Anyone ever been cited for this?
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Jason, there are stupid laws for stupid reasons, but the officer gave you a ticket in accordance to a law and that's that. Rather than contesting the ticket, question the law. If you don't think its right, tell someone. But he did nothingillegal, so you really can't get that pissed.
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wannabe;174534 wrote:
Jason, there are stupid laws for stupid reasons, but the officer gave you a ticket in accordance to a law and that's that. Rather than contesting the ticket, question the law. If you don't think its right, tell someone. But he did nothingillegal, so you really can't get that pissed.Sure he can still get pissed. There are stupid laws, this is one of them, he has every reason to get pissed. Cops don't have to enforce laws they don't feel are legitimate.
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wannabe;174534 wrote:
Jason, there are stupid laws for stupid reasons, but the officer gave you a ticket in accordance to a law and that's that. Rather than contesting the ticket, question the law. If you don't think its right, tell someone. But he did nothingillegal, so you really can't get that pissed.No shit, but the last thing I'm gonna let slide without a fight is paying money for something this dumb. Contesting the law isn't gonna get me my $60 bucks back and that's all I really care about.
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Fight it Jason, and use that exact analogy (stolen wallet) to whomever sees your case. You shouldn't have to pay.
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thats goofy that she told you that...i guess i called the city prosecuters office and thats what they told me.
I couldnt figure out why they even fine you for that when its not illegal...i guess just to try scamming people out of money..stupid police.
you'll win no matter what anyways.
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this si how they are going to look at it.... you didnt have your wallet on you at the time.... so you got a ticket.... you can show them your license but in the end when you were pulled over you didnt have it on you... and thats how they are going to see it..... my guess is that law is in place for a good reason.... you just had an encounter with an asshole cop, and theres not much you can do about it.... this is coming from someone who had been ticketed many times for random bullshit, and has tried to fight many of them with a lawyer and has had no success, im not trying to be an ass, but thats just how it is...
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StangerBanger96;174537 wrote:
Fight it Jason, and use that exact analogy (stolen wallet) to whomever sees your case. You shouldn't have to pay.
he didnt tell the cop his wallet was stolen at the time, so that defense will not work....and if you think about it, when you go to court, you will most likey have to skip out on work.... you lose money that way too (if you get paid by the hour)
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Parker;174561 wrote:
he didnt tell the cop his wallet was stolen at the time, so that defense will not work....and if you think about it, when you go to court, you will most likey have to skip out on work.... you lose money that way too (if you get paid by the hour)
I'm not saying he should tell them his wallet was stolen. I'm saying he should ask why he was cited when he could have shown proof of his license by just grabbing it. Then ask what people who are victims of theft are supposed to do when they need to go somewhere but don't have the actual plastic license. It's a bullshit law whose only purpose is to get money for the city and to be an excuse to find other laws being broken by the offender.
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StangerBanger96;174562 wrote:
I'm not saying he should tell them his wallet was stolen. I'm saying he should ask why he was cited when he could have shown proof of his license by just grabbing it. Then ask what people who are victims of theft are supposed to do when they need to go somewhere but don't have the actual plastic license. It's a bullshit law whose only purpose is to get money for the city and to be an excuse to find other laws being broken by the offender.
im not arguing that its a bullshit law, but the point is that he didnt have it on him at the time of being pulled over, i dont care if he was 50 feet or 500 miles away from his house, a law is a law, even if it is a bullshit one.... i know people that have been pulled over with out their license and said they were someone else because they ahd a warrant out for there arrest... and they got away because the cop believed him.... its a law for a reason.... :icon_rendeer: -
it should alwalys be enforced but at his own house when hes already there, i am almost positive if it was ever a decent cop they would probally let you go get it, i take it it was a young guy consdiering my experience i have had with young cops in Fargo
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:bday: :pickle: :bday: :pickle: :bday: :pickle: :bday:Good Job:icon_thumright:
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Just so everyone knows, if you ever get cited for "No Drivers License in Possesion" the court WILL throw it out as long as you have a valid driver's license when you go to court....the law is written that way. Oh well, court was at 8:30 and I was out the door with my money by 8:50 even after the officer's testimony.
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Too bad they make you waste time by going to court on their terms. If it was MN you'd just have to present proof at the courthouse/police station within 14 days and not even worry about appearing in court.
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StangerBanger96;177387 wrote:
Too bad they make you waste time by going to court on their terms. If it was MN you'd just have to present proof at the courthouse/police station within 14 days and not even worry about appearing in court.It's the exact same in ND....just that no one tells you that. The judge said that I should not have ever had to pay the fine or go to court. The citation should have been thrown out when I presented my valid license.
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HandoEX;177388 wrote:
It's the exact same in ND....just that no one tells you that. The judge said that I should not have ever had to pay the fine or go to court. The citation should have been thrown out when I presented my valid license.I think i told you that 2 or 3 times in the same exact thread...
but no one listens.....
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Ahh well I'd press charges against the city for emotional trauma and lost wages due to having to leave work to pay the fine and appear in court due to lack of officer cooperation and witholding information...or whatever else I can think of in my mind that sounds cool but has no legal standing.
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