Normalized crash data shows Autopilot is much less safe than Tesla claims

Re:Normalized crash data shows Autopilot is much less safe t... by sandworm101 on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:30PM (#30184326)

A) Cops don't work such shifts for the weeks/months it takes to get a court date. B) Cops don't normally "show up" in traffic courts. They can often appear via electronic means. C) Cops have great respect for courts. If called, they show up.

D) If your only defense is the faint hope that the cop doesn't show, the judge is going to rain hellfire on you for wasting everyone's time. Court costs. Amended tickets. Contempt. Unless you are about to lose your license, you don't want to roll that dice. If you go to court to fight a traffic ticket you better have an actual defense.

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Re:Normalized crash data shows Autopilot is much less safe t... by sokoloff on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @05:07PM (#30184758)

I’ve shown up to contest all but one traffic ticket I’ve ever received*. It’s up to the state to prove what I’m being accused of; I am not required to admit to it or passively pay the fine without appearing if I choose.

I’ve won many (outright or gotten reductions to non-moving violations) and lost some, but I’ve never had a judge “rain hellfire on [me]” or anything even remotely similar to that, even in cases where I pled “not guilty”, listened to the state’s case, and presented no argument in my defense.

* I got a camera ticket in Switzerland on a business trip that I did just pay rather than traveling back to appear and undoubtedly lose.

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Re:Normalized crash data shows Autopilot is much less safe t... by ipaddr on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @06:06PM (#30185490)

In this case you should go and ask the judge for a smaller ticket regardless. Getting a ticket so large that we are talking about it on hn 40 years later? Go to court.

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