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Old 11-05-2006, 10:09 PM   #566
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Re: Ask A Police Officer

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Originally Posted by Low Drag View Post
1) Yes you are pretty much stuck from the sound of it.

2) If your only argument in court is going to be that you were speeding but you think he should have stopped the vehicle in front of you, then you should save your time.

Traffic laws almost everywhere are considered absolute liability. Because of that, excuses like emergencies, going with the flow of traffic, or even not realising you comitted an infraction will not get you out of a ticket. In cases like your first one about the only hope is to be stopped by an officer that sympathizes with you and lets you off with a warning or to hire a lawyer who can get the prosecutor to lower or drop the charges.

i figured as much....my boss at work has been caught doing wheelies on his bike and has been stopped doing 130mph in his car and never gets a ticket...so i figured id ask to see if maybe i was just doing something wrong.
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