Re: To fight a ticket or not.
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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01/15/20 12:24 PM
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i got a speeding ticket once. went to court, and since I wasnt running around speeding all the time and getting tickets, judge let me take driving school and dropped the ticket. it cost me a day and about $100 bucks, but definitely worth not having that on insurance.
Josh
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Re: To fight a ticket or not.
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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01/15/20 12:42 PM
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I've received a total of 2 tickets in my life. Both back in the 70s. Both from the same state policeman, about a year apart. First was for crossing the center-line (inattentive driving) on a highway that one could see at least a mile in front. Second one was for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. In my mind they were BS tickets, but I was indeed guilty of both violations. I took them both to court, and judge threw 'em both out. It did cost me, though, as I had to take the judge on a couple more goose hunts.
Jack
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Re: To fight a ticket or not.
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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01/15/20 12:58 PM
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The last ticke I got (slow rolling a stop sign), I paid... Because I was guilty. Guess what? I don't roll stop signs anymore. Funny how taking a little accountability for your own actions works.
Yeah, I could have weaseled out of it, easily.... But then you're just a weasel.
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Re: To fight a ticket or not.
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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01/15/20 01:03 PM
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I received a BS ticket, left hand turn during school hours. It would seem that you cant make a left hand turn off a main road onto a side street during school hours. Went to court, was there about 2 hours, every single person was there for the same ticket. Judge reduced to impeding traffic, same fine, no points. Next day I drove 1 house past the street, made a left into their driveway, backed out, made a right hand turn onto the street and smiled and waved at the cop who gave me the ticket as I drove by. It can help going to court.
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Re: To fight a ticket or not.
[Re: Calvin]
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01/15/20 01:12 PM
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The last ticke I got (slow rolling a stop sign), I paid... Because I was guilty. Guess what? I don't roll stop signs anymore. Funny how taking a little accountability for your own actions works.
Yeah, I could have weaseled out of it, easily.... But then you're just a weasel.
kind of like doing favors for the judge to get out of things.
NTA OSTA
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Re: To fight a ticket or not.
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01/15/20 02:25 PM
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First ticket I got I took to court. Got wrote up for speeding in a Hill's/K-Mart parking lot. Got the cop on the stand and asked one question. "How did you determine I was speeding?" He had no answer because in PA only staties are allowed to run radar, and there were no lines on the ground for timing. Judge threw that one out.
Two weeks later same cop got me again. But this time wrote the ticket for wreckless driving, and sent it by mail. Took that one to court as well. Got out of that one when my recruiter showed up to court to alibi me for being with him at the federal building for a swearing in ceremony. It was my sister driving the car.
Came home on leave 6 months later got nailed again by the same cop for running a stop sign. Paid that one. Figured third time was the charm and I was going to get hit hard.
Fourth one the cop cut me a break (was doing 80 in a 45, wrote me for 70 in a 55) Paid that one off. I figure I wasn't going to take that one to court because he did cut me a break.
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Re: To fight a ticket or not.
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01/15/20 02:39 PM
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I have fought 2 tickets in my life. one for disorderly conduct, directing traffic on a state hwy. I was walking across a city street that happen to also be a state hwy with 3 others, there was a blind corner that traffic could come around, when a car appeared around the corner we were in the middle of the street. I raised my hand to stop the car while we ran the rest of the way across the road. Cop was sitting at the intersection and saw the whole thing. Wrote me up without a word about it. Judge asked for explanation, thought I was maybe on a 4 lane hwy or something. When he heard the my side he asked the cop if what I said was significantly true, Cop said yes, judge said case dismissed and reamed out the cop for wasting the courts time.
2nd time I was traveling to Brainerd MN (on I-94) for car races on a motorcycle with cousin who was on another bike. Just short of Hudson at about 9-10 at night we could see lightning in the distance, stopped for gas. Attendant said severe storms coming our way. We continued until it started raining. Found an over pass with a guard rail. Parked our bikes on the ditch side of the guard rail out of any possibility of getting hit by vehicles. Turned on the rear lights on the bikes. Went up to the narrow top part of the underside of the over pass to stay out of the rain. Just as it was getting light a State trooper stopped and gave us both tickets for "failure to obey official traffic sign", that would be emergency stopping only. Made us ride in the rain to Hudson to post bond. We decided to fight it. We drove all the way across the state from West Bend to Hudson on the court date. Found the court room and went in. It was empty. Waited about 10 minutes and some dude in a flannel shirt and jeans comes in. Asked us who we were. Said "just a minute" and left. About 5 minutes later he comes back with some young woman, maybe 25 years old. He sits at a table in the front facing us and asks where the trooper is. Woman says "don't know, I'm sure he'll be here soon." Turns out the guy in front is the judge. He says "lets begin". Then he mentions that we drove all the way from West bend to fight this ticket. The woman then gets all excited and says "You're from West Bend?, I was born and raised in West Bend, do you know so and so? It was like old home week for a minute or so. Judge chimes in and asks us to explain the ticket. After we explain what happened he says " I don't see any reason to push this any further, case dismissed". We get up to leave and collect our bond and the trooper walks in. The Woman, who was the prosecutor quickly tells the trooper "we dismissed the case". You should of seen the Troopers face. I'll never forget that.
Both cases for whatever reason the cop had a bug up his butt that day and took it out on me.
I have gotten many other tickets in my time that I knew I had coming and never fought.
Gotta know which ones are worth the effort.
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Re: To fight a ticket or not.
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01/15/20 03:04 PM
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If I'm guilty I just pay them. No need to challenge the LEO for doing his job. I'm an adult I know the consiquinces of my actions and I did it and got caught. If it a B S ticket then I always go to court. That said I've been ticket free for quite a few years. I would maybe go even if I was guilty to try and get the judge to set a lower fine but I wouldn't be there to to try and make the officer do wrong. In other words explain myself say I was sorry and I don't ever do that sort of thing. That kind of conversation with the judge.
"Skin that smokewagon and see what happens"
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Re: To fight a ticket or not.
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01/15/20 03:25 PM
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With some insurance companies one speeding ticket can cause your insurance premium to go up.
The difference between animals and humans is that animals would never let the dumbest ones lead the pack.
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Re: To fight a ticket or not.
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01/15/20 03:33 PM
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Last ticket I got was last year, before that over 40 years, I accidentally ran over some road cones and failed to stop, well this got the attention of the road sergeant who happened to be nearby and he sent one of his guys to run me down...cop was a nice guy , said he only stopped me cause the sergeant was annoyed, and yes the sgt came by to make sure I was stopped, lol. wrote me for imprudent operation of a motor vehicle, which is about impossible to fight, but I was guilty so I send the ticket in. I get a letter that I really need to see the ADA. So I show up in court for my pre plea party and found out the county has a scheme that encourages a guilty plea, they offer a parking violation, no points, no insurance bump ,but the same fine as the original violation....or go to trial I wish I had a 1/10 of 1% of the money they were taking in, it wasn't a gold mine, it was a diamond mine. So all that to say this, sometimes it pays to go to court,
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