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Speeding Ticket in DC
This morning I got a speeding ticket...I was on a two lane road, with a
30mph speed limit (if you are familiar with the area,16th street towards silver spring). I was coming up to a red light with a car and a cop in the next lane over...the red turned green and I sped by both at 30mph (the limit) - the cop comes behind me, with blue lights flashing, so I assume he needs to pass...I go up to 35 so I can get ahead of the car in the left lane and let him pass...he then turns on his sirens and pulls me over. so I was going 35 in a 30 zone, but he wrote me down as going 40 - I guess he felt liked rounding up, and of course I had no recourse to argue. Anyways, what he said was "Why the hell did you pass me?" he talked about how stupid it was to pass a sky cab or something like that - I tried to explain but he shushed me and cited me for speeding, and gave me an extra $100 ticket for california plates. Any way I can argue the speeding ticket? |
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"Zwanz of Never" > wrote in message news:bGAKd.323$UB6.85@trnddc01... > This morning I got a speeding ticket...I was on a two lane road, with a > 30mph speed limit (if you are familiar with the area,16th street towards > silver spring). I was coming up to a red light with a car and a cop in the > next lane over...the red turned green and I sped by both at 30mph (the > limit) - the cop comes behind me, with blue lights flashing, so I assume > he needs to pass...I go up to 35 so I can get ahead of the car in the left > lane and let him pass...he then turns on his sirens and pulls me over. so > I was going 35 in a 30 zone, but he wrote me down as going 40 - I guess he > felt liked rounding up, and of course I had no recourse to argue. Anyways, > what he said was "Why the hell did you pass me?" he talked about how > stupid it was to pass a sky cab or something like that - I tried to > explain but he shushed me and cited me for speeding, and gave me an extra > $100 ticket for california plates. Any way I can argue the speeding > ticket? > > > > Your word against his in court. |
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el Diablo wrote:
> "Zwanz of Never" > wrote in message > news:bGAKd.323$UB6.85@trnddc01... > >>This morning I got a speeding ticket...I was on a two lane road, with a >>30mph speed limit (if you are familiar with the area,16th street towards >>silver spring). I was coming up to a red light with a car and a cop in the >>next lane over...the red turned green and I sped by both at 30mph (the >>limit) - the cop comes behind me, with blue lights flashing, so I assume >>he needs to pass...I go up to 35 so I can get ahead of the car in the left >>lane and let him pass...he then turns on his sirens and pulls me over. so >>I was going 35 in a 30 zone, but he wrote me down as going 40 - I guess he >>felt liked rounding up, and of course I had no recourse to argue. Anyways, >>what he said was "Why the hell did you pass me?" he talked about how >>stupid it was to pass a sky cab or something like that - I tried to >>explain but he shushed me and cited me for speeding, and gave me an extra >>$100 ticket for california plates. Any way I can argue the speeding >>ticket? >> >> >> >> > > > Your word against his in court. > That's not to say you shouldn't go, however. I'm curious about the California plates thing... are you now living in DC? If you are, you should get that fixed before your court date, as the judge will ask about that. nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:21:27 GMT Zwanz of Never wrote:
> This morning I got a speeding ticket...I was on a two lane road, with a > 30mph speed limit (if you are familiar with the area,16th street > towards > silver spring). I was coming up to a red light with a car and a cop in > the > next lane over...the red turned green and I sped by both at 30mph (the > limit) - the cop comes behind me, with blue lights flashing, so I > assume he > needs to pass...I go up to 35 so I can get ahead of the car in the left > lane > and let him pass...he then turns on his sirens and pulls me over. so I > was > going 35 in a 30 zone, but he wrote me down as going 40 - I guess he > felt > liked rounding up, and of course I had no recourse to argue. Anyways, > what > he said was "Why the hell did you pass me?" he talked about how stupid > it > was to pass a sky cab or something like that - I tried to explain but > he > shushed me and cited me for speeding, and gave me an extra $100 ticket > for > california plates. Any way I can argue the speeding ticket? Yep. Fight it. There is no written law that says you have to stop because an officer is stopped on the side writing a citation. Also, DC has to accept your california plates as being kosher. Force him into court and have him explain under exactly what laws you were cited and why. Most likely the judge will dismiss the charges. As he has to mark the exact laws under which you were cited on the ticket, get a copy of those laws and read them carefully. He probably figured that because your plates are from california, you aren't going to challenge his bogus efforts. I lived in Colorado one winter with Ohio plates on my car. I worked at one resort, living in one area where I passed throug a small town. Got to be a habit actually. Every night, a city cop would be waiting at the ramp for me. He'd follow me to the edge of town and turn around. Was I doing anything illegal? Nope. It's just the fact I had out of state plates. Nothing but pure harassment. Challenge the ticket. I would. |
