Oh, the stories I could bore you with. LOL
Posted on 07/28/2013 5:14:32 PM PDT by Daffynition
It’s a non-issue. Per my understanding, he was ticketed for running a red light - not failing to maintain a lane.
The Court Testimony: The Judge has “Grave Concerns”
http://shelburnevermontpolicedepttrafficstop.info/court-testimony/
McIver's bulldog! LOL at the conclusion....
MR. MACIVER: Could I get my video, please?
9 THE CLERK: No, sir, it's admitted into evidence.
10 THE COURT: No, that's in evidence.
11 MR. MACIVER: I paid for it.
Years ago in Dallas I got a speeding citation. The officer had followed me for 3 blocks and pulled up behind me when I stopped to let out a friend. I had heard that if I could find a defect in the ticket it would be invalid. Sure enough he had misplaced the intersection where we turned off the larger street. I went to court, hoping the officer wouldn’t show. He was there all right, and was well prepared to testify (statements such as “ I followed him for six blocks and when I finally got him stopped, he was way over at . . . {wrong intersection})”. Finally I asked the judge if I could be sworn in and tell my story. That was fine with him, so I took the witness stand and cross examined the officer. After just a few questions, the judge called me to the bench and said, in a very low voice “Your fine will be five dollars, and if you can give proof about the distance between the intersections that the officer described, I will excuse you.”
I went to the city engineering office and got them to type out a statement that the two intersections were three blocks apart. Took it to the judge and he waved me out. I stopped by the officer and shook his hand, saying “No hard feelings”.
But I had the feeling “ boy, I’m a marked man now!”
Good advice. Make sure to record directly to the "cloud" so they can't inadvertently erase your video.
Amen.
I have been pulled over for moving violations and found the cop pulls things outta their @ss, regarding the law.
At 2 AM one morning a local cop kept asking me *where have I been?*
I said [very sweetly]: I don’t have to answer that, do I?
He said: *No, you don’t*
Then in the following moments, he kept interjecting the same question into the convo...and all I did, kept saying “You already said, that I don’t have to answer that.*
I was lucky, b/c I only got a written warning. [no points]
The cop’s light turned green about a second after MacIver’s car went through the intersection. How long is the delay between red for one direction and green for the other. If it’s a long delay it could have been red for MacIver. Just sayin’.
Or hit them in the head with their own night stick. Might knock some sense into them but I doubt it.
Oh, the stories I could bore you with. LOL
Lights vary, even on the same stretch of road [don’t ax me how I know] ;D
2.3 seconds. I just timed it.
But I had the feeling “ boy, I’m a marked man now!”
Years ago, in the S.F. Barf Area, an older brother received a moderately serious ticket (reckless or racing or some such) and hired a lawyer.
The lawyer had my brother sit in the gallery, and put shill, who looked nothing like my brother, seated next to him at the defense table. He then answered in the affirmative that my brother was present, and they were ready to proceed.
When the officer took the stand, the shill acted nervous, kind of giggled a bit, and looked down at his feet. When the prosecutor finally got around to, “...and do you see the accused in this room,” the officer practically salivated as he pointed at the shill, and said, “YES! That’s him, right there!”
At that point, the lawyer got up, had my brother stand and identify himself, then asked for dismissal on the grounds that if the officer could not reliably identify the accused, then all the rest of his testimony was also suspect. He won.
He also advised my brother to immediately trade his car for another one that didn’t look anything like it.
You have to say the right magic words in legalese to enable the judge to make the judgement. Those magic words vary by state.
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