Re:Don’t Talk to Police
by mindslight on Sunday June 18, 2023 @12:49AM
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You've had much better luck than me getting tickets dismissed. I'm sure it's a jurisdiction thing.
Also faster than 30 mph on the 405? Your story doesn't check out. When was your last drink tonight, sir?
there's more than one 405 :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(California) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_405_(Washington)
Re:Don’t Talk to Police
by mindslight on Sunday June 18, 2023 @05:15PM
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Honestly that didn't occur to me because my experience with the PNW was that everybody drives exactly the speed limit while being proud of it. That's literally the exception I'm thinking of when I say that "most places" in the US the custom is 5-10mph over.
Re:Don’t Talk to Police
by AlbertCory on Sunday June 18, 2023 @12:38PM
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I've challenged tickets. Once the cop didn't show, twice he did. Of those latter, I won one and lost one.
They get paid for their time, so it's not as though it's volunteer work.
if we are running on anecdotal evidence: every time I got a ticket I got it dismissed. 25mph zone, 40mph zone, freeway, school zone you name it. they do their number and "bark" at you. you get the ticket and take care of it later.
btw: traffic tickets are a racket. to give you an example: 72 in 60 on 405. Traffic was moving anywhere between 70-75, 4 lanes, i was in the left lane. One cop with a quota tried to give me a ticket. took the ticket and... you guessed it, got it dismissed. This is just the type of bullshit we have to put up with.