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PoPPeR

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i dont' even have to read any of the replies in this thread in order to tell you that you made a huge mistake asking this question here. 50% of AT work in law enforcement
 

waggy

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Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Tell the judge you demand that it be dismissed because of the lack of attention paid by the officer.

you know this just might work! since the officer is obviously not qualified to do his job since you can't read the license! you should get off!

Also mention you would like to have the officer suspended until he can learn to pay attention!

Don't mention it, DEMAND it.

yes yes DEMAND It! yes i was wrong. walk up to the judge's bench and pound on it! Demand the police be fired!

Do NOT take no for a answere! If the judge refuses he is just as bad as the police officer! tell him he needs to be kicked off the bench also!

 

Injury

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Originally posted by: DarkManX
id pay the ticket, i dont want the points.

There is a points system in place for a reason. You can't be selective about the punishments you get for breaking laws. Like I said, grow up and accept that you got busted, and pray that 3 years goes by faster than you would think.
 

Zee

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Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: DarkManX
id pay the ticket, i dont want the points.

There is a points system in place for a reason. You can't be selective about the punishments you get for breaking laws. Like I said, grow up and accept that you got busted, and pray that 3 years goes by faster than you would think.

5 years here. where are you that it's only 3 years?
 

ZippyDan

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stop being so righteous peeps. some speed limits are totally justified and should be strictly enforced (like school zone speed limits. people who speed near elementary schools should get the death penalty).

but face it. by and large the whole speeding ticket thing is about money. lower speed limits = higher revenue generation.

most people break the speed limit on every road. people drive based on the road and conditions not based on the speed limit. the avg speed that most people are going at should automatically be the reasonable and legal speed limit. all speed limit laws should have reasonability (or presumed speed) clauses as some states do.

those states that dont allow for speed reasonability call their speed limit an absolute speed limit. but where i come from, a law that doesnt allow for reasonability is called an unreasonable speed law.

its all about money. thats why NY for exaample has speed limits that are so incredibly low. anyone drive the palisades parkway? sheesh

~Zippy!
 

EyeMWing

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If you're going to make the speedometer show a bigger number than the number on the big, white signs next to the road, do so on a dark, winding mountain road with a guardrail on one side and a cliff on the other with insane blind curves and no guard rails.
 

Kroze

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go to court and usually they'll make it a lesser charge but you'll pay bigger fees because the city always want to take your money.

buncha rip offs.

sometimes they jsut like to write ticket for money. ticket = money for department, city, town, etc....
along with taxes.



 

Kroze

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don't listen to some of these idiots. they're all acting like virgin mary.

oh noes!! he speed!! somebody please think of the children!

seriously, do you know how slow it is going the speed limit? everyone hardly drive the speed limit besides 70 year old people.


If you have half a freaking brain, you'll notice that too on any road, traffic is always faster than the speed limit.

speed limit = letting cops being ass + generate money when department or town need money.

they'll set up stupid sht like random inspection check, seatbelt check, etc...

all for a "good cause" too such as safety.

I'm sure theres a huge growing number of problems with people running red light at night and they NEED to set up red light cameras. */sarcastic*

 

faenix

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Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Tell the judge you demand that it be dismissed because of the lack of attention paid by the officer.

haha that's great.
 

mundane

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Originally posted by: Kroze
don't listen to some of these idiots. they're all acting like virgin mary.

oh noes!! he speed!! somebody please think of the children!

seriously, do you know how slow it is going the speed limit? everyone hardly drive the speed limit besides 70 year old people.


If you have half a freaking brain, you'll notice that too on any road, traffic is always faster than the speed limit.

speed limit = letting cops being ass + generate money when department or town need money.

they'll set up stupid sht like random inspection check, seatbelt check, etc...

all for a "good cause" too such as safety.

I'm sure theres a huge growing number of problems with people running red light at night and they NEED to set up red light cameras. */sarcastic*

Not to rain on your parade, but 22 mph over the limit *isn't* standard - it's dangerous. 5-10 over seems to usually be reasonable.

As for the OP, I'm fairly certain you'll have to pay the fine.
 

Ns1

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Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: DarkManX
I got a speeding ticket for goin 57 in a 35, i gave the cop my driver licence and change of adress card, and he put down my old address on the ticket, I remember reading somewhere that a ticket with the incorect info will get dismised, is that true?

57 in a 35. Jsut be happy a kid didn't run into the street you fvcking ass wipe.

if the kid is stupid enough to run into the street =P

 

Kelemvor

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Why were you going 22 over the limit? You're lucky to even have your license still. Quit whining.
 
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Originally posted by: Kroze
don't listen to some of these idiots. they're all acting like virgin mary.

oh noes!! he speed!! somebody please think of the children!

seriously, do you know how slow it is going the speed limit? everyone hardly drive the speed limit besides 70 year old people.


If you have half a freaking brain, you'll notice that too on any road, traffic is always faster than the speed limit.

speed limit = letting cops being ass + generate money when department or town need money.

they'll set up stupid sht like random inspection check, seatbelt check, etc...

all for a "good cause" too such as safety.

I'm sure theres a huge growing number of problems with people running red light at night and they NEED to set up red light cameras. */sarcastic*

I don't give a rat's ass if he speeds. He should just stop being such a whiny fvcking bitch and accept the fact that his ass got busted and he needs to pay.

- M4H
 

natto fire

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Originally posted by: Lazee
Originally posted by: Injury
Originally posted by: DarkManX
id pay the ticket, i dont want the points.

There is a points system in place for a reason. You can't be selective about the punishments you get for breaking laws. Like I said, grow up and accept that you got busted, and pray that 3 years goes by faster than you would think.

5 years here. where are you that it's only 3 years?

Only three years here in Ohio.

To OP: looks like everything has already been said. All of them good points. Yeah it sucks to get points on your license, believe me I know, but that is why you aren't supposed to speed. The fines and points are a deterrent to breaking traffic laws in the first place. I have had my fair share of traffic infractions, but accepting responsibility of your actions is part of being an adult. It would be nice if more people would realize that instead of trying to weasel out of problems they created in the first place.
 

CVSiN

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Originally posted by: DarkManX
I got a speeding ticket for goin 57 in a 35, i gave the cop my driver licence and change of adress card, and he put down my old address on the ticket, I remember reading somewhere that a ticket with the incorect info will get dismised, is that true?

youll get another ticket for incorrect address on your license
 

Injury

Lifer
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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I don't give a rat's ass if he speeds. He should just stop being such a whiny fvcking bitch and accept the fact that his ass got busted and he needs to pay.

- M4H


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