car vandalism what else is new

[Ska]

Originally Posted by aggiee7

yea it sucks, the teg and I arent having a good week. Tuesday night i was on my way back from the University of Hartford where my girlfriend goes and it was like 1030 and i got pulled over for doing 62 in a 40. Bummer. No tickets summons to court on march 25th. I guess anything over 60 on a secondary road is a summons to cout. I know it was a stupid mistake and I usually dont speed like that. It sucks im hoping i dont get f'ed with it so . I just got a question when Im in court can i bring up that i didnt get a radar slip saying i was going 62 and also the cop didnt have anything lights on or anything and i thought cops had to have some sort of light on to be visible?

If the cops in CT are still like they were when I lived there (85-04), they'll do whatever the heck they want. I don't think a cop in my hometown ever had his lights on, and they'd hide in people's driveways and crap.

If you're around Hartford, you're from my neck of the woods...except I live over the river...

[RavynX]

Sorry to hear you got pulled over. It happened to me last September on the highway that passes through a small town that gets their funding on tickets.

If a cop pulls you over then he either has a good reason to or he's a punk. Seeing as how you were 20+ over he had a good reason and it's going to be his word over yours in court, see who wins that one. =/ You can try and plead the lights-not-being-on-case or you can suck it up and say you were in the wrong and to apologize and hope they have some mercy. If you were 5-10 over, it might be a different issue but 20+ is stretching it.

Good luck to ya.

[alexromania]

i live in jersey and i never heard that a cop has to have some lights on to be visible while watching for speeders. that doesn't make any sense tho. they want to catch you speed and do not want to be seen so they are gonna do their best to blend in. why would they have their lights on lol that would be dumb. but thats my two cents...good luck with the ticket tho

[aggiee7]

well ive been talking with some people about how to go about in court and the road i was on was a 2 lanes so i was told to just say that someone was passing me going faster and i was being pulled over instead. Basically i think i can get away with it if the cop doesnt show up to the court so im hoping that happens. Its frustrating cause i could get in trouble which i dont want to and it sucks cause i usually dont speed

[silverGSR09]

They always show up. In NH, if they cant show up they send someone who can. I've heard of the "no lights" thing but whos to say its not a national rumor. Cops can do mostly anything.