A Cop is an Idiot.

[Suislide]

so here's my enfuriating story.

even though it's April 3rd and technically spring, it has been freezing rain and hailing all day today around here and hasn't been any warmer then about -3 C. everything is coated in a centimetre of ice. so i'm driving home at about 2:00 this afternoon. i realize i left something at school, so i turn into a sidestreet to pull a u-ey. as i'm doing this, i spot what i thought i had left at school (a binder) sitting in the front seat. so i jerk the wheel back the way i was going, aborting the u-turn. as i do this, my back wheels hit black ice and gravel. i lost the ass-end of the car, and hit the curb sideways at about 50km/h. there's a sickening crunch and the car feels lower. i get out to discover the rear tire has exploded and the rim is badly bent from impact with the curb. i pray to god the suspension isn't damaged (i have yet to check). i push the car off of the grass and quietly go about getting the spare out and jacking the car up to change the tire, when all of a sudden i hear a siren. it sounds close. i look up and a cop car, sirens, lights and all, pulls up beside me. wondering how they found out, i see the lady in the house across the street is standing in her window. i smile, thinking there are still some good people in this world. i fill out an accident report and give all my info to the cops, and a tow truck shows up and hooks up the car. i sit in the truck while the cops finish up the paper work. about 10 minutes later, the cops finally comes over to me, and slaps me with a $325 "careless driving" ticket. apparently the lady who called in complained that i was a "rowdy teenager" that was doing e-brake skids in her subdivision. so now i have to go to court to fight this fucking ticket because all i did was slide out on some ice in front of some bitch's house. what the hell has gotten into people these days?? is there no decency???

[Edge240]

that's pure bullshit

[Jay!]

So fight the ticket. Should be easy if you have a clean record.

Did the officer make no effort to get your side of the story?

[crab]

I swear, 99% of Torontonians are idiots...

S13... where did this happen? Which intersection/street? I'll have to make sure I don't stumble upon this bitch myself, or, if it must happen, i'll have to make sure I break her jaw first

[Suislide]

Originally posted by crab
I swear, 99% of Torontonians are idiots...

S13... where did this happen? Which intersection/street? I'll have to make sure I don't stumble upon this bitch myself, or, if it must happen, i'll have to make sure I break her jaw first

i just put Toronto on my profile because nobody knows where the hell my town is. i actually live in a small town about a half an hour north of Toronto called Caledon. small town of about 30k, and it was an OPP officer gave me the ticket.

Jay - officer's took down a statement from me. i told them the entire story bit by bit, showed them the gravel and ice that i hit etc. they didn't even talk to the lady. i'm fighting the ticket, but i'm still mad...

[Amish_kid]

thats sucks man
a little gas and matches will go a long way
that'll teach the old bitch to call the cops on you

[Suislide]

Originally posted by Amish_kid
thats sucks man
a little gas and matches will go a long way
that'll teach the old bitch to call the cops on you

the only thing that'll teach me is what life in jail is like. i don't plan on any revenge, i'm already in enough hot water as it is.

[Toksin]

Posts like this piss me off in two ways.

One. "Cops are Idiots" Such a huge generalisation pisses me off to no end. Just because one cop is a fucking moron who doesn't deserve the uniform suddenly they're all bad. No offence Brian, but that's probably the dumbest thing I've ever seen you say.

Two. The whole situation. You could have been badly injured if things had gone worse from slipping on that ice, and that old bitch decides that you're driving carelessly. Fight the ticket.

On the bright side though, good to hear that you're okay. Hopefully the car is too.


Oh,and Amish_kid, grow the fuck up.

[Suislide]

Dave - after originally posting this, i realized my error with the title but unfortunatley us regular members don't have the powers to change the title of threads that have already been posted. i realize that the title is wrong and i shouldn't have put it, so i apologize to you and anyone else who may be offended by it, because i was mad when i wrote this and don't mean what the title says. it wasn't even the cop's fault, it was the old bitch who called them. the cop was just doing his job. if i could change the title, i would.

[Toksin]

Originally posted by S13_Iketani
Dave - after originally posting this, i realized my error with the title but unfortunatley us regular members don't have the powers to change the title of threads that have already been posted. i realize that the title is wrong and i shouldn't have put it, so i apologize to you and anyone else who may be offended by it, because i was mad when i wrote this and don't mean what the title says. it wasn't even the cop's fault, it was the old bitch who called them. the cop was just doing his job. if i could change the title, i would.

Fair enough. Apology accepted. Ask a mod to change the title

[Jay!]

indefinite articles added

[Suislide]

thanks jay.

[HogieGT-R]

wow man that's fucked up, she obviously doesn't know much about "rowdy kids" driving around plus i don't think that you would be using your car as a racing machine because you're much more responsible than others when it comes to that....

[jon@af]

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

[Suislide]

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.

so do i! but this ticket will be so easy to fight in court, it shouldn't be an issue.

a)there's nothing to point to me being a careless driver.
b)since it was so icey in the Greater Toronto Area today, the police had to deal with literally thousands of car accidents. my theory is maybe they just go around handing out the mandatory tickets, just to do their job, but then don't fight them in court.
c)the rate of police officers that show up in Traffic Court in Ontario is slim to nil.

i should be fine. we have to send a lawyer in to court to set a date for trial, so i'll keep everyone updated on the status.