ever beat s - p - e - e - d - i - n - g ticket?

[krazefinn]

Just last month, the day of the last hurricane, I was rushing home with a new generator in my ranger, down a 6 lane road. Some idjot from cross street ran redlight from my right, went into center lane. I slammed on abs brakes, veered right into 3rd lane (far right). Again without looking or signalling this numbnutz decided to go into rt lane, again right in my path. This time I go up on curb to avoid him, only to strike his rt rear tail light w my L front headlight, bumper corner to bumper corner.

Then the rocket scientist LEAVES! I call 911, and went to the adjacent restaurant to ask about witnesses, there happened to be man standing, saw the whole run red light into ctr then over to right. Sez he'll do whatever to help me with hit and run.

Cops come, young snot nosed cop immediately writes me the ticket, sez "due to my vast experience with traffic investigation, and seeing you didn't brake, you are at fault." Did not want to talk to witness. I went into rertaurant, got the witness, who told cop I was in green light/ctr lane, other truck ran redlight fast, into ctr, then into rt, and that I locked up my brakes hard, honked, had headlights on, went over curb, did everything i could to avoid. Cop didn't care this guy had previous refusal to submit for sobriety, failure to remain at scene, 6 month old passenger NOT IN CHILD SEAT.

He still wrote me the ticket.

Judge agreed with me, verbally reprimanded cop, looked at his history and said, "SIR, you have only been a FL police officer two years. From the facts here it is apparent YOU HAVE ONLY HALF-VAST EXPERIENCE!"

Sweet, now no $150 ticket, no 4 pts, and HIS insurance has to pay. IDIOT did not have collision coverage on his own vehicle, despite being a lease, so now he lost that too! And he tried to tell judge that I was "really speeding" and that he went into rt lane after stopping at light, signalled, turned into rt lane, went 300 feet, signalled to go left to center lane, when he "lost sight of me, heard brakes squealing, then I struck him." Judge asked him did he always pull in front of speeding red trucks, and that if it happened the way he lied about it, I would have struck him w my rt front (not left frt) against his left rear, not the right as it happened. Then he said, if Finn was speeding, he would have not been behind you 300 feet further!@ Cop wrote in ticket accident happeened 300 ft away from intersection, in reality was at 48 feet as the pictures and witness stated. I actuallyt had cop fix the distance on ticket by going to his commander.

[mireland]

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[Johnny Fist]

This little story is PLOP worthy.

[Yoshi]

Two plops up:p

[mireland]

Originally posted by Yoshi
Two plops up:p

lordy...:rolleyes:

[alivin]

Witnesses are pretty cool to have around especially one who will go to court.
Oh, and mireland don't bee a scrouge all your life,take a day off form time to time :r

[mireland]

Originally posted by alivin
Witnesses are pretty cool to have around especially one who will go to court.
Oh, and mireland don't bee a scrouge all your life,take a day off form time to time :r


BAAAAAAA HUMBUG...http://www.fancysplace.com/smileys/madslap.gif

[Johnny Fist]

Yeah, quit being a Grumpy Gus!

[mireland]

Originally posted by Johnny Fist
Yeah, quit being a Grumpy Gus!

:mad:



:D

[gjimene2]

I got a speeding ticket about a month ago. It still hasn't been put into the records. So I haven't been able to pay for it. I think that I will have a talk with my best bud's mom who is a judge and see what she can do about dismissing the ticket.

Best part of all, it was given to me by a county sherif, :D

[ShadeZeRO]

I got a speeding "citation"

was going like 90 in a 55 i think,....after i hit the breaks...

Yeah...did i mention in a mini-van (more specifically a 2001 Crysler Town and Country)...w00t !

I think thats the only time i got caught speeding....man, that cop must have went HELLA fast to catch up to me...

