SickReefer
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Maryland state troopers, they are terrible, I swear they will run up on your bumper and force you out of the left lane just so they can blow past you. I saw 2 playing a high school game of "follow the leader" in and out of traffic on I70, made me sick. I only have a problem with the ones that do this w/o their lights on.
Who gives cops speeding tickets? where can I apply?
Who gives cops speeding tickets? where can I apply?
Just pay for the ticket and move on. Don't count on your luck. Officers will show up in court for OT. If you **** him/her off at the time of the ticket, they will show up no matter what.
Don't do the written declaration b/c it takes the officer less than 5 minutes to fill 1 out and return it to the court. It's very easy to fill one out for the officer.
Your best bet is going to court and hope the officer is not there.
1SickReefer - take down the patrol unit # and call the sergent of that station and complain. I hated when they use their light to run the red light and turn it off 10-20 feet down the street.
But we should give them a break, they are out there protecting us.
Don't do the written declaration b/c it takes the officer less than 5 minutes to fill 1 out and return it to the court. It's very easy to fill one out for the officer.
Your best bet is going to court and hope the officer is not there.
1SickReefer - take down the patrol unit # and call the sergent of that station and complain. I hated when they use their light to run the red light and turn it off 10-20 feet down the street.
But we should give them a break, they are out there protecting us.
bill624
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i agree with the ''if you **** him/her off at the time of your ticket, they will show up no matter what'' part.
but i dont agree with the 'do not do the written declaration' because the officer may have 5 minutes but will he be making money from filling out those forms? he/she only makes money from going to court or if you pay the bail. remember, they are just trying to make their quota at the end of the month..
besides, will he remember the exact incident after 5 months? as long as you write 'i plea not guilty,' he has no story to fight back with. all he can say is that you were breaking the speed limit.
and like i said, you will be able to go to court, if your written declaration is declined.
at least you get an extra chance before you show up to court.
Captain Quirk
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A friend of mine swears by this site:
http://www.beatmyspeedingticket.com/
Used to be all sorts of free stuff, but I guess he got smart and actually started selling the info.
Best of luck.
http://www.beatmyspeedingticket.com/
Used to be all sorts of free stuff, but I guess he got smart and actually started selling the info.
Best of luck.
badbones
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Mike,
You never mentioned your speed.........
seamist..(no bashing here, so don't take it this the wrong way)
Here's a thought.....If there is a crime in progress and an Officer is close by, what does the crook hear. A SIREN. And what does he do...run..hide..destroy evidence or even arm himself.
There are a lot of operations that occur that the public is never aware of, and every situation requires Officers to adapt.
Perception is not always reality. If you ever needed help, who do you call? And I bet you can care less how they drive when they come to your aid. Just food for thought before you criticize with out knowing the facts.
You never mentioned your speed.........
seamist..(no bashing here, so don't take it this the wrong way)
Here's a thought.....If there is a crime in progress and an Officer is close by, what does the crook hear. A SIREN. And what does he do...run..hide..destroy evidence or even arm himself.
There are a lot of operations that occur that the public is never aware of, and every situation requires Officers to adapt.
Perception is not always reality. If you ever needed help, who do you call? And I bet you can care less how they drive when they come to your aid. Just food for thought before you criticize with out knowing the facts.
badbones- I agreed with your comment. It's truth that we only see one way, that is why I stated that we should give them a break.
bill624- I agreed 5 months down the road the officer may not remember what happend, however, on the citation there are 4 copies, 1 for court, 1 for the department, 1 for the officer, 1 for the defendant. Most officer have tape recorder and video camera which are store for record. Most officer will writes the incident on the back of his ticket for future record and since all the informations are listed on the ticket, it's easy to remember. It's very easy to remember and very basic for most officer, example; on this date and time I was patrolling at corner of east/west street when I saw Mr. A speeding down east street. At that time I used my department issue radar and clocked Mr. A vehicle going 50MPH on a 25MPH zone. When approached Mr. A told me that he was late for class or didn't realized he was going 50MPH. ( all these are listed on the ticket if you look at it closely, date, time, where, street, speed, safe speed, radar speed )
Most recent, officer don't need a radar to give you a ticket, CHP officer can pace your speed on the freeway and issue you a basic speed law ticket, meaning if he is going 65 and you pass him, you're speeding.
I don't know about other department, but officer get OT or comp. time for going to court no matter what is the out come of the ticket, ( if this fall on his/her day off ) or ( if he/she is working than they just take a few hour off for court )
There is no ticket quota for the officer, but its help alot in their personal file. A lot of tickets and arrests = promotion.
my .02
bill624- I agreed 5 months down the road the officer may not remember what happend, however, on the citation there are 4 copies, 1 for court, 1 for the department, 1 for the officer, 1 for the defendant. Most officer have tape recorder and video camera which are store for record. Most officer will writes the incident on the back of his ticket for future record and since all the informations are listed on the ticket, it's easy to remember. It's very easy to remember and very basic for most officer, example; on this date and time I was patrolling at corner of east/west street when I saw Mr. A speeding down east street. At that time I used my department issue radar and clocked Mr. A vehicle going 50MPH on a 25MPH zone. When approached Mr. A told me that he was late for class or didn't realized he was going 50MPH. ( all these are listed on the ticket if you look at it closely, date, time, where, street, speed, safe speed, radar speed )
Most recent, officer don't need a radar to give you a ticket, CHP officer can pace your speed on the freeway and issue you a basic speed law ticket, meaning if he is going 65 and you pass him, you're speeding.
I don't know about other department, but officer get OT or comp. time for going to court no matter what is the out come of the ticket, ( if this fall on his/her day off ) or ( if he/she is working than they just take a few hour off for court )
There is no ticket quota for the officer, but its help alot in their personal file. A lot of tickets and arrests = promotion.
my .02
1SickReefer
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While on I-95 their is absolutely no reason a cop cannot put on ATLEAST his lights. they can operate lights with or w/o a siren. The truth is they speed, I don't care where they are going or doing they need to follow the same laws as the rest of us and they don't. its either lights on and they are heading to an emergency that requires higher speeds, or its not an emergency and have the lights off and obey the laws like the rest of us. its that simple.
You say perception is not reality? well how about a cop flying past you 20 - 30 mph over the speed limit with no lights on, just to see him 15min later stuffing his fat face eating at BK? I am pretty sure the FACT was he was hungry and wanted to eat, what do you think?
I agreed, there are good cops and there are bad one too, but the majority are good and we should obey the laws. Give the officers all the credits and grateful that it's only a speeding ticket, not a body bag.
pay the fine and possible higher insurance and move on. Hope you learn your lesson this time.
Tom
pay the fine and possible higher insurance and move on. Hope you learn your lesson this time.
Tom
bill624
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according to the u.s. laws, if an officer does record you, then he has to let you know before he does it. otherwise, it won't work in court. yeah, he can use it as reference to help him remember but i doubt they have that kinda of technology that lets them skip tracks on a cd or tape recorder to the exact date and time. this might take them a while...
also, from past experiences, these officers didnt sit in there car right after to write anything. they got back into their vehicles and drove off at 55mph+ immediately after handing me a speeding ticket.
besides, it doesnt hurt to try...
GTR
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