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:34:40 -0500 Nate Nagel wrote:
> el Diablo wrote: >> "Zwanz of Never" > wrote in message >> news:bGAKd.323$UB6.85@trnddc01... >> Your word against his in court. > That's not to say you shouldn't go, however. > I'm curious about the California plates thing... are you now living in > DC? If you are, you should get that fixed before your court date, as > the judge will ask about that. If the driver's license and plates match, that is not an issue. As there are literally thousands of people who drive through DC from neighboring states every day, the fact that plates are from another state, doesn't matter legally. What if it's a rental car? What if my cousin from california is in town and I'm using his car because mine's in the shop? By granting me a driver's license, I can drive any non-commercial vehicle, any where in the world. Some cops have a bad day and they will pick on out of state vehicles because they figure the ticket(s) won't be challenged. This particular cop needs to have an attitude adjustment. |
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For reasons I don't want to explore, on Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:21:27 GMT,
"Zwanz of Never" > wrote: >This morning I got a speeding ticket...I was on a two lane road, with a >30mph speed limit (if you are familiar with the area,16th street towards >silver spring). I was coming up to a red light with a car and a cop in the >next lane over...the red turned green and I sped by both at 30mph (the >limit) - the cop comes behind me, with blue lights flashing, so I assume he >needs to pass...I go up to 35 so I can get ahead of the car in the left lane >and let him pass...he then turns on his sirens and pulls me over. so I was >going 35 in a 30 zone, but he wrote me down as going 40 - I guess he felt >liked rounding up, and of course I had no recourse to argue. Anyways, what >he said was "Why the hell did you pass me?" he talked about how stupid it >was to pass a sky cab or something like that - I tried to explain but he >shushed me and cited me for speeding, and gave me an extra $100 ticket for >california plates. Any way I can argue the speeding ticket? > > Of course you can argue it. This doesn't mean you will win, of course. Kent -- When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. |
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"Kent Wills" > wrote
> Of course you can argue it. This doesn't mean you will win, of > course. Almost any argument will mitigate a ticket- *that's* the 'win'. It's not worth paying a lawyer $500 an hour to appear in court for you, but it's worth 5 hours of your time if you only make $20 an hour and you beat the $100 extra for CA plates, for instance. It's even worth showing up for two hours to wait and find out the cop isn't going to show. If you write a single letter to his superiors, much less copy in *their* superiors, he'll think twice before he does it again. ****'em; fight back. Chas |
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Richard,
I could be wrong but I bet that while filling out the ticket the cop asked for the current address and it was not in Cal. If that's the case then the ticket for improper tags and maybe license would be appropriate. Most places give 30 days from the date of arrival for new residents to get new tags et c. Your Colo. story is a case in point. When you were working in Colo. you were resident there and obligated to get a Colo. license and registration if you lived there for 90 days. Dave M. |
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:55:25 GMT, "David Martel"
> wrote: >Richard, > > I could be wrong but I bet that while filling out the ticket the cop >asked for the current address and it was not in Cal. If that's the case then >the ticket for improper tags and maybe license would be appropriate. Most >places give 30 days from the date of arrival for new residents to get new >tags et c. As any reasonable person would have been able to figure out that something like that was the likely scenario. > Your Colo. story is a case in point. When you were working in Colo. you >were resident there and obligated to get a Colo. license and registration if >you lived there for 90 days. > >Dave M. > |
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