The most ridiculous ticket I've ever received.

[BacktoBasics]

Its hit and miss. Sometimes they issue a warrant for an unpaid ticket and sometimes not. Usually the warrant is for a failure to appear.

[BacktoBasics]

Would it really even be worth the conversation if everyone just said, "Awwww....poor BacktoBasics. I can't believe how horribly you were treated! Did you cry? Do you want a hug?"

absolutely not.

[CosmicCowboy]

I will tell you with 100% honesty that I looked, signaled and dropped to second while changing lanes but did so without breaking traction or swinging the car around like some dangerous asshat. I know the type of driving you're talking about and I'm too old for that . I save it for the track. Had you been in the passenger seat you wouldn't have even reached for the armrest. I real car guy doesn't burn it up around town.

LOL, I drive a truck now. I was 22 and single when I bought mine. I had seen all these old guys putting around in their Vettes for years and swore if I ever got one i would drive the out of it and I did. No regrets.

Never dinged it and never caused any accidents, but I did have a passenger once roll out on the ground after I stopped and throw up LOL.

[koriwhat]

LOL, I drive a truck now. I was 22 and single when I bought mine. I had seen all these old guys putting around in their Vettes for years and swore if I ever got one i would drive the out of it and I did. No regrets.

Never dinged it and never caused any accidents, but I did have a passenger once roll out on the ground after I stopped and throw up LOL.

damn i wish i had a vette... i love them!

[CosmicCowboy]

damn i wish i had a vette... i love them!

Well, if you ever get one don't drive it like old man B2B...

[BacktoBasics]

damn i wish i had a vette... i love them!

I'll sell you mine on the cheap.

[sook]

Did you see my thread on going 1 MILE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT?

I got a damn ticket, just goto court like i did, it'll be waived, you didn't do anything wrong bud.

[CosmicCowboy]

Did you see my thread on going 1 MILE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT?

I got a damn ticket, just goto court like i did, it'll be waived, you didn't do anything wrong bud.

That cops wife's car is probably the one B2B tagged with break cleaner in last months road rage incident.

[CosmicCowboy]

I'll sell you mine on the cheap.

Might want to run the (non-matching) serial number on the motor before you do that deal. Just sayin...LOL

[Frenzy]

well gee that blows..

one time i got a ticket for not using my signal....i was out in the middle of no where...at 2am... pitch dark no lights... not cars no where. I have no idea where the cop came from. It was a dike cop....argh. Man-like with loopside breast and the adams apple my god... looks like she was swallowing a grapefruit. Oh well some cops need that power trip.



my friend said i should have said:

"gee officer... i wanna be a cop... but i don't think i have what it takes to pass the weekend training to become one."

[CuckingFunt]

It was a dike cop....argh.

You got pulled over by an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river? That's pretty impressive, actually.

Though, it doesn't really say much about the quality of the local law enforcement that such an object was able to make it through the academy.

[J.T.]

So it's just an empty threat when they say they'll put out an arrest warrant if you don't pay your tickets on time?

No, they do come round your ass up. My brother had two tickets from when he got arrested and he paid them a few days late. The cops came to the house to try and get him with that warrant nonsense but they checked with their office and found out that he had paid them so they left. His tickets were for public intoxication and resisting arrest.

I never settled that ticket I got on July 31st of last year. I was supposed to have either paid it or taken defensive driving by Dec. 9, 2008 and I completed an online DD course on Dec. 7th, 2008. But I never took the paperwork by the courthouse because they also wanted me to get a copy of my driving record, which DPS mailed to the wrong address and I never received. Some woman rear ended my truck at a red light a few months back and when the cops came to sort everything out they ran my license and said I had no warrants. The only thing I can think of is that the DD school I took the course at (which was based out of Round Rock) also mailed a copy of the course completion certificate to the court.

[Strike]

I have a similar story and also was warned that I'd be arrested.

I was leaving a Spurs game one evening and while driving home, was stopped for absolutely no apparent reason. The officer approached my window and asked me if I knew that the light above my rear license plate was out. I told him I didn't know that and assured him that I would get it corrected immediately. He then asked me for license and insurance, and I complied. When he returned to my vehicle, he had written me a ticket -- with a fine of something like $110 -- for the burned out light. I immediately went into smart ass mode and the situation escalated.

I asked him how I was supposed to know that the light was burned out without standing behind a running car. I said, I thought it was helpful of him to save me the risk of standing behind a moving car by pulling me over to advise me, but that giving me a ticket for it was complete and utter bull . He asked me if I wanted to go to jail; I said "for what?" He told me that because I wouldn't sign his ticket, the charge would be resisting arrest. I told him he had to have an arrestable offense first and that he still didn't have one. He said he didn't care and got on his shoulder walkie-talkie and called for a tow truck.

Allowing my indignation to give way to some sensibility, I signed the ticket, but wrote a lengthy protest on it -- for whatever it was worth. He was obviously pissed and threatened again to have me arrested for writing my protest. I quickly finished.