I believe it was a State Trooper, in the Farm area..lol..only 2 cars on the road, me and the guy in front of me...He was going faster then me, but he was white so the guy let him go :(

..one of the perks of bein Brown...oh yea, i went to the airport too..security guys looked at me funny...im JK about that one (but i did goto the airport)

[Johnny Fist]

Who told you thats why the cop let him go?!? I swear, if one more person tells a brown about how us white people like to give each other a break and stick it to the minorities I'm going to lose it. Seriously, I'm bring this up at the next meeting for every single white person in america. ITS SUPPOSED TO BE A SECRET!!!

[mireland]

Originally posted by Johnny Fist
Who told you thats why the cop let him go?!? I swear, if one more person tells a brown about how us white people like to give each other a break and stick it to the minorities I'm going to lose it. Seriously, I'm bring this up at the next meeting for every single white person in america. ITS SUPPOSED TO BE A SECRET!!!

:rolleyes: and I'd just like to also add...:rolleyes:

[krazefinn]

It was worth the hassle to hear that judge call the cop "half vast experienced!"

Took him down a notch or two, but I think I'll drive the wifes jeep for a few months!! And stay out of that town...

C'mon, lets hear some good little stories.

About 4 years ago, driving my '69 SS396 big block black Chevelle, I got called to work the ER after a school bus accident. They were short staffed so my charge nurse tells me to hurry.

I get on brand new toll road, open it up and slide into overdrive, speedo go'es to 140mph, and I buried it. Mind you I do have Z rated tires (cuts quarter at 11.18 @ 127 klicks) but I don't (often) drive that fast.

Some rookie going home off duty was coming the other way in his unmarked. He pulled a smokin' 180 in front of me to turn around, I had a chance to slow down. Thought about runnin, but naaah, I don't do that. I stop, he comes up, asks me whats the hurry> I tell him about going to the hospital, he sez "well youre going the wrong way, its north to the lake. I said no, its the other hospital, there was schoolbus accident and now they have 37 admissions.

He radios them finds out I'm tellin him straight, and he just sez "well, keep it between the fences, next time I won't be so friendly". Then he wants to talk about the car, and how his dad gave hinm one 30 years ago when he returned from "Nam.
I had to tell him I was in a rush. He never did tell me what he clocked me at, and needless to say I didn';t volunteer the info!

I've got 3 or 4 more stories, if someone posts some interesting anecdotes I'll share those too!

Not all cops are total jerkz.

[j.m@talk]

I gotta 124 in a 70 limit ........ Std Ticket £30 & 3 points

Sent the cheque off right away & Licence ......

Clerk to the justices sent me a court cheque & licence back & a Summons to apear in court :eek:

My brief (Lawyer) pulled the double jepordy scam (Court accepted the quids as they has cashed the cheque) & I walked from a possible 6 month ban & £1,000 fine + costs ........

All done on legal aid (Poor at the time) so the whole fing cost me Jakk :t

[j.m@talk]

Mind you I wasn't born lucky ........ :(

At 18 I was done for DUI ...... Drink Driving (DR10) for backing the car down the drive & the back wheels went over the footpath & hit the Road...... Then I pulled forward........ Yeah I was drunk but i was movin cars around so we could get more on the drive, so as not to clogg the street up ...... We were havin a party ......... Yeah the cops grabbed me breathalised me :rolleyes: RED light (Arrestable)....... I was 2 points over (OK I ADMIT IT) 37 instead of 35 summinks :rolleyes: £250 + £20 costs + 1 yr ban (Mandatory here) & the mark remained on my licence for 11 years after that :eek:

Umm well there ya are :-@

[krazefinn]

Nice, I like it especially when the cops don't show up to the hearing. Thrown out by default. For that reason alone its worth trying to fight the ticket. Even if you lose, unless you committed some particularily egeregious offense or perjured yourself during the hearing, rarely if never do they charge youmore than the ticket was originally.

Cop to drunk: "Sir, your eyes look bloodshot, have you been drinking?"

Drunk answers 'no sir, your eyes look glazed, have you been eating donuts?'

