Nope, you're out of that one scott free. My friend got nailed through CT. The
revenue enhancement officer dated the ticket for the next day. He promptly
mailed CT stating he couldn't possibly have been in CT, committing said ticketed
offense. Primarily because the offense hadn't occurred yet by the ticket date being
in the future. The postmark on the certified letter containing the ticket was
several hours to a full day prior to the date on the ticket. Technicalities are the
easiest way out of a ticket...
Fight them every step of the way!
-Stott
-----Original Message-----
From: Ethan Pinkert [SMTP:epinkert@bbnplanet.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 1998 12:57 PM
To: Mike; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: Re: Cops, Valentine One (no Quattro content)
Hmmmmm...Here's one that I'm in the process of trying to beat. I got
nailed with lidar in CT doing 76 in a 55. There was one other car on the
road (in front of me), and he pulled both of us over. He gave us a huge
break -- failure to obey a posted sign, $60 no points. Unfortunately
insurance doesn't care about the points, its the violation that they'll
nail me for and I'll be looking at a 10-20% increase for 3-5 years.
Here's the catch...on the ticket, he wrote down the state where the vehicle
was registered as PA, not VA. I've never driven a car with PA
registration. Think I've got a chance, or should I just suck it up and pay
the fine?
-Ethan
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At 08:32 AM 3/13/98 -0800, Mike wrote:
>I recently beat one. 80 in a 70mph zone. Blind sweeping left on a divided
>hiway, instant on radar (Ka), no other traffic. My radar detector (cheap
>Bel) and I saw the cop at the same time. I filed for discovery just on the
>chance there may have been something lacking in the paperwork - the state
>failed to prove the radar gun used was a doppler device - case dismissed.
>
>mike miller
>91 200q
>
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