Do I trust this Cop?
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Do I trust this Cop?
Got a ticket for a red light, yes, I'm guilty..I was not paying attention and drove thru it about 5 seconds after the light was solid red.
The officer was on me in a heartbeat, he probably was right behind me.
He gave me a citation, and the officer hand-wrote this on it: "did disregard a steady red signal" He marked the "nature of offense box" as "OTHER".
I was told I am getting a break, and he said this citation would not cost me any points on my record.
I would like to plead guilty , pay the $107 fine, and be done with it...but somehow I think this officer may be trying to mislead me. How can a ticket be set-up so that I don't get the usual 3 points punishment????
The officer was on me in a heartbeat, he probably was right behind me.
He gave me a citation, and the officer hand-wrote this on it: "did disregard a steady red signal" He marked the "nature of offense box" as "OTHER".
I was told I am getting a break, and he said this citation would not cost me any points on my record.
I would like to plead guilty , pay the $107 fine, and be done with it...but somehow I think this officer may be trying to mislead me. How can a ticket be set-up so that I don't get the usual 3 points punishment????
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Funny, I recently received a red light ticket even though I didnt run the light. Still pretty upset about it, so I would say no, dont trust him. I didnt have a chance to defend myself even, the ignoramus already had half of the ticket filled out before he got out of his car and when I asked what light I had ran he started telling me of all the other offenses he could write me up for INCLUDING PARKING ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD THAT HE PULLED ME OVER ON! My opinion of law enforcement is pretty sour right now.
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My guess is that traffic offfenses classified as "Other" are not assigned a specific point value as it would be too vague a classification.
They probably use that for minor offenses that don't warrant points. If you were honest with him he may have decided to cut you a break.
They probably use that for minor offenses that don't warrant points. If you were honest with him he may have decided to cut you a break.
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In Oklahoma we've got traffic laws that allow you to get a ticket for speeding less than 10 mph over the limit without getting points. The police mark most tickets as less than 10 mph over unless you're driving like a total maniac. It saves the driver's some hassle, but it also begs for abuse. It's so much easier to pay the fine than argue in court that they really don't have much chance of a citizen arguing a ticket. In 23 years of driving I've had 8 tickets. 6 of them were legitimate and I had no trouble paying them, but 2 of them were blatantly wrong. I was driving below the speed limit on both of them. They say they don't have quotas for tickets, but a policeman in a small town that isn't getting a certain number of tickets written is going to have problems.
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talk to the prosecuting attorney before you go to court, and ask him if it is a no point fine only ticket. explain to him you plan on pleading guilty if it is.
99% of the time, the courts and prosecutor are more concerned with making money with a guilty plea than they are about giving out points.
99% of the time, the courts and prosecutor are more concerned with making money with a guilty plea than they are about giving out points.
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Originally Posted by Buckarcher
My guess is that traffic offfenses classified as "Other" are not assigned a specific point value as it would be too vague a classification.
They probably use that for minor offenses that don't warrant points. If you were honest with him he may have decided to cut you a break.
They probably use that for minor offenses that don't warrant points. If you were honest with him he may have decided to cut you a break.
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This is probably a WOFR ticket (Waste of Finite Resources) in other words it would cost the PD more to go to court and defend it than to give you a reduced cost/infraction. If he did miss mark the ticket, then I believe it could be thrown out due to technicalities.
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I live in a small town you've never heard of. We had three older cops, if nothing else I respected for their common sense. All have now retired replaced by very young, FBI wanna be's. By the book no matter what. Of course they rip around town in the squads like mad men, must have suspected a J-walk was in progress. I don't trust them, or respect them...
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I guess I did get a break.
I was honest..I told the cop I wasn't paying attention and I admitted I went thru a light. BTW, I was driving a tractor -trailer.
I was alert as I went thru the light and did have the presence of mind to observe both sides of oncoming traffic...The drivers on either side were lucky or patient enuf not to stomp on the gas as soon as the light changed to green.
I Thank you for you replies.
I was honest..I told the cop I wasn't paying attention and I admitted I went thru a light. BTW, I was driving a tractor -trailer.
I was alert as I went thru the light and did have the presence of mind to observe both sides of oncoming traffic...The drivers on either side were lucky or patient enuf not to stomp on the gas as soon as the light changed to green.
I Thank you for you replies.
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i was in eastern WA with some friends and we got pulled over doing 78 in a 50, but the ticket was BS cause the cop stated we were doing 65 (so obviously he DIDNT have us on radar like he claimed or else it woulda been a bigger ticket) the great thing is he marked the speed limit as being 55 not 50, so we got it throw out on a technicality
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