(ot) i fought the law and the law won.

[sad_rocc at yahoo.com (Dan Smith)]

Many places have quotas. Jersey is probably the worst. You can drive like an absolute manic (the things I've seen make me refuse to drive there) until the last week or so of the month, then everyone drives normally and cops are nailing people left and right. Also, in small towns, tickets are a major source of revenue, so they're more likely to hand out a ticket than others. Still, getting a judge to lean to your side rather than the cops is next to impossible. In NY, the easy way to win is to get a few extensions and then go to court. The cop most likely won't be there and you'll get off. Most of the time.
 
Dan

mr.utility@highstream.net wrote:
He is, in essence, an
> unbiased third party (i.e has nothing to lose or gain by ticketing you), so
> his word carries greater weight than yours.


Unfortunately this is not true. Most precincts have a required minimum number 
of tickets they have to write per month... I live in OK, and I always see the 
OHP more often at the end/beginning of each month... Why? $ is no.1, 
especially since 911, we are still in a little bit of a recession, etc... 
Oklahoma City went from approximately 60.00 for a 1-10 mile over the posted 
speed limit, now that fee has almost double, 133.00 for the same offense.. 
Funny, I can't imagine why it is twice as dangerous to speed when revenues are 
down... :-(..............

Hopefully food for thought, and not fodder for ridicule... :-D

David fahrvegnugen


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