[mireland]

Originally posted by j.m@talk
Mind you I wasn't born lucky ........ :(

At 18 I was done for DUI ...... Drink Driving (DR10) for backing the car down the drive & the back wheels went over the footpath & hit the Road...... Then I pulled forward........ Yeah I was drunk but i was movin cars around so we could get more on the drive, so as not to clogg the street up ...... We were havin a party ......... Yeah the cops grabbed me breathalised me :rolleyes: RED light (Arrestable)....... I was 2 points over (OK I ADMIT IT) 37 instead of 35 summinks :rolleyes: £250 + £20 costs + 1 yr ban (Mandatory here) & the mark remained on my licence for 11 years after that

Umm well there ya are :-@

you must have better laws over there then we do here..over here we'd just make a drunk drive over to the jail and turn himself in...:rolleyes:

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by mireland
you must have better laws over there then we do here..over here we'd just make a drunk drive over to the jail and turn himself in...:rolleyes:

DUI is a massive offence here :eek: PPL grumble at ya in the court canteen :(

Granted its a bad fing to do & I was guilty ........ Man did I pay :rolleyes:

320% increase in insurance premium for 1 year 200% after 100% after yawn yawn

considering I got away from the incursions in my early 20's ....... it cost me umm approx £5,000 15/18 years ago :eek:

[Johnny Fist]

Its better to get that junk over with in your teens and early twenties when you're supposed to instead of doing it in your thirties or forties like some people do. If you're twenty and get a DUI, boys will be boys. If you're 40 and get a DUI you're just another loser.

[krazefinn]

Wasn't saying "nice " to the previous post, I was in between there! Too bad about the second one, sounds like they were being a bit overly vigilant esp if you were not on public road.

I remeber riding with my brother, another buddy and 3 girls back in '73 in a VEGA!!

We had a magnum of wine, the girls were hot and we were all feeling good. My brother tried to race some dude in a pinto and ran a redlight, saw the oncoming cop, went wrong way down one way street trying to outrun him. Pulled off on side street when he lost sight of us, then wheeled into a open driveay 5 or 6 houses down.

Cop cruised by slowly, then backed up behind us. Seems my brother had puulled into his grandmothers house!@!

I had chance to ditch the magnum (we went back later to pick it up), the cop was nice, since he couldn't find any alky, he let us off!!

[j.m@talk]

Originally posted by krazefinn
they were being a bit overly vigilant esp if you were not on public road.

I just touched the road ;) ........ goin backwards at 3" a sec .......
Still rulez are rulez :(

I was pissed off to find a "Coranation Street " (Local Soap) Actor got the same fine for parking his 5 series BMW in a shop (IN a shop) upside down after a beer up wiv his mates in a City bar :rolleyes:

[krazefinn]

One late night back when I was in HS my girlfriends brother took her and I out to this huge nature park in no ontario. WE premixed a bottle of vodka into a OJ jug, and Terry, gf's brother had brought back some interesting recreational farmerceuticals.

The car filled up with really thick smoke, so even if we had been aware, we did't see the cops pull up behind us ww their lights out. One cop opens terry's driver door just as he is trying to snuff the ****, they haul us out of the car, look at the juice and ask us where the rum is. Terry, whos IQ was now about room temperature, sez to the cop "its not rum sir, its vodka: we mixed it athome". They asked if he had any more of the smoldering grrenish material. terry shows him his film container. The cop sez "we could take you all in, and it will be expensive, but since you were honest about the vodka, we'll let you go IF you discard this stuff". Terry then in his infinite and increasing wisdom asks "can we get rid of it later?"

We laughed our ss'ss off, shoulda been there.

Makes you wonder how he got into college, let alone got out w degree!!

