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Perfectlap · 04-19-2005, 10:42 AM

wait a minute aren't you in the military? didn't you show him your military ID?
Must have been a coast guard vet.

jiggysubman · 04-20-2005, 03:44 AM

being in the military doesn't help me when I'm in the military town...they are already tired of us, haha. He got me w/radar. Thing is, I have a cobra, and the damn thing was acting funny that day, going off in the middle of no where and such, so when it registered the smallest hit of K band, I ignored. At night, this was a bad idea.

Perfectlap · 04-20-2005, 09:22 AM

Those K signals can travel for miles and miles, this can be a nightmare for those who live in middle of nowhere and drive their all the time. I guess the strength meter can be the life saver.

Pilot2519j · 04-20-2005, 11:59 AM

Throw yourself at the mercy of the court but allude to the fact that it is through your personal sacrifice and willingness to fall on the sword is your dedication to freedom, liberty & equality there are all there in their soft cushy seats meting out justice against a "humble serviceman". A few your honours would do the trick. Then just get bigger than they and say You understand the necessity to raise revenue but not on those who are the first line of defense of the country!
NOT GUILTY.

YellowJacket · 04-20-2005, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pilot2519j

Then just get bigger than they and say You understand the necessity to raise revenue but not on those who are the first line of defense of the country!
NOT GUILTY.

I am asuming you're joking, and if so, please make it more obvious next time! The judge will act like it's not about revenue -- it's about taking horrible evil lawbreakers who break the speedlimits by a couple MPH off the road. So you have to play to that level. You have to pretend that you don't see it as revenue, you see it as someone calling you on traveling at insanely high speeds that you had no idea you were travelling, and are shocked to hear that you were going 16 MPH over the speed limit! It's all about pretending to think you did something wrong.

Perfectlap · 04-20-2005, 01:34 PM

yeah and while youre digging that grave ask them if they were serious about enforcing the speed limit why dont' they just have the cameras like over in Austria that trip a photograph of the license plate of each car going over the limit?

My advice (although I haven't been in court in 8 years) get to court early, find the Municipal prosecutor and ask him if you can enter a guility plea to non-points offenses like seatbelts, double parking etc that equal the same dollar amount as your speeding ticket. I've done this several times and my prosecutor seemed to have fun doing these side deals. Don't wait for the judge to give you mercy, he don't care brother.

scoobyrex27 · 04-20-2005, 04:06 PM

Advice from a veteran offender (I have the insurance rate to prove it). You can try to fight it but if this is your first ticket, just pay the $130+ (My guess) and then take online traffic school. No points and if you zip through it you can finish in about 30 minutes!

I fought one ticket which I did not deserve and even with my pile of evidence the officer (a community college cop) just lied and I lost.

Good Luck