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Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
<b>All I can say is don't speed, follow the laws of the state, and your backside will not feel the pain. </b> All I can say is charge a fine that is equal to the violation, maybe if we didn't comp GED employees who have a semi skilled job $250K per year with OT we could have fines at a level that is proportional to the offense.— July 22, 2012 10:36 a.m.
Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
Traffic court has the discretion to allow public service in lieu of a fine, and 99% of the time they refuse it, and make you pay cash-and like I said earlier, it is a scam to charge $500 for a speeding (and most other) violation. Sort of like charging $150 for parking citation.— July 22, 2012 10:34 a.m.
Holmes's Father Is Anti-Fraud Scientist
The homicide rate of gun control countries-like England- is no different than the US on a statistical level, they have less gun violence, but far more knife and other weapon violence.That is one reason I hate seeing the stats on gun violence, because it is meant to imply that there is less killing going on in countries tat have gun control.— July 21, 2012 12:09 p.m.
Holmes's Father Is Anti-Fraud Scientist
Here, this is a little nugget that does not invade the parents privacy; James Holmes; http://www.co.arapahoe.co.us/Apps/InmateVisitatio…— July 21, 2012 10:51 a.m.
Holmes's Father Is Anti-Fraud Scientist
I agree, the specific address is not relevent and does invade the parents privacy. I feel for the parents, they are going to have a son in prison for the rest of his life. No parent needs that kind of heart ache.— July 21, 2012 10:49 a.m.
Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
No one needs a lawer for a traffic ticket, anyone can go in and fight one. You said the basic speed law does not allow you to go over the posted speed limit and i said it does- you were wrong, so just admit it, and if you would do a fast google search of that you would learn very fast the case law. As for my driving habits-I have freely admitted here many times that they were not the best when I was younger, the fact is I have not had a traiffic citation stick in 14 years, only had one (speeding) violation in that period, in 2009, and it was a bogus 22350 charge,and the judge agreed with me, the 50 MPH I was clocked at was <b>safe for the 30 MPH zone, based on various conditions which I dont have room to go into here..............</b>— July 21, 2012 10:46 a.m.
Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
I think when the gov is charging $500 for a speeding ticket, or about 3 weeks of take home pay for a typical lower end job, a ticket is more than a "pain in the backside"......— July 21, 2012 10:39 a.m.
Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
I am specifically talking about the Basic Speed Law, which allows you to go over the posted speed limit, and you specifically said it did not-yet I proved to you that it does. The MAXIMUM speed law does limit the maximum speed of 70 MPH on a FREEWAY, which is not what we were specifically referring to-or at least I wasn't. I was talking about local cops-like the one here in the article- enforcing LOCAL speeds on local surface streets. But you now do admit that the Basic Speed Law does allow you to go over the posted speed if conditions allow, which you said earlier was incorrect, that you could not exeed the posted speed even with the BSL-is that correct?— July 20, 2012 12:21 p.m.
Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
No where does 22350 say you must go the posted limit. It is perfectly legit to drive faster than the posted limit if conditiosn allow it. Here is what 22350 states; <b>"No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property."</b> ******************************************** Posted speed limits have nothing to do with the basic speed law, and the language is very clear in 22350, if it is safe to go X MPH then you may do so, regardless of the posted speed limit. If the posted limit is 30, and it is reasonably prudent to go 35 then 22350 allows you to. BTW- many times the posted speed limit is BELOW the engineered survey limit, which is need to use any type of RADAR or LASER enforcement.— July 19, 2012 6:52 p.m.
Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
The basic speed law stands for the fact that you can drive at ANY speed that is safe for the conditions -it is perfectly legal to drive above the posted limit if it is safe to do so- I have been in court on this law so many times it would make your head spin, I know the case law on 22350 inside out, your comment is simply wrong, you Can drive above the posted limit if safe to do so and I have used this law in this exact manner and been aquitted more than once when driving over the posted limit-the part you do have correct is you have to drive below the posted limit if the limit is unsafe for the conditions. As for the first part of the comment, our system is set up so innicownt people are not convicted, and the burden of proof is always on the accuser, always, that is not legal or lawyer talk, that is our constitutional rights udner our system and if it were any other way we would be back to the Star Chambers.............— July 19, 2012 6:45 p.m.