This has been the standard procedure
for at least a couple years now.
Posted on 05/11/2010 5:49:59 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
You sign to acknowledge receipt of the citation. There is no implication of guilt or innocence
I suppose he could open up his shirt for your inspection
Ever watch COPS? The signing just is a promise to appear in court, not an admission of guilt. The guy should have just signed and NOT fought with cops. Fighting with cops IS a direct road to jail. This guy was incredibly stupid.
Apparantly somebody in the DMV misled him regarding the “photocopy” they told him to use.
This has been the standard procedure
for at least a couple years now.
Rearding Atrial Fibrilation, sometimes it’s an extra sinus node. You might get that checked out now. Easily corrected although they’ll run you through the process when you’re over 80.
Being entitled to a handicapped parking permit is not the same as possessing a handicapped parking permit. According to the police report, he admitted he had lost the tag.
Instead of paying the fee for a replacement, he chose to be lazy and photocopy a tag (presumably someone else’s). It’s not the fault of the officer that a photocopy doesn’t meet the requirement of proof.
When you don’t sign the ticket, you have to be arrested. Signing the ticket is a promise that instead of being arrested right then and there, you’ll appear in court. Resisting arrest generally leads to forced compliance.
Sorry, I’m not going to make excuses for this man. If he had gotten the replacement tag like everyone else is expected to do, none of this would have happened.
Why did the guy put up a struggle over something that could be straightened out with the judge?
Easily corrected although they’ll run you through the process when you’re over 80.
I doubt any state has live phone operators where you can get that question answered. Perhaps a few do. And the internet isn't an option for many ...
“You base your decision from one side?”
Which decision would that be?
I am so sorry. My husband is on that stuff and its awful. Be thankful you can still drive. My husband has been ill for quite a number of years now because of heart and stoke issues and his medical doctor hasn’t let him drive for a number of years now.
“At some point...enough regular citizens will have tasers too...and then react to any cop who threatens someone on the street. This is a device that invites chaos...and I can only see trouble as we move forward.”
I don’t see it as inviting chaos at all, or at least anymore than dozens of weapons the people know they can use effectively against cops at any moment (e.g. guns, baseball bats, molotov cocktails, etc.)
i’m disabled, and have plates and a placard. when I lost my placard, I requested, and was issued a replacement. I know that if I do not have the proper placard, or the car with HC plates, that i’ll get a ticket.
The security staff at work know me and my vehicles, but also know that if there is no placard or plate, that they are to tag the vehicle anyway. because that’s the law. it would be my fault if I wasn’t properly parked, and they might find it hard to explain to a real violator why one vehicle can park whilst another gets ticketed.
no tickee, no shirtee. that’s the game.
I argue for a more narrow construction than "post roads" means power over any road, parking lot, sidewalk, etc., and anything that occurs on them.
But wildly expanding the scope far beyond the intended meaning pretty much the story of our post-Progressive era courts, isn't it?
OK.
End of story!
No. That was within a reasonable definition of “post road.”
Handicapped parking in a private parking lot is not remotely related to the functioning of the mail system.
Think of it like "UNIFORM BUSINESS CODE" ~ a state matter, but all the states have the same set of laws so that people find it easy to do business across borders.
If you would prefer a NONUNIFORM rule for handicapped parking, I suppose that could be done but all it would do would be to generate revenue for greedy municipalities.
You aren't, perhaps, a mayor?
Heh. Me, a mayor?
No...and it’s not that I opposed uniform codes. What I oppose is the federal government usurping the roles of states, municipalities, and families by constantly expanding its power.
In other words, I want a federal government that respects the Constitution.
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