Contesting a traffic ticket (OFFICER DARIS NOT ALLOWED)

[420seriouscat69]

I also heard they have something against getting Pak'd and driving. I didn't know that at the time either. Man, you would think they'd tell you these things.

[star seed 7]

Turning into the wrong lane is a great way to get stopped at 2:30 am

[chum1]

I got out of a similar ticket in Manhattan. I went and talked to the prosecuter, told him some fabricated, detailed story about how the street signs are confusing, and he threw the case out.

All of those reasons you gave for the ticket being bullshit won't get you off. You have to make a case that you were somehow acting lawfully.

[420seriouscat69]

My dad was driving one time back in the 70's and this motorcycle gang drove up next to him trying to play games and rough ridin' with him. I guess he opened his door and knocked one of the bikers off into the other. He didn't know until a couple years after that he could have got in trouble for that. He thinks he killed a guy. Who knew?!

[Spracne]

My dad was driving one time back in the 70's and this motorcycle gane drove up next to him trying to play games and rough ridin' with him. I guess he opened his door and knocked one of the bikers off into the other. He didn't know until a couple years after that he could have got in trouble for that. He thinks he killed a guy. Who knew?!

That didn't happen.

[420seriouscat69]

My dad was driving one time back in the 70's and this motorcycle gane drove up next to him trying to play games and rough ridin' with him. I guess he opened his door and knocked one of the bikers off into the other. He didn't know until a couple years after that he could have got in trouble for that. He thinks he killed a guy. Who knew?!

That didn't happen.

You calling Papa Fanning a liar?! 

[Spracne]

My dad was driving one time back in the 70's and this motorcycle gane drove up next to him trying to play games and rough ridin' with him. I guess he opened his door and knocked one of the bikers off into the other. He didn't know until a couple years after that he could have got in trouble for that. He thinks he killed a guy. Who knew?!

That didn't happen.

You calling Papa Fanning a liar?! 

#RoadHouse

[420seriouscat69]

One time I was HAF and I tried to drive like 5 blocks to my house. There was a cop behind me the whole time. I was like freaking out and I could barely feel the wheel. I made it home tho. 

[slobber]

Wacky, that would be bad if your dad did that. http://www.chapelhillnews.com/2014/07/18/4014204/friction-between-bicyclists-and.html


Gonna win 'em all!

[pissclams]

I got out of a similar ticket in Manhattan. I went and talked to the prosecuter, told him some fabricated, detailed story about how the street signs are confusing, and he threw the case out.

All of those reasons you gave for the ticket being bullshit won't get you off. You have to make a case that you were somehow acting lawfully.

confusing signs = cannot break law.  got it, lawdog1

[chum1]

Maybe the broken white line is all faded and it's not clear that there are two lanes? 

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Has anyone ever attempted this or more importantly been successful at it?  I was stopped last week a couple of blocks from work for an "improper left turn", or in other words not turning into the lane closest to the center of the street.  This was in Topeka going from the I470 off ramp East onto Huntoon.  The cop asked if there was a reason why I had "swung out so wide" to make the turn and I was like Umm, what?  Where?  So I explained to him I got in the right lane because that's the lane I needed to be in order to get to my office.  This is an absolutely pud and meaningless thing to be given a ticket for.  Maybe he was mad at the world for having to ride a motorcycle on a freezing cold morning or something.

Furthermore this is simply a cash grab.  The very next day I was sitting at the same light and I looked over and saw the same motorcycle cop had pulled a car over in the same spot, presumably for the same reason.  Also during the course of my recent bitching about this a coworker said his neighbor got a ticket for the same thing.  Hey motorcycle cop guy instead of generating revenue how about if you try and be on the lookout for some actual crime, or better yet try and get some leads on that quadruple murder from last year.

The only logical thing to do is burn Topeka to the ground.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

I do this all the time and never signal, but I'm above the law.

