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Sadiedog

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54. Years ago I got a ticket for getting out of my car, I forget now the legal language used in the

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 02:41 PM

Mar 2013

complaint. But basically I got out of my car, stepped into the road, and a speeding cop almost hit me. Well I was not out in the road far or anything because then I could possibly understand what happened next. The cop hits his brakes, stops in the middle of the road and runs up to me just screaming. Long story short I fought it in Court with rather hilarious results. The Judge and the entire Courtroom was laughing. The Judge asked me how I plead and I said, "Well, Your Honor I am guilty I did get out of my car." She then asked me if there was an accident and I told her no. Then she asked, "Well, how were you supposed to get out of your car?" I let her know that I had no idea. Anyway she lowered my fine to 5 dollars which was Ok by me and I let it go. It still confuses me but I think that the cop was probably just having a bad day or something. Which happens to all of us at one time or another.

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California: How a $25 traffic ticket ends up costing $194. [View all] BlueCheese Mar 2013 OP

I got a ticket in my driveway for no seatbelt...$175.00 SoCalDem Mar 2013 #1

WTF! Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #3

In your driveway? BlueCheese Mar 2013 #4

how can you get a ticket in your driveway - that is private property hollysmom Mar 2013 #5

Cops can do whatever they want. They are not restricted by the law, logic, or common sense. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #13

He happened to be on the street and "whooped" as I pulled in.. SoCalDem Mar 2013 #16

So you were on the street with unbuckled seatbelt? Duckhunter935 Mar 2013 #29

Why? dems_rightnow Mar 2013 #31

Common mailbox is one driveway away from my house SoCalDem Mar 2013 #69

You must live in a large city. hollysmom Mar 2013 #38

Same here. Locals don't get tickets. They go after the visitors Cleita Mar 2013 #53

But, never seen a bad ticket being given out and locals do get stopped and warned. hollysmom Mar 2013 #56

My client was convicted of DWI in her driveway while in park, no_hypocrisy Mar 2013 #23

That's the law in KS proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #42

Yep. It sometimes depends on how the state law is written. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #65

the engine doesn't even need to be on. shanti Mar 2013 #74

She's lucky she wasn't thinking about having sex or they would have charged her bluedigger Mar 2013 #62

My kid got a seat-belt ticket at the drive through. MindPilot Mar 2013 #49

It's completely chickenshit, and turns the cops into jackbooted tax collectors villager Mar 2013 #2

Seriously... BlueCheese Mar 2013 #6

Hasn't happened yet - pitchforks, that is Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #24

We have DUers supporting this crap. They'll call it an asshole tax. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #27

You'll never read anything I write in favor of it Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #34

Choose traffic school? In Chicago, traffic school has been privatized and operated in part by AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #14

I had a red light ticket Politicalboi Mar 2013 #18

I was in court a few years ago and the "supervision" with traffic school was like... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #30

In California SoCalNative Mar 2013 #55

Welcome to the American Criminal Justice System MrScorpio Mar 2013 #7

A ticket for talking on the phone and driving is $160 in CA GObamaGO Mar 2013 #8

Ridiculously high or ridiculously low? This may depend upon whether you've gotten into an accident AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #15

My mom and dad who were hospitalized overnight after being hit by a driver on the phone proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #43

As a lifelong motorcyclist, I think it should be much higher too ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #44

it should be $1000 for first offense and progessively higher until third offense datasuspect Mar 2013 #46

the fine should be WAY more than that Skittles Mar 2013 #73

Because many of the Americans who actually vote refuse to accept that they must pay tblue37 Mar 2013 #9

By buying cookies at a school bake sale Turbineguy Mar 2013 #20

I don't think it is necessarily "agreeing" so much as it is tblue37 Mar 2013 #21

You are right. Turbineguy Mar 2013 #22

Hahaha! Nice story. Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #10

we can't have the wealthy having to pay their share , so we do things like this JI7 Mar 2013 #11

the ticket I got last may in Ohio did me the same way dsc Mar 2013 #12

My husband's "red-light" camera-ticket cost us $800. SoCalDem Mar 2013 #17

That is ridculous. RebelOne Mar 2013 #37

now that is outrageous dsc Mar 2013 #41

My friend in LA got off much cheaper mokawanis Mar 2013 #67

Is some or all of the traffic ticket system now in private hands? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #19

I was stopped for speeding, knew it was me as soon as the LEO came out into the road w/ lights on. bike man Mar 2013 #25

Was this 1967? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #28

No it was not Deputy Fife. It was about 5 years ago. The LEO explained that refusal to sign bike man Mar 2013 #40

I think you may have misunderstood the purpose of the signature. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #50

No, I did not misunderstand the purpose of the signature. It is/was in effect bike man Mar 2013 #59

Remind me to never do a crime with you. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #61

One of the things I learned from inmates whilst working in a prison - never bike man Mar 2013 #70

I used to work for a guy with a pretty rough past. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #71

I received a speeding ticket about 5 years ago. RebelOne Mar 2013 #48

I'm in a small town. Courthouse is about 6 miles from my house. I went from the place of the crime bike man Mar 2013 #60

I happen to like the system here in South Korea davidpdx Mar 2013 #26

Although it may cost more money up front, one should hire a lawyer MrScorpio Mar 2013 #32

sounds inspired by a phone bill markiv Mar 2013 #33

Your friend can thank Howard Jarvis and his republican buddies for that tularetom Mar 2013 #35

Chicago loves the red light tickets because they call them a municipal infraction.. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #39

The problem was SoCalNative Mar 2013 #57

That's why my dad moved back to Oklahoma when he retired tularetom Mar 2013 #58

How long before DU's gang of authoritarian douchebags comes to this thread to scold us? backscatter712 Mar 2013 #36

Oh they are already upthread. MindPilot Mar 2013 #52

So the state pays its way by taxing tickets? Surreal. McCamy Taylor Mar 2013 #45

In WI a speeding ticket I had for about 12 mph over was $300. And they would change it to a MillennialDem Mar 2013 #47

Are they going crazy? Cleita Mar 2013 #51

Years ago I got a ticket for getting out of my car, I forget now the legal language used in the Sadiedog Mar 2013 #54

It's like car tabs in WA: b_in_AK Mar 2013 #63

Depends. $30 for an optional Discovery Pass to get into state parks & other legislated fees =>$30.. uppityperson Mar 2013 #66

The brilliant residents of California voted to devastate their tax base and hand Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #64

A minimum wage or low-wage worker really gets screwed by that system mokawanis Mar 2013 #68

Yep. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #72