Contacts with the law,who does better......or not!?

You're lucky. I got a speeding ticket for a speed I didn't do! I went to court, had compelling arguments, drawings etc., but the judge trusted the police. The system can't let the little guy win over the police, not even once, then the civilisation starts to crumble in their opinion.

There's no justice, it's just a game. Sometimes you get away with something, sometimes you're penalised for something you didn't do.

The local Hy Patrol said he could look at a car and tell how fast it was going within 3 MPH. He sat behind my car with his dash cam on and called it a lamborgini for 5 minutes. I fout the law in court and the judge said he belived us both, but found me guilty anyway. I WAS NOT speeding either. I had just washed my car, pulled out of the driveway and even showed the cop the water dripping off my car. In court HE LIED and said he did not remember it being wet. The best thing to do is record them. I would have been able to get him caught lying if I had recorded the event.

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Originally posted by lastpushbutton:
The local Hy Patrol said he could look at a car and tell how fast it was going within 3 MPH. He sat behind my car with his dash cam on and called it a lamborgini for 5 minutes. I fout the law in court and the judge said he belived us both, but found me guilty anyway. I WAS NOT speeding either. I had just washed my car, pulled out of the driveway and even showed the cop the water dripping off my car. In court HE LIED and said he did not remember it being wet. The best thing to do is record them. I would have been able to get him caught lying if I had recorded the event.

A cop lied? No way, I don't believe you.

Years back I had a policeman pull me over. I asked him what was up & he said "you have to take me for a ride in this thing"! I won't go into all the details, but after I was certain it wasn't some kind of a trick, I took him on a short ride & we did hit 140 briefly.

I was at a car show a few years later and another officer from an adjacent town asked for a ride; I only took him to 120 though.

There is a local cop. He had his cruise set on 90 in his personal car in a 60mph zone. Someone passed him doing 95. He picked up the phone and had the guy pulled over and he spent the night in jail....as the cop continued in his personal car at 90mph.

I ride a motorcycle as a daily commuter here on the So. Cal. freeways. 160,000 accident free miles at last calculation and we are allowed to split lanes legally. I have had several "interesting" encounters with local constabulary.

EB 105 in the afternoon, I catch up to a blue uniformed city motor cop splitting lanes between the HOV (carpool) and #1 lane - slowly. Slowly like a timid novice rider splitting lanes for the first time. Riders who split lanes every day for commuting purposes do so swiftly. Note that the usual patrol of the freeway is by the khaki colored CHP. I assume this guy is a city cop on the way home from work.

Just past the 110, the HOV lane becomes two lanes. I take the left lane, and the motor cop takes the right lane. As I ease past, the cop swerves in front of me. I take evasive maneuvers and go right, hit the throttle and pass the bitch, er, I mean officer (at or below the posted limit).

As the double HOV lane merges back into one lane, I split lanes to the right of the congested carpoolers attempting to merger with each other, and proceed on prudently. Several seconds later, the bitc ... officer I passed pulles me over.

He asked me, "Did you notice I was trying to block you." I said, "I did." He asked, "So why did you pass me?" I said, " Because you were going too slow." He rolls his eyes like a little bitc ... annoyed officer, and writes me a citation for crossing the double yellow line to get into the carpool lane(which was total BS).

In CA we have the option of submitting a "Request for Trial by Declaration". Which is procedure where you fill out an affidavit of your story, along with photos and evidence, submit it to the court, and they have the officer submit his affidavit. The best part of this, is you do not have to step foot into the cockroach infested portal of the Inglewood court house.

After all my great amateur lawering with form TR205, the freaking officer never filed my citation with the court! I got a signed and dated letter from the court certifying that the ticket does not exist in the database!

I almost felt like contacting the police department to compel them to file the citation so I could beat them fair and square! But, discretion is the better part of valor.

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Originally posted by 4NHOTROD:

A cop lied? No way, I don't believe you.

THIS.

I've had two accidents in Ottawa. Cops in unmarked cars driving illegally both times. Both times they tried to lie to get out of it. I asked one guy what he was doing driving the wrong way down a 1 way street in an unmarked car. He said he injured his ankle 3 months ago and hasn't driven a car so didn't know what he was doing. Wish I was recording the conversation.

As a newbie I am amazed that I am hanging around with blatant law breakers! I never would have thought this about such a nice group!

:-)

I never exceed the speed limit, never look in my mirrors, stay forever in whatever lane I started in, always wear my seat belt and never ever talk on the phone in the car - hands free or not. I never get tickets. That's just how I roll.

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Originally posted by David B:
I never exceed the speed limit, never look in my mirrors, stay forever in whatever lane I started in, always wear my seat belt and never ever talk on the phone in the car - hands free or not. I never get tickets. That's just how I roll.

David, you have your lawyer on speed dial #1!!