[Asteriskhead]

Has anyone ever attempted this or more importantly been successful at it?  I was stopped last week a couple of blocks from work for an "improper left turn", or in other words not turning into the lane closest to the center of the street.  This was in Topeka going from the I470 off ramp East onto Huntoon.  The cop asked if there was a reason why I had "swung out so wide" to make the turn and I was like Umm, what?  Where?  So I explained to him I got in the right lane because that's the lane I needed to be in order to get to my office.  This is an absolutely pud and meaningless thing to be given a ticket for.  Maybe he was mad at the world for having to ride a motorcycle on a freezing cold morning or something.

Furthermore this is simply a cash grab.  The very next day I was sitting at the same light and I looked over and saw the same motorcycle cop had pulled a car over in the same spot, presumably for the same reason.  Also during the course of my recent bitching about this a coworker said his neighbor got a ticket for the same thing.  Hey motorcycle cop guy instead of generating revenue how about if you try and be on the lookout for some actual crime, or better yet try and get some leads on that quadruple murder from last year.

The only logical thing to do is burn Topeka to the ground.

This might be the first one of your posts that I find myself in agreement with.

[Rage Against the McKee]

I got out of a similar ticket in Manhattan. I went and talked to the prosecuter, told him some fabricated, detailed story about how the street signs are confusing, and he threw the case out.

All of those reasons you gave for the ticket being bullshit won't get you off. You have to make a case that you were somehow acting lawfully.

confusing signs = cannot break law.  got it, lawdog1

Actually, if he gets himself an AASHTO green book and finds something wrong with that intersection, he can probably get out of the ticket.

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

that sounds like a made up book.

[Trim]

You're not "on the hook for the $72 no matter what."

Post the ticket and a map or something showing how far after your alleged illegal turn it was that you had to be in the other lane to turn to your office.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

To OP: yes, it's a money grab.

[star seed 7]

The neocons in this thread are laughable. Love the police when they are shooting unarmed civilians, hate the police when they enforce minor traffic laws 

[Cire]

My mom did but I thought it seemed like a pain in the ass.  Lots of time spent

[pissclams]

I got out of a similar ticket in Manhattan. I went and talked to the prosecuter, told him some fabricated, detailed story about how the street signs are confusing, and he threw the case out.

All of those reasons you gave for the ticket being bullshit won't get you off. You have to make a case that you were somehow acting lawfully.

confusing signs = cannot break law.  got it, lawdog1

Actually, if he gets himself an AASHTO green book and finds something wrong with that intersection, he can probably get out of the ticket.

find something wrong with intersection making law unenforceable = acting lawfully.  got it, lawdog2 

[Dr Rick Daris]

The neocons in this thread are laughable. Love the police when they are shooting unarmed civilians, hate the police when they enforce minor traffic laws 

yes it's very funny. shoot an unarmed black guy in st louis? ok, no problem. give me a traffic ticket for breaking the law? I'M ANGRY THIS IS WRONG!

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

The neocons in this thread are laughable. Love the police when they are shooting unarmed civilians, hate the police when they enforce minor traffic laws 

yes it's very funny. shoot an unarmed black guy in st louis? ok, no problem. give me a traffic ticket for breaking the law? I'M ANGRY THIS IS WRONG!

Don't Pit this thread. If you want Pit, go to the Pit.

(And in the Pit, you'll find that I've repeated about a bazillion times that I'm not at all sure that Wilson acted reasonably in killing Brown - we'll never know that for sure - but it's undeniable that Brown put himself in a bad position by behaving like a complete thug. Both are fair statements. You'll also find that I detest the militarization of police and police excess in general.)

[Dr Rick Daris]

The neocons in this thread are laughable. Love the police when they are shooting unarmed civilians, hate the police when they enforce minor traffic laws 

yes it's very funny. shoot an unarmed black guy in st louis? ok, no problem. give me a traffic ticket for breaking the law? I'M ANGRY THIS IS WRONG!

Don't Pit this thread up. you wouldn't like me when you pit this thread up

 

[420seriouscat69]

Yeah, I hear libtards love getting traffic tickets.