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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
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Total load of schit. It's quasi-legal revenue-generating bull$hit. I say fight it tooth-and-nail whatever it takes.
I hate it when cops get reduced to being revenue-collecting patsies for the gubmint and the insurance companies that own it. I'm sure the cops would rather be out arresting criminals and honest-to-goodness bad guys too. I feel for the officers actually. Traffic detail has to be kind of demeaning. You put all that time & training in and you become a glorified tax collector. I'd be pretty irked.
the dicks are out to get your money.
EDIT: Just to clarify, when I say "the dicks are out to get your money", I'm not referring to P.D. in general, I'm referring to the a-holes that put them in the unenviable position of having to do this kind of menial revenue-generating goon work. I actually support the P.D. - when they're doing "police" things and laying it out there keeping crackheads and gangbangers at bay on behalf of the rest of us.
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I couldn't resist this one. I'm one of those patsies or dicks that hides on his motorcycle and pulls you over. I feel absolutley no guilt about it at all. As far as I'm concerned if your going 15 mph over the speed limit on a surface street your getting stopped. No seat belt your getting stopped, no front plate your getting stopped. Why, because typically by doing that I will tow 4-5 cars a day whose driver is unlicensed or driving on a suspended license. Suspended license means an arrest. Why is it suspended? prior drunk driving arrest? Maybe to many unpaid tickets or an accident with no insurance. Jeff let that same unlicensed and uninsured driver hit your car and god forbid injure a loved one then the posts here would be "Why aren't the Popo doing something about all the unlicensed drivers"
It's funny, On several occasions I've had people approach me while shooting laser on my bike and say that they were glad we were there because they were tired of people speeding up and down their street. To them, it is a very real concern and an issue that needs to be addressed. These speeders are not going 30 mph over the limit but are speeding. Later, I will stop someone on that same street who is going 15-20 over the limit and they will have big attitude and suggest that I go do real police work. One citizen is happy, the other is not. Oh well, can't please everybody. I don't write chickenXXXX tickets and I sleep very well at night. Do I speed? of course I have. But I honestly don't remember the last time I got stopped in a car for speeding. Do I write everybody I stop? No, I don't. But if you give me attitude because I stopped you, then you will get the ticket.
Don't feel for me Jeff. Ask any guy on a motorcycle who has the best job and see what they tell you.
Of course, I really miss going to domestic disturbances and chasing the radio all night. No one is forced to do it and no one feels demeaned by it. We get to go play at all the hot calls and don't have to spend the rest of the shift writing the paper afterwards.
Oh btw, I can't wait till July when I can start writing people for talking on thier cell phones. I will write every single person I see. And I love to write cars who cut to the front of several lanes of backed up traffic in the turn only lane and then go straight when the light turns green because thier time is more valuable the everyone elses.
All that being said. I suggest at least going to court. If the officer doesn't show up, the ticket is dismissed. As far as I'm concerned, if the officer doesn't feel strongly enough about the ticket to show up to court and defend it, why should you pay it? The pain in the arse it is to go there in the first place will probably be enough of a reminder to watch your speed in that area anyway.