[Shotimes] OT: Help! Unfair traffic ticket!

[Ron Porter]

Go to court and give it a shot. It is your word against his, so it's hard to
determine what will happen. You have nothing to lose, though. There is
always the chance that the judge doesn't like that particular cop, or the
judge figures that if you spent the time to come to court on this there may
be some truth to your story. At least if you go to court you have a CHANCE
of getting it thrown out.

Years ago, my brother got two tickets within 5 minutes....one for drag
racing, the other from another cop for blowing a stop sign right after
getting the first ticket. He went to court for the racing ticket. Turns out
that the judge hates the cop that gave him that ticket, and believed my
brother's story.....he threw out the ticket.

You never know until you try.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Christian Kesselring
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:58 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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