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Bummer you got caught, but sounds like the officer was doing his job. Around here that speeding ticket is a $75 fine plus court fees..(usually $49) and 2 points against your license.
Quote from: OldKooT on January 26, 2017, 12:51:04 PMBummer you got caught, but sounds like the officer was doing his job. Around here that speeding ticket is a $75 fine plus court fees..(usually $49) and 2 points against your license.I could think of a million other things he could have been doing... like fighting crime.
Quote from: stewie on January 26, 2017, 02:36:41 PMQuote from: OldKooT on January 26, 2017, 12:51:04 PMBummer you got caught, but sounds like the officer was doing his job. Around here that speeding ticket is a $75 fine plus court fees..(usually $49) and 2 points against your license.I could think of a million other things he could have been doing... like fighting crime.I'm pretty sure you don't want to see him running around in tights with a cape trying defeat the criminal underworld. Where would he keep his doughnuts?
Quote from: OldKooT on January 26, 2017, 12:51:04 PMBummer you got caught, but sounds like the officer was doing his job. Around here that speeding ticket is a $75 fine plus court fees..(usually $49) and 2 points against your license.Yea but you can take the class and keep your points.
Well, the only thing I can share is I've been good (for years knock on wood) and the wife while in Seattle on business recently was awarded a ticket in a rental from a traffic cam for being 6 mph over & the letter (in a plain uncertified envelope btw) they sent was requesting a $150 for that infraction. I promptly filed that in the oval filing cabinet.......
Quote from: stlaser on January 26, 2017, 08:07:51 PMWell, the only thing I can share is I've been good (for years knock on wood) and the wife while in Seattle on business recently was awarded a ticket in a rental from a traffic cam for being 6 mph over & the letter (in a plain uncertified envelope btw) they sent was requesting a $150 for that infraction. I promptly filed that in the oval filing cabinet.......Yeah, those things are an actual joke. "I'm not sure who I loaned my car to that day but that's not me driving" case dismissed every time. The best ones are the timed ones near school zones. they snap a pic of you entering and another leaving. if you got there too fast, you must have been speeding. Thanks Tim Eyman.
I just don't speed.
It was never about $$$ with us. In fact they did not encourage traffic stops. It was a tool to get inside the car. 90% was have a nice day if you had all your stuff.
Quote from: OldKooT on January 27, 2017, 11:50:47 AMI just don't speed. Says the retired farmer who's married to Sherlie Muldowny's lost sister.........
That almost sounds like profiling
That's not profiling, if you break the law(speeding) and they stop you just to see if everything is okay and send you on your way if it is, that's a lawful stop and frisk rolling style. As long as the 10% receiving tickets don't receive them for the sole reason of being a member of a demographic of your choice, no harm no foul. If they get tickets or arrestdd for being idiots or criminals,that's their own darn fault. There is a fairly heavy dose of sarcasm on this post.
Says the retired farmer who's married to Sherlie Muldowny's lost sister.........
Not knowing how to operate lights is a hint to auto theft. A light working wrong is a safety issue, normally a courtesy stop. Length of stop is mostly attitude (both of you), but under 10 is average even for a cite.I used to stop people dragging chains all the time or covered plates, DUIs we left to CHP if we could.
This must be an issue sometimes in states where you must inform. However it does not excuse being a but head.What state was that?
I don't have a problem paying up, Lord knows I deserve it....been to traffic school more times than a guy wants to admit (here you can only go every 3 years...which sucks!!).The problem I have is the "excuse" stops. Like you guys were talking about, taillight out, etc. Sometimes it's just a reason to try and find drugs, or whatever. I've been profiled several times because of the dark tint on my truck....and I know most of the guys in town! Had a new guy pull me over for grabbing the outside lane when making a turn a couple years back. I told him "you guys don't enforce that law, don't you know?" lol.
The only reason I have tint is for it's original intended use, blocking out the sun, but I also understand why it makes our boys in blue nervous.