<VV> Intent or Not

[Joel McGregor]

Guilty until proven innocent.
Your exact situation happened to one of my sons a couple of years ago.  I figured the cop was just too lazy to chase down the speeder or too lazy to pay attention to who was really doing it.
Back in the late 80s in Denton, TX a cop stopped me and gave me 6 tickets.  He claimed I was going 20+ over the speed limit even though I was in bumper to bumper traffic that was barely flowing along at the speed limit.  He gave me tickets for expired tags, inspection, no seat belt and a couple of other things that were blatantly false.  I went to court and lost, appealed all 6 to the county court and lost and then appealed them  to the district court.  I still haven't heard anything on them.  They got a lot of my time but none of my money.
I went to court on a ticket in Denton, TX once where the judge told the jury she would hold them in contempt of court if they found me not guilty.  Needless to say I lost that one.  I couldn't afford the time off work to fight it through all the court dates.
I got a ticket in Southlake, TX about 10 years ago for making a right turn from a shoulder on a 55mph highway.  This is perfectly legal in TX.  I looked up the "law" and took a copy to court with me.  It took me half an hour of arguing to get them to drop the ticket.  They offered to reduce the fine.  They finally did drop it but it wasn't easy.
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Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 12:46 PM
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Subject: Re: <VV> Intent or Not

Paul, Seth, Joel, et al,
 
Where I live, N Ctrl FL, cops and judges BOTH not only ignore intent, they also ignore TRUTH. I was "clocked" on a four-lane divided highway in my red '89 Mazda pickup doing 59 in a 45 mile zone one lunch time, except I KNOW I was doing 45. I saw the patrol car long before I was anywhere close to him and watched my speedometer all the way from a start at the stop light until I passed by him and it never exceeded 45 mph. It was the dark blue Ford 350 alongside me in the passing lane that was passing me as we approached the patrol car that was doing 59 and thus deserved the ticket, not me. But neither the cop nor the judge would give my argument any credence so I ended up paying both the ticket and court costs totalling almost $200. The only good part was that because I took it to court, with the cop's approval, the judge ruled that I'd get no points on my CDL-A license.
 
Byron Comp
Gainesville, FL