My daughter had a speeding ticket. She knew a State Policeman in the area and he said he could help. Just go to court and it may be dismissed. So, good news and bad news. Good news: She went to court and it was dismissed Bad news: On the way to court she got a speeding ticket.
Broke even for the day.
LOL
In my case, I did not even have to ask...the magistrate simply asked right off the bat if I wanted it changed to a non-moving violation.
The only other time I went to court was because of my natural yard which they deemed to be fine.
Yep.
It is almost always worth it to go to court.
OH NO!!!
Sheesh
Slow learner?
I don't know how it is now, but at one time around here you could get it reduced to 'improper equipment'. No points on the insurance so it does not go up.
On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:50:34 -0600, philo posted for all of us to digest...
NP Most people don't know the info that goes on the other pages you don't receive.
On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:14:13 -0500, Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us to digest...
Knowing Philly do you think it would be that coordinated? They changed the system in Philly about 20? years ago but I'm sure it's just as corrupt.
On Sat, 16 Jan 2021 14:31:21 -0700, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...
Frequent flyer!
Pretty sure it was. The whole system was a mess. I got stopped for a traffic light violation. The policeman happened to mention they were selling tickets for a fund raiser. I told him I'd love to go to it.
My then fiance was with me and the tickets were for a Joey Chitwood Thrill Show and yes, we did go.
I haven't been there in 36 years but the trick used to be to wait until the last minute and postpone the trial date. That pushed it out a couple months. If the cop decided he wasn't coming and postponed it again, that bought you a couple more months. Rinse ... repeat. The computer glitch that made this valuable is the clock started running on your points the day the ticket was issued but they didn't actually hit the computer until you were convicted. Older points may have aged off by then. You also usually got the fine cut in half and the points cut at the trial. They made a "10 over" (3 points) a "less than 10 over" (1 point) if there was any question about the speed. If this was a year ago, there is a good chance the notebook he brought with him was not the one with your ticket in it, making it easy for the judge to toss the charge or reduce it to $20 one point. OTOH if the cop missed the postponement and didn't show up you were out of there. You just had to know how to play the game during the "double nickel" days. The speed limit on the beltway was 55, everyone went 70 and once a month or so they arrested everyone. They would just block the road, stop a whole "platoon" of cars and 20 cops would be stroking tickets for everyone in the pack. Meanwhile 100 more cars would go by, slow down a little and be going
70 again a mile down the road. Then they would run out in the road and pull over 30 or 40 more.
That doesn't work in Florida. The judges here have little patience with traffic and it doesn't seem to be all about the revenue here. The one time I went the judge stood up and said "We know you can post collateral for $50 or so and leave but if I have to listen to some long winded story about why you should not have received this ticket and I don't believe you, I can make that $500. My clerk is in the back of the room and he will take your collateral if you want to change your mind". I got in line with everyone else and they started hearing criminal cases.
Just a fast driver
Not "ticketing related" but the stoppage of cars by the po-po reminds me of when I lived in NYC. I don't know if they still do it this way, but back when they were widening the Long Island Expressway by adding a new left lane in each direction, they had to get the construction vehicles across the highway, from right to left.
They would line up all the construction vehicles on side streets and an entrance ramp. 3 or 4 cop cars would get on a couple exits back and maneuver until they were side by side across the highway. Then they would all flip on their lights, slow down and eventually stop right before the entrance ramp where the construction vehicles were waiting.
The construction vehicles would simply (and safely) enter the highway, cross all the lanes until they were on the left shoulder and the po-po would free the drivers to continue on their way.
On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:52:35 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03 posted for all of us to digest...
That is a form of 'pacing'. Used at construction sites and accidents to allow emergency vehicles access.
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