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Under 5 mph may still be a ticket(justified), but no points-that's the biggie that'll stay on the record. This might be a good time to show your son when to "fight the good fight" and create a memory that stays.
-Way back in high school, I was sleeping in the passenger seat of the gf's car on the way up north, and awoke to a flashlight in my eyes.
-Saginaw, Mi. officer asked for my i.d. and I told him I wasn't driving and he didn't need it. That resulted in a multi-hundred dollar "no seatbelt" ticket.
-I went back and fought it twice.
-The first time in from of a local (wink,wink) magistrate who said the officer was "mistaken" about not wearing the seatbelt, and the the ticket was reduced to a $75 "not wearing it snuggly" (i.e.1-4" from chest). Pretty smug for two buddies who've got a teenager in a small room.
-I fought that one as well. Mom(who was a lawyer) took long trip up with me for the trial. We sat and exchanging glares with the officer for 45 min. (he was on time and a half pay of course) and then he and the other lawyer dissapeared 5 minutes before the case was called.
-we should have had a juicy counter-suit, but the time spent with mom and the result was worth it.
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