[ukulele]

I got nailed in a speed trap one day when I was speeding about 10 MPH over the limit. While the cop is writing me a ticket, a black Porshe comes fly by doing twice the legal limit at least. I took my ticket and the guy with Porsche up ahead is taking a breath test and looks pretty ripped. So I finally go to court and the judge nails me for the max after I plead guilty. As I'm about to leave the courthouse the guy with the Porsche shows up with a lawyer. So I wait and listen to his story out of curiosity. It turns out he was a lawyer, with his own lawyer and pleads innocent. The two lawyers yacked back and forth for a good five minutes with legal mumbo jumbo only lawyers know and the guy gets off a DUI and speeding ticket after two cops testified against him. I was tempted to jump up in court and testify for the cops, but I figured you never know, maybe I'll need the lawyer some day. :rolleyes:

[krazefinn]

Was this down in the conch republic? Cops there seem alittle more mellow than the ones up here center state. Theyre even listed by AAA as spedtraps, like the little town of waldo off 301.

I have to laugh, back in '91 when desert storm started, the very day king george the first sent in our men, we were taking a 68' 1909 wooden boat (a real beut, the jane lee) up the st johns to lambs boatyard in jax to haul it out. Passing that NAS just south of jax, as we were chugging down stream with this completely stripped boat, we saw about 2 dozen MP's and cops watching us from the terminal tower. They even sent up a helio to check us out, we koked that we were the Iraqi navy flagship. I mean, we had the wood stripped, all brightwork removed, reg nos removed.

it looked real junky then, I don't know what they thought we were up to!
She sure shined when we refinished her stem to stern and keel to mizzen.

[krazefinn]

Some years ago I was driving my brothers cammed up 427 Chevelle, and came up on a 3 lane wide freeway on ramp. I passed about 4 cars in front on the ramp, and then ducked into center (median) lane of highway and punched it, just in time to see this 440 powered 4 door Dodge polara do the same, right in front of me, doing about half my speed.

I went into grass median, wiggling abit, but didn't lose it, and my brother is hanging out the passenger window giving the friendly one finger wave and shouting somejuicy greetings to the other driver. I punched it and went as fast as i dared for about 10 minutes. When I backed down, not a minute or two later this 4door is right behind me, with a law officer behind wheel frantically waving his shiny lil badge.

I pulled over (have never ran, at least not like that), and while I'm idlling on shoulder this guy comes swaggerin' up, tells me to shut off that 3-legged race horse (awesome idle). He hollers "do you always drive like that?" I can't answer b4 my bro shouts back "only when a--wholes like you cut him off"!!

Needless to say I thought I was gonna get busted big time, instead he BLUSHES, apologizes for not loking in mirror, and lets me off with a warning. We had to sit there and let the motor cool down 30 minutes, but after that I was little more careful around that town!!

[ukulele]

Originally posted by krazefinn
Some years ago I was driving my brothers cammed up 427 Chevelle, and came up on a 3 lane wide freeway on ramp. I passed about 4 cars in front on the ramp, and then ducked into center (median) lane of highway and punched it, just in time to see this 440 powered 4 door Dodge polara do the same, right in front of me, doing about half my speed.

I went into grass median, wiggling abit, but didn't lose it, and my brother is hanging out the passenger window giving the friendly one finger wave and shouting somejuicy greetings to the other driver. I punched it and went as fast as i dared for about 10 minutes. When I backed down, not a minute or two later this 4door is right behind me, with a law officer behind wheel frantically waving his shiny lil badge.

I pulled over (have never ran, at least not like that), and while I'm idlling on shoulder this guy comes swaggerin' up, tells me to shut off that 3-legged race horse (awesome idle). He hollers "do you always drive like that?" I can't answer b4 my bro shouts back "only when a--wholes like you cut him off"!!

Needless to say I thought I was gonna get busted big time, instead he BLUSHES, apologizes for not loking in mirror, and lets me off with a warning. We had to sit there and let the motor cool down 30 minutes, but after that I was little more careful around that town!!


Good one. That cop had a fast car though. I Bought one many years ago from a police auction. One of the few cars I wished I never sold. It was a black and white too with the decals still on it just sprayed over. Had I known what I know now about chemicals I could have restored it like new. :D