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Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:07 am**

Anthony wrote:..Regardless, I believe I communicated successfully.

Yes you did. And I, for one, am glad that I'm wearing these tactical boots.

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:43 pm**

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:15 am**

One question: did you ride this bike or not? In your original post, you said:

Anthony wrote:I had just pulled over and told my dad you have to try this bike, he had to push it a little on rt. 95.

But then you said:

Anthony wrote:Yea, the officer didn't know how fast my father was going. He just saw it was fast. He guessed 100. My dad said 80, so he said, okay I'll right it up at 90.

I'm not intentionally trying to accuse you of BS but this story is a little out there. I was a cop and I'm certified by NHTSA to run radar. I have a hard time believing a cop would just throw out arbitrary numbers like that and then issue your dad a citation for it. He doesn't know what your father's profession is; he could be a lawyer and the cop would just be showing his hand and letting your father know that he never got your speed verified on radar. We may be trained to guesstimate your speed, but our eyes aren't calibrated and our "guesses" aren't admissible in court.

I also have a hard time believing that he just let you ride your bike home after he discovered that the tags displayed did not belong to the bike. If after letting you drive the bike, you got in to a wreck, he would get busted hardcore for letting you take that bike on the road.

I don't know you and I don't want to accuse you of lying, but this story just doesn't add up. Either you are lying or you just encountered one of the worst cops on the planet.

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:14 am**

damooster wrote:or you just encountered one of the worst cops on the planet.

which means your dad should have no trouble getting off for hte speeding ticket

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:52 am**

storysunfolding wrote:which means your dad should have no trouble getting off for hte speeding ticket

Even though I think someone should be punished for speeding in this situation, you could absolutely dispute this ticket and win. I've been to court countless times to defend tickets only to lose on some minor, minute technicality. Almost all tickets are thrown out for technical reasons, and this ticket is screaming it. If the speed wasn't detected on radar, the judge should throw the ticket right out. If I were the cop I wouldn't even show up; the judge would rip in to him like there's no tomorrow.

You could, however, run in to some trouble if the judge decides to investigate and he discovers you were riding on an unregistered vehicle.

The cop issued these tickets to you with the hopes that you paid the fines and left it at that. He has no desire to see you in court. He wanted you to believe that he was doing you a favor for not citing you for going a higher speed than he originally thought.

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:31 pm**

Anthony wrote:
Johnj wrote:
Yes you did. And I, for one, am glad that I'm wearing these tactical boots.
However, if I was suppose to understand that, you failed to communicate.

John's just saying it's getting deep in here......

Posted: **Sat Jul 21, 2007 4:33 pm**

Posted: **Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:38 pm**

Anthony wrote: Oh haha, I see now. I'm sorry. I thought that was some sort of insult...

It was....

Posted: **Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:31 am**

Jadien wrote:
Anthony wrote: Oh haha, I see now. I'm sorry. I thought that was some sort of insult...
It was....

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