OptionZero
11-09-2003, 08:35 PM
Hey ya'll i did a search for 'speeding tickets' and read up on some advice, but my case is a bit different.
Last week:
Davis, CA. Sunday...around noon. School town.
That means its empty as hell.
I"m bored and hungry, and the house has no food, so i head on down to burger king.
Enroute, there are some nice bendy roads, so i decided to yanno..."test the suspension" as we here like to do from time to time.
I see a cop coming on the corner, so i slow down...let him pass...go around a corner....wait a few seconds...then speed back up a bit. Few more seconds, BAM....he lights up outta no hwere behind me, apparently he's good at coming up on blind corners behind people.
51 in a 35 zone he says. I say, sorry officer, i was keeping my eyes on the road, i thought i was going around 35-40. He laughs and said...uh...sure.
Then i say there's nobody around, its sunday morning, there's no traffic. on top of that, i was about to slow down for the stop sign anyways. He says 51 woulda been ok, he woulda let it go, except the spot where he radar'd me was a "residential" neighbor hood, and there was a soccer game naerby, so there might have been kids! Now, honestly, there are a few houses, but only on one side, and nobody on freakin sunday morning is gonna be bustling around. And there were no kids or soccer game in sight. I figure argue or just take it, its only 1 offense (3 years perfect before that).
Today, on i80 to Davis, a freakin RSX tailgates me. I slow down a coupla times, allowing him ample opportunity to pass. He chooses to follow me right on the bumper. I say, ok, fuck it, speed up. We do a little bit of weaving, but he does crazy shit like no-signal 3 lane changes cutting off trucks. I stay in the left coupla lanes and end up right on him anyways.
Suddenly, he slows down to a crawl, and i'm like...ok...so i gas it and decide pass him and be done with it, he must be getting off soon.
Red and blue lights.
So the cop pulls me over, and lets the RSX go, claiming he called for backup.
Again i say...officer, everybody around me is going 85, i'm just flow of traffic. He replies that i outran the flow of traffc and passed several cars. Strangely, while i sit there talking to him, millions of cars fly by going 90+. most of 'em SUV's with people talking on the cell phone.
He replies that my moving in and out of traffic means 85 is too fast, other wise 85 is fine...
Anyways, i still think thats bullshit because i signaled all my lane changes, and did NOT cut anyone off.
So.
Clean 3 year record, then a 51 in a 35 and a 85 in a 65.
I don't know much about tix except i appear on the court date, and i can fight it. For one, i can go to traffic school, but the other is going to stick. i cannot...CANNOT get a traffic ticket on my record, my parents will kill me. Fortunately, i chagnged me license and insurnace addresses to my school addy so they won't see anything they aren't supposed to.
Anyone in the Sacramento/Davis/Vacaville/Fairfield area know cops that can help out? hehe
Or, have you gotten tickets before...do cops here usually show up to the trial? If they don't show up, i win, correct?
Dress nice, and be nice. If I plead guilty, does that mean it AUTOMATICALLY goes on my record? Can i plead guilty, but still try to talk my way out of it?
Will the short span between tickets affect my ability to fight either ticket?
thanks, much appreciated. I'm going to law school when i get outta college, i'l chalk it up to practice.
EDIT:
The first cop who pulled me over, in the city, pulled over a mustang 15 minutes later. Can i use this somehow? Say he's trigger happy, trying to fulfill quotas or som ething?
Last week:
Davis, CA. Sunday...around noon. School town.
That means its empty as hell.
I"m bored and hungry, and the house has no food, so i head on down to burger king.
Enroute, there are some nice bendy roads, so i decided to yanno..."test the suspension" as we here like to do from time to time.
I see a cop coming on the corner, so i slow down...let him pass...go around a corner....wait a few seconds...then speed back up a bit. Few more seconds, BAM....he lights up outta no hwere behind me, apparently he's good at coming up on blind corners behind people.
51 in a 35 zone he says. I say, sorry officer, i was keeping my eyes on the road, i thought i was going around 35-40. He laughs and said...uh...sure.
Then i say there's nobody around, its sunday morning, there's no traffic. on top of that, i was about to slow down for the stop sign anyways. He says 51 woulda been ok, he woulda let it go, except the spot where he radar'd me was a "residential" neighbor hood, and there was a soccer game naerby, so there might have been kids! Now, honestly, there are a few houses, but only on one side, and nobody on freakin sunday morning is gonna be bustling around. And there were no kids or soccer game in sight. I figure argue or just take it, its only 1 offense (3 years perfect before that).
Today, on i80 to Davis, a freakin RSX tailgates me. I slow down a coupla times, allowing him ample opportunity to pass. He chooses to follow me right on the bumper. I say, ok, fuck it, speed up. We do a little bit of weaving, but he does crazy shit like no-signal 3 lane changes cutting off trucks. I stay in the left coupla lanes and end up right on him anyways.
Suddenly, he slows down to a crawl, and i'm like...ok...so i gas it and decide pass him and be done with it, he must be getting off soon.
Red and blue lights.
So the cop pulls me over, and lets the RSX go, claiming he called for backup.
Again i say...officer, everybody around me is going 85, i'm just flow of traffic. He replies that i outran the flow of traffc and passed several cars. Strangely, while i sit there talking to him, millions of cars fly by going 90+. most of 'em SUV's with people talking on the cell phone.
He replies that my moving in and out of traffic means 85 is too fast, other wise 85 is fine...
Anyways, i still think thats bullshit because i signaled all my lane changes, and did NOT cut anyone off.
So.
Clean 3 year record, then a 51 in a 35 and a 85 in a 65.
I don't know much about tix except i appear on the court date, and i can fight it. For one, i can go to traffic school, but the other is going to stick. i cannot...CANNOT get a traffic ticket on my record, my parents will kill me. Fortunately, i chagnged me license and insurnace addresses to my school addy so they won't see anything they aren't supposed to.
Anyone in the Sacramento/Davis/Vacaville/Fairfield area know cops that can help out? hehe
Or, have you gotten tickets before...do cops here usually show up to the trial? If they don't show up, i win, correct?
Dress nice, and be nice. If I plead guilty, does that mean it AUTOMATICALLY goes on my record? Can i plead guilty, but still try to talk my way out of it?
Will the short span between tickets affect my ability to fight either ticket?
thanks, much appreciated. I'm going to law school when i get outta college, i'l chalk it up to practice.
EDIT:
The first cop who pulled me over, in the city, pulled over a mustang 15 minutes later. Can i use this somehow? Say he's trigger happy, trying to fulfill quotas or som ething?