^^^ didnt know that.....i know cops like going to court, sinbce they get paid to sit around and do nothing.

 

You almost got hit by people not paying attention, not people rolling a stop sign.

I am sure that there are many many people capable of doing a roll safely.

 

Are you sure about this. I thought every ticket given has to come with a report? I will double check on this.

FYI, I have had more tickets dropped by going to court than "Written Declaration". However; you can do both, but written has to be done first and if you loose that, than you can fight the ticket in court and the officer must show.

And the reason the cop was parked there was because residents in the area complained about people rolling or not stopping. I guess some cops just have nothing better to do. Even when there off duty they find a way to "Fk" with people.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/03/nfl...ing/index.html
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008...5_776_8_88.txt
and the list goes on and on

 

I am not an attorney but work with them all the time. I think only if a ticket is contested. Then a report will follow.

 

ive gotten a stop sign ticket and i fought it and won. basically i said a stop is any cessation in movement and even if it were for 1 second, as long as your wheels stopped moving, it is satisfactory. there is nothing in the CVC that says you have to stop for a certain period of time [most people think you have to stop for 3 seconds or something like that].

i think more than 95% of the cops file a response to a written declaration, based on personal experience but then again it can just be my subjective impression... and also to follow up on that, if you file for written declaration and happen to lose, you can still appeal via trial de novo and argue in court

i know this area pretty darn well ive gotten A LOT of speeding tickets in my old civic but happen to only have 1 point on my record

 

Depending on court + PD, not all cops are fond of going to court. I had one actually MAD at me (told me after our court appearance) for having contested the tix + "dragging" him there.

PD's have different policies requiring when etc. officer goes to court.

But....

ALWAYS contest. Even if you're in wrong. Go to court. Am not sure of statistics, but something like 1/3 of these cases are dismissed due to the officers not showing up.

I was in court several times + saw all these people go scoff-free. No such luck for me! (My mother went 3 times over a few years, + case dismissed ea. time for absence of officers!!!!) LOL

G L

 

i remember i said this before :[ and no one seemed to notice :[ even though i gave them links to what TO do and yea hahaha

 

how can they give you a ticket off duty. What are they going to do, flash there headlights and you are going to pull right over like a genius yeah right. They are officers 24/7 365 and they have to assist in any emergency, but an off duty cop that follows someone without calling on duty officers is dumb and it's called power abuse. They know what they have in mind, they want to play the cowboy role.

 

Is it legal for them to be waiting on private property like that? In someone's driveway?

But yeah, I know a cop and they love going to court. Not because they have nothing better to do but because they get paid. Plus by the time they go to court their rate goes to like double time or something.
At least it is for local cops, unsure how CHP works.