[Shotimes] Re: question about ticket in MD

[MonsieurBoo@aol.com]

What?  You mean our much-publicized big statewide weekend crackdown  didn't 
get any airplay in Joisey?  Da noive a dem bozos!
 
As usual the best bet would be to get a dismissal if the trooper doesn't  
show up.  That one is still pretty automatic in MD since it is a blue  state, 
after all.*  Because this is a big ticket initiative weekend for  them, part of 
the planning will probably be to have the troopers available for  court on the 
court dates they're currently writing on those tags.  They  will be trying to 
do it mass-production line style.  So your best bet might  be to request a 
continuance since you're from out of state, and see if that  throws off the 
trooper's court schedule.  Also it won't hurt to put some  time between the ticket 
and the court date in case the trooper can't really  remember you out of all 
the tickets they're slinging this weekend.  Then  you can plead your best case.
 
Whether it will get you anywhere, depends on how bad the judge's 'roids are  
that day.  MD is no different from any other speed trap in that  respect.
 
This wasn't one of our bogus "road crew" swat teams by the  way?   They are 
out here in full force this weekend, ya can't  trust nobody no more.
 
Mark LaBarre
94 atx 130k  
FYWDWWW
 
 
* Having said this, I have to admit that we do have a Republican gov, who  
did a very interesting thing the other day.  Our county cops got the bright  
idea of hiding in the bushes at midnight with a night vision scope along the  
main drag in our town, spotting people who weren't belted up, and radioing down  
the road to a roadblock where they were pulled over (in droves) and  tagged.  
The Gov. decided it was an intrusion into personal liberty,  stepped in and 
put the kibosh on it.


In a message dated 7/3/2005 4:41:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Ian  Fisher 
_<dataflash@yahoo.com_ (mailto:dataflash@yahoo.com) >  writes:

A MD state trooper kindly waved me down on I95 and
wrote me a nice  thank you note this morning. 

$75 fine, 0 point violation in  Maryland.

My questions: NJ will cut you a break if you bother to
show  up to court; they'll usually let you plead to a
lesser offense. Is Maryland  the same? I've learned
that PA isn't like this at all.