[Shotimes] OT: Help! Unfair traffic ticket!

[Dave Kegel]

Hey, talk to Marlene Doyle.  She doesn't think cops lie.  :)

Dave Kegel

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Christian Kesselring
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 2:58 PM
To: Shotimes
Subject: [Shotimes] OT: Help! Unfair traffic ticket!


Today, I got a ticket in my SHO for an "improper lane change", and I am
furious about it.  This cop in an unmarked, untagged CV pulled me over
and accused me of making several lane changes without signalling.  The
signal is working...he checked.  What pisses me off is that I know I
signalled, as I do every single time, so this a**hole had to be either
mistaken or making it up.  I admit, I was driving fairly aggressively,
and that is probably why he pulled me over.  For him to cite me for
something I didn't even do, or rather not doing something I did do, is
ludicrous.  Of course, I will go to court, but what approach should I
take?  Obviously, I am going to plead "Not Guilty", does that
automatically disqualify me from any bargaining?  I am not going to
plead "Guilty" to something I know I didn't do!  This isn't one of those
"Well, I'm not sure how fast I was going" things, I am dead sure. What I
really want to happen is to walk into the courtroom, explain that I did
not do what the officer said I did, and walk out with the ticket
dismissed.  But how do I do that?  Geez, this sucks.  Oh, and by the
way, this was in Midvale, UT.

Christian Kesselring
'92 SHO 119k
'02 PT Cruiser 9k _______________________________________________
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