I went the next day, before sunset, to have the light replaced. I went down to the municipal court a couple of weeks later. First I talked to a brick wall prosecutor who would bargain my fine down only $10. I advised him that I'd be happy to take the ticket to trial. He told me I'd have to enter a plea with the judge. So I went before the judge and before I could even open my mouth, she started laughing. She asked why I had come; I said I was there because I thought the ticket was nonsense. She laughed again, said, "I'm sorry you've been harassed. The Legislature is going to change this law, but even if it didn't, there's no way I'd allow someone to pay a fine for a ticket like this one. The charge is dismissed."

And to think that I almost got arrested for it. . . .

That's awesome. I have a similar story I'd like to share...

About 13 years ago I walking around downtown Portland with my girlfriend. I was about a block away from Pioneer Courthouse Square (TlongII and other Portlanders will know the area, sorry to the rest of you) and hawked a loogie on to the sidewalk as a couple of bicycle cops rode by. One of them said to me "hey! Don't spit on the sidewalk!" I quickly apologized and thought that would be the end of it. He then stopped me and asked for my ID. I did exactly as I was told. As he pulled out his ticket book the conversation went like this:
Me: "Are you serious? You're really writing me a ticket
Cop: "Yup. Spitting on the sidewalk cons utes littering."
Me: "Holy Christ. Are you padding your quota for the day?"
Other Cop: "Watch it, kid."
Me: "Whatever. This is crap and you both know it."

He hands me the ticket. I look it over and see the fine.

Me: "500 BUCKS??? Are you kidding me? This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen!"
Cop: "You don't like it? Take it up with the judge."
Me: "Trust me, I will. And I got 20 bucks that says I don't have to pay this crap ticket."
Cop: "I guess we'll see. Have a nice day."
Me: "Go to , Officer."

So I went to court to contest it. The judge looked at the ticket, then looked at me with a confused look on his face.

Judge: "$500?"
Me: "Apparently."
Judge: "For spitting?"
Me: "I was as surprised as you are, sir."
Judge: "Well son, since the officer isn't here to explain the ticket, I can do 1 of two things. I can either dismiss it and you can be done with it. Or you can take it to trial and make the officer look foolish. It's your choice."
Me: (chuckling)"I'd rather just have it dismissed if that's ok, sir."
Judge: "Case dismissed."

One of the most satisfying moments of my life.


Sorry for the obscenely long post.

[Jacob1983]

You should have opened your door and ran yelling "killer bees".

[MiamiHeat]

Looks like he thought you were endangering other drivers with your road rage.

I personally hate people who are behind me, and then switch lanes, accelerate to cut me off and get in the lane ahead of me.

I realize it's ironic because some cut YOU off in a much more dangerous manner, but that doesn't give you the right to lash out.

[Obstructed_View]

I wouldn't have done anything differently had I known the cop was right there watching. Didn't know and never thought acceleration was a crime. I'm not going to give up my vehicle just because a few asshole feel like ticketing me for no good reason.

This thread is worthless unless you post some pics of your Mach 1.

The Mach



My 2001 Cobra


My current project

[Richard Cranium]

Just go to court and get it dismissed and start carrying a bottle of water in your car.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2000252_get-...tle-water.html

And get some anger management.

[Obstructed_View]

Just go to court and get it dismissed and start carrying a bottle of water in your car.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2000252_get-...tle-water.html

And get some anger management.

Some people need to just buy a ing Valentine One already.

[jack sommerset]

Just go to court and get it dismissed and start carrying a bottle of water in your car.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2000252_get-...tle-water.html

And get some anger management.

He is harmless. Infact I bet the rants he goes off on are only in his head and on ST. He was probably "yes sir" "I know sir" "It won't happen again sir".

[Winehole23]

Basically the officer can write you a ticket if he thinks you created an unsafe situation. If you have any witness, bring him to traffic court when you challenge.

I've had a case dismissed in SA traffic court . If you wear slacks and a shirt with a collar, you'll stand out from the other misdemeanants. Put on a suit and you risk being better dressed than the lawyers in the room. It worked out well enough for me once, but I wouldn't do it again. Semi-casual is probably about right.

[JoeChalupa]

My wife had a ticket dismissed and all she did was show up and the officer didn't.

[Blake]

My wife had a ticket dismissed and all she did was show up and the officer didn't.

Seems like I read that cops fail to show about 20-25% of the time.

If I were a cop, I wouldn't want to show up for this ticket.

What sucks though is that even if it's dismissed, you still have to take the time off from work to go down there and you may even have to pay a few bucks for parking.

[marini martini]

Seems like I read that cops fail to show about 20-25% of the time.

If I were a cop, I wouldn't want to show up for this ticket.

What sucks though is that even if it's dismissed, you still have to take the time off from work to go down there and you may even have to pay a few bucks for parking.

It's not like the travel trailer business is doing gangbusters right now!!!

[BacktoBasics]

It's not like the travel trailer business is doing gangbusters right now!!!

Business if fine. Better than normal I'd say.

[ididnotnothat]

It's not like the travel trailer business is doing gangbusters right now!!!

But homes still need to be cleaned.