This isn’t a bitch about getting a speeding ticket. This is a bitch in reference to my own inability to defend myself in court without losing my cool and generally coming off like a spoiled little daddy’s girl. I want to defend myself but I have a feeling no one will take me seriously while crying, however intelligible my defense.
Part of my frustration comes from my absolute contempt for law enforcement, part from that ambush of a ticket as it were and part from the excessive fee that i can’t afford… like… will-forfeit-basic-nutrition cannot afford (i know, poor me).
It all boils down to my intense desire to tell the institution to go fuck itself in the ass and my utter failure to control my own emotions. —Needs feeling dampening drugs
This article appears in May 6-12, 2010.
OP, get a hold of yourself. First it can be fun fighting off, a ticket, guilty or not, you have nothing to lose, except the fine:) Think of this as your daily income…Most judges will hear a plea of poverty and be more than happy to minimize your fine. Mmmm, feeling better, yet?
Secondly, if you think your going to turn into a sobbing, blathering idiot, take along a friend as moral support. To prepare yourself write everything down in note form (take these notes to court with you) and practice your points. Turn of events, where, when, how. If you need to drive down the same road to refresh your memory, do so. The more prepared you are, the better the judge will rule in your favour. Practice your speech with your friend. Try not to perjure yourself too, much.
Under no circumstance, start cussing out the Judge or any other legal counsel. This will see your fine increased, with contempt and/or they’ll toss you in a Turkish jail and most likely take your first born. You may luck out and the cop may not show up, but don’t count on this. Also rescan your ticket carefully, making sure there are no mistakes in your address, name, plate ect.
Something else you may not know, and I’m only going by my own experience. When you receive your court date, there will be many cases pending,(depending on your area) most people will not fight their tickets ect. The people like yourself who are fighting their ticket will be called up at the end, so by being in the court room you will get a mini education and calm your nerves…or not! No redbull, before the date with the Judge.
Make sure your clothes are conservative, in style. No stilettos, minis, or peek-a-boo, boobies. School informs are fine, however:) Take loads hankies!
Good luck and let us know how it went. ~~HUGS~~
You sound like a spoiled little daddy’s girl to me with no respect.
Good suggestions, Puss.
I agree with all of that. When I think I’m going to lose it or get confused, I take away the chance for meandering by sticking to a script. Present yourself well, and they could wipe it out, or lessen the fine. And I agree, sometimes they play dirty to get you in a ticket. Show up and fight this, and do well. I’ll come with you if you want.
Seriously.
say it nicely : Go fuck yourself your HONOUR 🙂
Let it ride… don’t pay it, wait for citation, don’t show up and then ride the roads with some sort of thrill knowing that if you get caught – oh, and the cops like to pull over those daddies girls – you’re fucked.
Emo!
Good advice from PnB, leastways so far as what to do if the OP decides to contest the ticket.
But I have got to ask the OP – she is not seriously claiming that she wasn’t speeding, is she? I don’t mean in that other court – I mean in the court of public opinion. Because *everyone* speeds from time to time, and in certain situations 99% of people are speeding. Odds are she was actually speeding when the cop nailed her ass. Even in the unlikely event that she wasn’t, she sure as hell was within the 15 minutes prior, so this is justice anyways.
I can’t see anyone fighting a speeding ticket with a straight face. “Your Honour, right at that specific spot at that specific time I claim that I was in fact NOT speeding. Yeah, I know, hard to believe – coming down into Bayers I was doing 130 – but you know, even a busted clock is right twice a day…”
Here’s the thing, Realist is correct that almost everyone technically speeds at some point, but usually (and i emphasize usually), a cop will not issue a ticket to someone who is speeding up to 10 km/hr over the limit. Therefore, if you are stupid enough to be going over this limit, you do deserve the ticket. This is not a conspiracy, it’s the fucking law. Now, STFU and pay the fucking ticket.
As soon as those tear ducts open, your credibility evaporates, OP. It’s called self-control, you little twerp, get yourself a pound or two.
It’s called maturity OP, and it’s one of those things that society likes people to have before they get behind the wheel of a 2 ton machine that can kill if handled irresponsibly. I don’t work in law enforcement, but I reserve my contempt for those who have a depraved indifference to public safety. So perhaps it’s you who should go fuck your spoilt sense of entitlement in the ass. If you can afford petrol ,insurance and car payments you can afford a ticket.
Tip: request the maintenance report of the speed radar gun that the officer used. If it has not been tested within the past 6 weeks, you get off with no ticket. A little bird told me this tip. He says a lot of officers forget to get the devices checked regularly!
if you deserved the ticket, then pay the thing and not have a mental breakdown, or are you that adamnant that you got a wrong deal. headaches can be treated, but pains in the ass get fined.
Stop wasting my tax money in the courts. Pay your fine and move on.
First of all, there’s no defence to speeding legally in Nova Scotia (or any other province in Canada to the best of my knowledge). If the officer presents evidence that you were speeding, you’re guilty, period. You can talk to the Crown and try to make a joint submission for a lower fine or something, but you’re not going to get off on the ticket unless you’re really lucky and the officer doesn’t show up. That rarely happens.
