Re: Police and Seatbelts
I knew we saw more eye-to-eye than the posts implied DD. <br /><br />How could I beat the ticket? The street is very rural (there's a farm with cows). It has no posted speed limit and the Officer claimed it was 30mph. I was doing about 33 - 35 and he acknowledged that. the previous posted speed limit about 2mi up the same road in a much more heavily settled area is 35mph. Other adjacent streets with posted limits and much more heavily settled run 35mph - 45mph. All I need to do is film the ride... Fundamental speed law comes into play and I was well within that range. <br /><br />He was waiting in ambush in the woods and he made it clear that he was there to write seat belt tickets (not too bright because the road is not that heavily traveled and 95% are probably residents). He was a young guy - an older officer would have likely just warned me or not stopped me at all knowing the speed limit was at least 35mph - heck he wouldn't have been there in the first place.<br /><br />I was very nice to the kid and didn't argue at all. He was professional. It wasn't an unpleasant experience per se. <br /><br />Ambushing a resident to make his quota for tickets that are not even moving violations in MA was dumb. They haven't put an officer there since ( I travel that road almost daily). I bet someone saw where that ticket was written for a resident and dope slapped him. <br /><br />Don't get me wrong, my local police will tell you I am a big supporter. Like I said, I have several police officers in my family. I chalked this one up to a rookie making a rookie mistake, but in case they didn't get the message at HQ I am withholding the next contribution to make my point.
I knew we saw more eye-to-eye than the posts implied DD. <br /><br />How could I beat the ticket? The street is very rural (there's a farm with cows). It has no posted speed limit and the Officer claimed it was 30mph. I was doing about 33 - 35 and he acknowledged that. the previous posted speed limit about 2mi up the same road in a much more heavily settled area is 35mph. Other adjacent streets with posted limits and much more heavily settled run 35mph - 45mph. All I need to do is film the ride... Fundamental speed law comes into play and I was well within that range. <br /><br />He was waiting in ambush in the woods and he made it clear that he was there to write seat belt tickets (not too bright because the road is not that heavily traveled and 95% are probably residents). He was a young guy - an older officer would have likely just warned me or not stopped me at all knowing the speed limit was at least 35mph - heck he wouldn't have been there in the first place.<br /><br />I was very nice to the kid and didn't argue at all. He was professional. It wasn't an unpleasant experience per se. <br /><br />Ambushing a resident to make his quota for tickets that are not even moving violations in MA was dumb. They haven't put an officer there since ( I travel that road almost daily). I bet someone saw where that ticket was written for a resident and dope slapped him. <br /><br />Don't get me wrong, my local police will tell you I am a big supporter. Like I said, I have several police officers in my family. I chalked this one up to a rookie making a rookie mistake, but in case they didn't get the message at HQ I am withholding the next contribution to make my point.