[moogabi]

I was in traffic court last week and a guy was there fighting a ticket he got for impeding traffic. According to the cop, the guy was stopped in the middle of the road and did not pull off the road when asked.

According to the guy, he was stopped because there was traffic in front of him, and pulled over after the light turned green and the cars blocking him in cleared out.

The guy (a casually dressed minority with tattoos all over his arms and neck) seemed frustrated as hell when all the cop did was was to simply tell the judge "I didn't see anyone in front of him" over and over as the guy tried to explain his side of the story. The ruling: guilty as charged.

I don't know what the truth was, but it sure would have been nice if there was videotape to see who was lying. As it was, it was the cop's word against the word of a guy who looked like it would be all to easy to declare him guilty.

[fnayr]

It's pretty hard to win a traffic ticket. I've never seen the judge side with the civilian on a traffic case, and I've seen about 25 cases.

[cmapes]

Trial by declaration is the way to go. I've won 3/4 tickets that I've gotten since I began driving, and I've won multiple for others.

[battwell]

Where do you live that you've been handed out so many tickets?

[fnordfnordfnord]

There are law firms that specialize in greasing the right cogs. They are usually reasonable in their fees.