The radar trick might be true, but most of the speed enforcement is done with laser now and it’s pretty much unbeatable in court as well.
Bottom line, if you can’t afford speeding tickets, don’t drive like you can.
“Try not to perjure yourself too, much.” … uh yeah. how about not at all… I mean there’s spin and then there’s flat out lying.
rescanning the ticket is an excellent idea…
and do remember that unless it’s during the cop’s vacation or something, he’s going to be building his case as well. Proof he is trained to operate any speed gun, etc…
so practicing what you’re going to say and do is a must.
ivan… I was going to ask what kind of vehicle would she have to be driving to be 2 tons???? then I started looking up the actual weight of cars… thanks.
Lesson for the day: big pieces of metal with controlled explosion engines are fucking heavy.
Phew, I dodged a bullet there Z-man. Truth be told I just pulled the 2 ton figure out of my ass. Note to self – use enough big-ass words and any lie sounds plausible.
yeah, corolla is just under a short ton but a chevy avalanche is over 2 long tons so you’re in the clear since OB could have been driving a truck or suv.
at .75 long tons, I don’t like a smart car’s chances against the avalanche.
in fact, I’d likely rather be in an actual avalanche in a smart car than hit one.
I have to 2nd Brent Butt’s comment about smart cars. “We’ve got cousins bigger than those things”
From a cop this morning (I asked because I was curious after I read about calibration):
“Every time you get in the car you are supposed to test the calibration of the radar but this is not the sole factor that lies in the tickets being issued. You are supposed to have the radar on standby (not trolling), observe the vehicle that appears to be exceeding the speed limit, you then hit the standby switch and confirm it with the radar. The instruments are very reliable and manufactured and maintained to pretty exacting standards to be almost maintenance free, but we still check the calibration on every shift (or are supposed to) with the tuning forks to ensure that the readings are correct.
Remember, radar is a VERY simple device – sound goes out sound comes back and then the rate of change is calculated. It is quite honestly a very fast, but simple, calculator. I haven’t seen one go boink yet but I am sure it has happened. Usually they don’t get mis-readings, they simply pack it in totally.
The test is to ask the officer if they calibrated the radar at the beginning of their shift and to request to see their notes (we all have to carry our note books!!) proving that it was calibrated. Don’t do this at the time, […] make them in court – fun fun fun! I know it sounds like I am picking on my people, but if you are going to do a job, for fuck’s sake do the little things that are so simple but essential that they keep your ass out of court.”
Poor ‘lil bitch got caught in a ‘trap’. Whatev. I had some poor ‘lil bitch like you rear end me in the car daddy -gave- her the day before. She was yakkin’ on her phone. My car was a write-off. Unlike her, I actually needed a car.
Here’s a lolly, now fuck off.
I love this line:
“Part of my frustration comes from my absolute contempt for law enforcement”
Did the cops refuse your offer of blowing into the flesh breathalyzer?
You are a moron, pay the fine and stop thinking that you’re gonna outsmart “The Man”
I love how everyone has this fun story from a friend of a friend who made the cop look stupid. You’re all the same crowd that go on and on about not being an ass to poor little servers.
Notice how the story always has the teller arise above all the baffled judges and cops.
Right…….
yeah that line caught my eye too luthor love…suffice it to say the op is the contemptuous one
I’m with you, ML. If the OB is such an emotional wreck then she should not be operating a vehicle or any type of heavy machinery in the first place.
ML, I don’t have a story like that… mine’s the opposite actually.
he lost… and bad. that’s how I knew what to mention… because those are the things that will win the cop the case.
and since I’ve never been pulled over before, I certainly don’t have a first person perspective on it.
what a whiney bitch.grow the fuck up.you break down over a speeding ticket.fuckoff,gain some self control and people will take you seriously,crying for pity is pathetic.whahh heres a kleenex.now go ask dad for some money.remember to cry those crocodile tears
No, this is a really thinly veiled passive aggressive bitch about getting the speeding ticket. They don’t ambush you, you speed like a spoiled ass and get nailed. Maybe if you’re this upset over a fine you should evaluate your inability to control your emotions and get some fucking help.
If you can’t afford the fine how do you afford the car?
Either way, obviously you are choosing gas over food if you are driving a car right? Well, park the car and save the gas money for the ticket, I think you get a fair amount of time to pay those tickets off.
And how do you get ambushed by cops for speeding? If you weren’t speeding you wouldn’t have been ambushed.
I don’t drive recklessly, but I’m no angel either (even though the name states differently :D) But if I were speeding and were to get caught, well then I would take RESPONSIBILITY for my own actions. Imagine that, someone taking responsibility for themselves in this day in age.
Tell them if you can’t smoke and swear in court then you can’t properly express yourself at a court level and it’s a mistrial.
hmmmm, since you’re an angel, does red bull still give you wings?
I mean, I don’t know how useful a second set would be.
would they clap together and thus negating each other?
or sprout lower down to give you some butterfly look…
I don’t get it.
wow, that was pretty random.
It wasn’t her fault, c’mon guys.