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no_hypocrisy

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3. I'm a NJ traffic attorney and I'm surprised about

Reply to My Pet Orangutan (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 06:41 AM

Feb 2021

Springsteen's attorney (unless he just plead guilty to all).

I would have amended the charges. Reckless to careless driving. Or dismissing the alcohol charge due to the low level. Or merging the open bottle and the low DUI into just one charge of careless.

In my experience, the only thing that gets in the way of a promising plea bargain with the Prosecutor is a hard-ass cop who won't agree to the new charges.

Plus, I know the exact area. It's like a deserted big parking lot when summer's over and the ticket was in November. Springsteen offered little or no danger to pedestrians and/or other vehicles. In hindsight, the cop should have given him a warning, not b/c he's Springsteen, but due to the circumstances.

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There are a lot of very middle class areas in Monmouth County. eom Maraya1969 Feb 2021 #19

Yes - small businesses; mom and pop shops... lisa58 Feb 2021 #22

I'm a NJ traffic attorney and I'm surprised about no_hypocrisy Feb 2021 #3

I can image a cop having all sorts of axes to grind My Pet Orangutan Feb 2021 #4

In NJ they can get a DUI conviction for an .02? Even though the legal limit is .08? pnwmom Feb 2021 #6

0.08 IS the legal minimum limit. no_hypocrisy Feb 2021 #9

But that particular charge doesn't even seem to have been a 'technical' infraction muriel_volestrangler Feb 2021 #20

There is no legal limit for alcohol use in any of the 50 states. former9thward Feb 2021 #28

The .02 is supposedly from a blood test. And he was smart not to take a breath test pnwmom Feb 2021 #29

I agree on the breath test. former9thward Feb 2021 #30

Yes! Dorian Gray Feb 2021 #8

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Boss is 71 ?!?! benld74 Feb 2021 #11

September 23, 1949 xxqqqzme Feb 2021 #14

Pure speculation, but... augyboston Feb 2021 #13

Bruce is a proud Democrat. Cops are republican. The Jungle 1 Feb 2021 #15

Maybe the cop doesn't like Nebraska (the album)? emily333 Feb 2021 #16

It does sound like a zealous officer intent on a conviction with a prominent Dem celeb as the target Ford_Prefect Feb 2021 #17

POT maybe? BlueLucy Feb 2021 #21

What I find odd is that he'd be out in a closed national park. cwydro Feb 2021 #23

Who is the "source"? former9thward Feb 2021 #24

I'm thinking Bruce, talking to his local paper. My Pet Orangutan Feb 2021 #25

I expect he will be ticketed for consuming in a closed area and the charges will be dropped. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2021 #26

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