A Cop is an Idiot.

[Sean]

Originally posted by ILike2DriveCars
what a dumb bitch I hate it when people automatically assume that if you are young you are a careless driver.

that happened to my brother a few years back.

There is this 90 degree turn (its more of a corner than a turn) and the bottom of a fairly steep hill, and usually you have to go about 30kph to get around the corner.

Well my brother was coming home on a route that took him around this corner. As it so happens, this old guy who lives on a house overlooking the corner saw him 'speed around the corner at 80mph'. And right after that corner, there is another easier blind turn to the left into a forested patch.

So anyways, the guy calls the cops and tells them what my brother was apparently doing. So that evening the cops show up at the door and ask my brother about what happened. They were basicly just stayed and took notes as a formality, because once they found out which turn it was they knew the old guys story was BS for a few reasons.

1. My brother was driving a stock 94 toyota tercel, a car which couldn't do that kind of turn at that speed withouta professional driver. (or probably not at all)

2. If he was going 80kph, he would have been around the second corner before the guy could read his license plate.

The cop was real nice about it and didn't give my bro a ticket or a warning or anything. Then on his way out he tripped and fell down the front steps

[Suislide]

well, checked out the car today, no damage to the underside. in fact, there wasn't any damage done to the tire either, and what damage there was on the rim was easily repaired. $25 to have the tire put on and the rim straightened, and that's all! now i've just gotta deal with the fucking ticket... sending a lawyer in on Monday.

[Suislide]

UPDATE.

talked to one of those Traffic Ticket Specialist agencies today. it's going to cost me 1000 fucking dollars just to pay for the legal services. and with that, there's no guarantee that i'll win, that money just pays for the lawyer to come and help me. so i'm ALREADY out $1025, and if i lose this case, here's what else will happen:

1)$325 fine
2)6 demerit points, meaning my license is suspended for 6 months.
3)my insurance rates will quadruple from $700 a year to $3000 a year for 5 years.

if i lose, this brings the grand total over 5 years to $16,350. $16,350 because i hit some ice while driving normally, hit a curb, had some bitch call police and had a fuck-head cop deal with me. if i lose this case, i'm fucked for life.

[crab]

Originally posted by S13_Iketani
UPDATE.

talked to one of those Traffic Ticket Specialist agencies today. it's going to cost me 1000 fucking dollars just to pay for the legal services. and with that, there's no guarantee that i'll win, that money just pays for the lawyer to come and help me. so i'm ALREADY out $1025, and if i lose this case, here's what else will happen:

1)$325 fine
2)6 demerit points, meaning my license is suspended for 6 months.
3)my insurance rates will quadruple from $700 a year to $3000 a year for 5 years.

if i lose, this brings the grand total over 5 years to $16,350. $16,350 because i hit some ice while driving normally, hit a curb, had some bitch call police and had a fuck-head cop deal with me. if i lose this case, i'm fucked for life.

I normally don't support violence... but...

If I were in your shoes, i'd just pay the fine, accept the demerit points, get a bike, then go burn her house down, make friends with ppl who have connections with cops, find out which thick-headed cop gave you the ticket, then go sledgehammer his nuts.

[Suislide]

Originally posted by crab


I normally don't support violence... but...

If I were in your shoes, i'd just pay the fine, accept the demerit points, get a bike, then go burn her house down, make friends with ppl who have connections with cops, find out which thick-headed cop gave you the ticket, then go sledgehammer his nuts.

well, i have a pretty good chance of having the ticket dismissed. but no matter how confident you are about something, there's always a small portion of you that says "well maybe this could go wrong...".

i don't usually advocate violence either, but after today, i felt like shooting something.

[Sean]

damn... that would really suck if you lost it.

[jon@af]

Originally posted by S13_Iketani
UPDATE.

talked to one of those Traffic Ticket Specialist agencies today. it's going to cost me 1000 fucking dollars just to pay for the legal services. and with that, there's no guarantee that i'll win, that money just pays for the lawyer to come and help me. so i'm ALREADY out $1025, and if i lose this case, here's what else will happen:

1)$325 fine
2)6 demerit points, meaning my license is suspended for 6 months.
3)my insurance rates will quadruple from $700 a year to $3000 a year for 5 years.

if i lose, this brings the grand total over 5 years to $16,350. $16,350 because i hit some ice while driving normally, hit a curb, had some bitch call police and had a fuck-head cop deal with me. if i lose this case, i'm fucked for life.

Damn man, that makes me feel bad, and I didnt do anything.

[90gs]

Originally posted by Toksin
Oh,and Amish_kid, grow the fuck up.

he was kidding....

[ericdxd]

Hi,

Like this old post, I got a ticket recently - "careless driving" in a single vihecle accident because of black ice.

What is the end of the result on court?
I want to know whether I should plea of bargin with prosecutor? Do I have to hire a lawyer or traffic ticket specilist?
How much chance to win?
Any body else have the experience to fight "careless driving" ?
I will post later of the detail of my accident.

Thanks,
Eric

[jon@af]

Originally Posted by ericdxd

Hi,

Like this old post, I got a ticket recently - "careless driving" in a single vihecle accident because of black ice.

What is the end of the result on court?
I want to know whether I should plea of bargin with prosecutor? Do I have to hire a lawyer or traffic ticket specilist?
How much chance to win?
Any body else have the experience to fight "careless driving" ?
I will post later of the detail of my accident.

Thanks,
Eric

Eric, this post is nearly a year old. I would suggest not digging up old threads because you like them, especially this old. You can however, start a NEW thread on the topic at hand in the correct forum, whether it be here in stress release or in COT or in any of the other forums. Please don't dig up an old threads again.