I going to stop you right there, couple of things you need to know how the real world works.
No employer can stop you from having to take a day off to go to court. Regardless if it’s some sort of violation or Jury Duty.
Only Exception to this is Some Federal Government Employment such as the military (with Jury Duty), and they have their own rules to follow.
Not every state gives you the choice, depending on the violation and the state you are in you are Required to show up, even for a minor traffic violation and failure to do so will mean your arrest.
Not true, a good judge hears out both sides of the case, evaluates each side before making a judgement.
LOL, that does not mean they actually take good notes or even mean anything. And if those notes are not in the official reports it means nothing.
When this happens its usually the one person doing 75 in a 55 zone and everyone else is doing 90. It’s easier to catch that “Slower” speeder.
In most states it does not matter, the court can care less what the other drivers are doing even if all of the other drivers are breaking the same law.
What matters is you are the one who got caught.
Good points from you guys but from my experience its fucked. After discussing to an attorney my situation, it was better off to just accept the bargains from these minor offenses. This was a couple years ago so I forgot exactly why I’d have a snow ball chance in hell to try to fight the tickets myself, but since I have a clean record, it was less expensive to show up at the pretrial, bend over and accept the charges and pay the tickets and court fees but not have any points put on my record. If I was let’s say accused of going double the limit and my license was on the line, then it would be wise to hire an attorney, for $800.
I remember trying to fight a ticket when I was younger and the judge was cherry picking my words and used them to flip on me and said if I hadn’t said these things, I might of convinced her enough to get it dismissed. When I added my past experience to what the attorney was saying, it is very difficult to fight these dumb tickets. Then again, would it be possible to ask for certain evidence from the cop to help pursue my side? Maybe, but even if it was possible, I dont know if that would still be enough as every judge is different and I could have one that says the cop doesn’t need to present the court what I requested…
And again, I have a clean record, still do as I use my bike less on the street because of the paranoia of being picked off. How many times have I been pulled over for going with the flow of traffic in my car or truck? Zero. Some of my past friends who drive Buick old people cars, or Chevy suburban suv, drive a shit ton faster than I do on my sport bike. And they brag that because they aren’t driving a Sports car, visually, they blend in with everyone else and can get away with it. Yet, majority of my other friends have gotten hassled and all they were doing was keeping up with the pace of everyone else, but because they have nice vehicle, the cops assume things, “oh, at one point they were speeding and wasn’t aware of it” “oh, they have a expensive toy, so they can handle the cost of the ticket” And again, most of these people, to some degree, respects the rules and if we want to speed, we’d be at our local racing/track organization. So thats just how shit is, you just accept the annual nice ride tax, and hope you get lucky enough it doesn’t happen of ton or else you’d have the $800 attorney working for you.
When people say they can’t take the day off, they mean they can’t AFFORD to take the day off. You’re right in saying that no one can stop you from taking the day off…but unless you’re entitled to off days then you’re going unpaid for that day or days that you decided to go to court to fight the ticket that probably saves you less than you’re losing by not going to work. The only court appearance that’s protected is jury duty and even then I don’t think you’re guaranteed to get paid by your employer.
What do you feel about baseline legalization of all drugs?
Would the deletion of a criminal market help reduce crime and police resource expenditure or decrease safety due to the streets being awash with readily available substances?
I was very specific about lost wages, not sure why @Darksakul had to snip out that small quote from the context I gave. Still I appreciate the effort from @Darksakul to provide more details.
Lost wages + ticket (probable outcome) is less than cost of ticket.
Default judgement in California goes with the police officer who may not even show up, although I hear they are disciplined if they don’t show up without a good reason. Good reasons do happen often enough that most people say at least go to the court to see if they show up.
This thread reminds me of Dave Chappell’s ‘Ask a Black Dude’ but none of the good questions get answered and the guests seem to have more correct answers than the host.
I disagree with the legalization of all drugs. Speaking from my experience in ems and law enforcement, there is currently a heroin epidemic whose rate of death is higher than our homicide rate. That’s a problem.
Some say that legalizing drugs will make things better but K2 was sold over the counter for awhile and the streets and hospitals were flooded with people who were acting insane because of the consumption of these drugs. I wouldn’t want that availability to be spread to other deadly drugs. Their availability really degrades the quality of life.
Everyone has their opinion, I have mine. I can’t support legalizing something that I’ve seen destroy so many families.
I don’t know if their legalization will affect the crime rate, that’s beyond my pay grade but what I do know is that lots of people rob, steal from and hurt others in pursuit of these drugs.
Me personally, as far as sanctuary cities go. I don’t believe they should Harbour illegal alien felons and other illegal immigrants who are career criminals and are a threat to society.
So at what distance are cops trained to decide whether or not someone is speeding? Before, after, or as they pass? If it’s mechanically based, can you give some insight into how the machines operate?
Also in your opinion, what is the best cop duty for low stress but also not boring?