In early December I was going back to school in Newark, and I was pulled over a block from my school. The cop thought it looked like my inspection sticker was expired. I drive a 2004 Crossfire. 3 months old. WTF? He then asked me for my license, insurance and registration. I proceeded to get out my license and insurance and hand it to him. I told him I had to find my registration, and to give me a sec. Since my car was brand new, I still had the registration card attached to the 8.5x11 piece of paper it comes in, and missed it while I was looking for a little card. Wasn't more than a minute before I find it, and I go to give it to him, and hes already back in his car. He comes back to the car and tells me hes going to give me a ticket for "failure to exhibit documents". I then show him my registration, and he tells me "Sorry, you're a little too late," and then leaves. At this point I'm upset, because obviously I should have not received any ticket, and I knew I was being taken advantage of. I then looked at the fine and it was $173!!
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Now I'm really pissed. I knew I had to fight it.
I went to court yesterday in Newark to fight the ticket. As soon as I talked to the Prosecutor, he told me he would give me a plea deal and dismiss the charges. Awesome. All I had to do was wait for my turn in front of the judge and verify the plea. Judge calls my name, I go up, and asks me if I agreed to the plea deal, and I say yes. He says ok, the charges are dismissed, court costs are $50.
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. Awesome. I was innocent of any wrongdoing, but still get reamed in the ass by the courts. Not to mention the $6.00 it cost me to park in the municipal lot. Great justice.
That very same day, on my way back from the gym with my friend, I was driving by my old highschool, which is right next to our police station. I have lived in the same town for my whole life, and attended that highschool, so if there is one place I know not to speed it is in that area. I was not speeding, I was actually going under the speed limit, driving by and looking at the student parking lot, where an M3 and a STi parked next to each other caught my eye. I continue on and see a police SUV coming towards me the opposite direction, so I immediately look at my spedo, even though I knew I wasn't speeding. A hair under 35, which is the speed limit. Continue another 100 feet and notice flashing lights in my rearview mirror from a crown vic police cruiser. There is one car behind me, and he pulls off the road to let him pass, and so do I, figuring hes going out on a call. He pulls up behind me, and comes to my window. "I am giving you a ticket for speeding, 52 in a 35." Me and my passenger just sit there in shock. I said "that's impossible, where did you clock me?". "I paced you from the schools parking lot." He then goes back to the cruiser and comes back with the ticket. Great. I was pissed, so I thought it wise not to talk to the cop anymore after this and went home.
I was not speeding. Not in any shape or form of the word. I wasn't "not speeding" by going 40, I was actually under the limit. The cop gave me a fabricated ticket plain and simple. It is a 4 point ticket, and I'm 20 and I have no points on my license, so it's going to go up big time. I can't believe that a police officer, a public servant, can just abuse his powers like that. Since I was "paced" it is just my word against the cops. We all know what side the court favors.
I am frustrated and feel taken advantage of. Sorry for the long post, but I had to get it out. Not looking for any pity, just upset over the abuse of power displayed by both officers. Really sucks.
I went to court yesterday in Newark to fight the ticket. As soon as I talked to the Prosecutor, he told me he would give me a plea deal and dismiss the charges. Awesome. All I had to do was wait for my turn in front of the judge and verify the plea. Judge calls my name, I go up, and asks me if I agreed to the plea deal, and I say yes. He says ok, the charges are dismissed, court costs are $50.
That very same day, on my way back from the gym with my friend, I was driving by my old highschool, which is right next to our police station. I have lived in the same town for my whole life, and attended that highschool, so if there is one place I know not to speed it is in that area. I was not speeding, I was actually going under the speed limit, driving by and looking at the student parking lot, where an M3 and a STi parked next to each other caught my eye. I continue on and see a police SUV coming towards me the opposite direction, so I immediately look at my spedo, even though I knew I wasn't speeding. A hair under 35, which is the speed limit. Continue another 100 feet and notice flashing lights in my rearview mirror from a crown vic police cruiser. There is one car behind me, and he pulls off the road to let him pass, and so do I, figuring hes going out on a call. He pulls up behind me, and comes to my window. "I am giving you a ticket for speeding, 52 in a 35." Me and my passenger just sit there in shock. I said "that's impossible, where did you clock me?". "I paced you from the schools parking lot." He then goes back to the cruiser and comes back with the ticket. Great. I was pissed, so I thought it wise not to talk to the cop anymore after this and went home.
I was not speeding. Not in any shape or form of the word. I wasn't "not speeding" by going 40, I was actually under the limit. The cop gave me a fabricated ticket plain and simple. It is a 4 point ticket, and I'm 20 and I have no points on my license, so it's going to go up big time. I can't believe that a police officer, a public servant, can just abuse his powers like that. Since I was "paced" it is just my word against the cops. We all know what side the court favors.
I am frustrated and feel taken advantage of. Sorry for the long post, but I had to get it out. Not looking for any pity, just upset over the abuse of power displayed by both officers. Really sucks.
