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01-25-2013, 06:46 PM | #1 |
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I feel your pain. I just got a notice in the mail of a judicial judgement against me for having an expired safety sticker. I never received a ticket, the first notice I got, the letter today, is that I lost because I didn't show up in court. I called the court and the woman told me that I was parked on the street and the policeman put a ticket on my car. This is not true. I have never parked on that street in my life. He also never pulled me over to give me a ticket. The only thing I can think is he saw me driving by (I have driven on that street) and wrote down the license number and a ticket without ever pulling me over.
$70. And no way to defend myself. It is a done deal. Charged and convicted without ever even knowing it. I was guilty, I was a little late getting the inspection done, but that really isn't the point. I still have a right to defend myself and a right to face my accuser. |
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01-25-2013, 06:49 PM | #2 |
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I've been ticketed once for the same thing. The justification from the "authorities" is that I would have needed to exit driving the wrong direction in the lot.
Complete bullshit, but I didn't have the time or energy to do anything other than contribute to their beer money. And what is being "polar bear'd"? |
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01-25-2013, 06:54 PM | #3 | |
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there was a "polar bear" outbreak in Champaign a few years back when all of the section 8 housing in Chicago closed down causing the welfare gang to head south to find cheaper living... the University of Illinois campus was targeted by young black men who would go out at 2-3 AM when drunk white men would be walking home from the bars and they would sneak up behind them and "polar bear" them (beat the shit out of and rob)...happened for over 30 straight nights without any arrests. One of my friends I worked with was a victim of one of the attacks. Unfortunately, these crime alerts aren't a cause of concern for the police in a city that ALLOWS 19 year olds into bars so the police can come in and issue $300 drinking tickets to any 19 year old that is within 5 feet of someone drinking in a bar they are legally allowed to be in (but not drink)... so they are too busy trying to bust rich 19 year old kids so they can make a buck while thugs get to beat the shit out of defenseless people and rob them with very little chance of being caught real great city I live in |
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01-25-2013, 06:50 PM | #4 |
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I got a 'safe light' ticket in Dallas for "running a red light" (one of those picture lights where they take your picture if they think you ran the light)...the only problem was, this red light...was the right turn to get onto the interstate...and there was no sign that said you couldn't turn right on red...and apparently it was the most ticketed light in Dallas because there was a huge glitch in the system...fortunately when I received the ticket I google'd it because I don't run red lights and saw the amount of complaints and called in and they immediately apologized and waived it...
but they kept the light up with the camera for all of the suckers that don't fight that stuff it's just ridiculous |
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01-25-2013, 06:51 PM | #5 |
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You really got it for the Manning fathead taped to your window.
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01-25-2013, 06:53 PM | #6 |
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I would put on my big boy pants and go down and fight it. If losing hours is a big deal, pay the fine.
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01-25-2013, 06:58 PM | #7 |
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I filed a dispute online, but I'm sure they'll shoot back with a "should've read the fine print at the automated machine! It's clearly posted!" because I'm sure people read those machines while they are PAYING for the spot they parked in.
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01-25-2013, 07:04 PM | #8 |
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Yeah dude, it's ****ed up I realize that, but your options are limited. You either go down and fight it, or suck it up and pay the fine.
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One of my friends got pulled over late at night by a cop looking to hand out a DUI...he wasn't drinking...his reasoning for the pull over was his light was burned out on his license plate or something. Made him do all of the field sobriety tests (which he passed because he hadn't had 1 drop of alcohol)...after an hour of bullshit he issued him a $25 license plate light ticket. The judge threw it out when he fought it and basically mocked him for driving an hour to fight it...but stuff like that irritates me. |
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01-25-2013, 07:08 PM | #10 |
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Good for you, good luck.
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MIPs in a college town = gold.
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01-25-2013, 07:03 PM | #12 |
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they know they can arrest or ticket underage college kids and they will receive every nickel of the fines they issue...
"unofficial" St. Patrick's Day is a HUGE, HUGE, HUGE day for the city of Champaign and they issue THOUSANDS in fines for underage drinking. http://www.uofiwiki.org/wiki/Unoffic...rick's_Day but if they arrest a thug they know they won't receive squat and all they'll do is fill up their already overfilled jails it's the one thing in life that really fires me up because I was arrested for "resisting" when I got a public intoxication ticket for jaywalking and threw a little girl tantrum when the officer handed me a ticket and threw it on the ground and told him I wasn't going to pay that for jaywalking across the street I jaywalk every day to get to my apartment somehow that was resisting a peace officer and it cost me thousands of dollars and gave me a misdemeanor on my record I know I wasn't right but it just pisses me off that I can be responsible, pay my taxes, hold down a job, work my ass off only to get arrested for something SO PETTY while they let THUGS get away with heinous acts like "polar bearing" |
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01-25-2013, 07:04 PM | #13 |
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and they make so many petty arrests that fighting something and paying a lawyer is so pointless because the DA just gives you court supervision (which is nothing) and orders you to work 30 hours community service (which is nothing) so it's not even worth the $5000 to hire an attorney when you get a slap on the wrist...you just admit guilt and move on
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01-25-2013, 07:08 PM | #14 |
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IF this happened to me I'd be SO pissed right NOW
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