should i fight this?

[Jester]

was at Crystal Beach in Galveston County for Jeep Go Topless weekend. There were a little over 400 jeeps out there. we would drive up and down the beach or park and play. Me and a few others went and played in the little washout. The washout was deep in a few spots so we would zig zag back and forth in it splashing around. anyway, long story short, i play for about 2 minutes and turn around to go park. by the time i am parking a galveston cop lights me up. he doesnt do the normal "do you know why i stopped you" routine. This little fella is a hispanic gent that is maybe 25 and very wet behind the ears He just walks up and gets my insurance and liscense.......here is how our interaction went after waiting about 10 minutes:

Cop: sign here this is not an admissions of guilt.....blah blah blah

Me: You are seriously giving me a ticket?

Cop: This is public land and the speed limit is 15 mph

Me: Oh, so you had a radar and clocked me going over 15?

Cop: no

Me: so we are just going off of your wild ass guess on my speed? we were playing in the washout and there is no way i got over 10!

Cop: Well i could go ahead and write you a ticket for no seatbelt (this i was guilty of......in and out of the jeep all day with no doors on the jeep.....didnt wear a belt}

me: no dude, i know how this works and i cant win so just give me the ticket

Cop: do you have any more questions

Me: Not at all Mr Crime Fighter! Keep fighting these awful crimes you are doing an excellent job!

Thus endeth the exchange

So....I got excessive speed in the washout.

I have zero problems handling any and all tickets i have ever received in the past, but this is plain old horse shit.

[White_lightning]

good luck fighting one of those tickets the hard core beach cops are used to serious crime like that and Dont give a FUCK.. lol... i bet the judge gives you NO leniency either.. fuck those mother fuckers.

[Silverback]

Stop fucking up the shoreline asshole!!!!

[talisman]

Just pay it and go rub your dong on his door handle. If you haven't already.

[KBScobravert]

I would sit in court over it. You can ask him.....How did you determine my speed to be excessive and excessive to what? When he answers remind him that he denied "clocking" you with "radar". So what type of training do you get to judge speed? Is it like a magical power you are granted when you graduate to Beach Patrol?

The whole seat belt ticket conversation is irrelevant.....you were not cited for it.

[Jester]

It will be a waste of a day to fight it, but at the same time, this is bullshit so i may just waste a day anyway.

[03trubluGT]

I would sit in court over it. You can ask him.....How did you determine my speed to be excessive and excessive to what? When he answers remind him that he denied "clocking" you with "radar". So what type of training do you get to judge speed? Is it like a magical power you are granted when you graduate to Beach Patrol?

Agree.

The whole seat belt ticket conversation is irrelevant.....you were not cited for it.

Disagree.

The statute of limitations for a Class C is 2 years. If the cop wanted to be a mega-prick, after the trial he could mail you a ticket for no seat belt for up to two years after the offense.

[Jester]

It blows my mind that more cops arent just shot in the back of the head while sitting in their cars eating a snack. i know of very few people that havent had a bad encounter with a cop flexing his authority. Hate to be wearing a badge the day the US starts to crumble.

[KBScobravert]

The statute of limitations for a Class C is 2 years. If the cop wanted to be a mega-prick, after the trial he could mail you a ticket for no seat belt for up to two years after the offense.

Oh that is just dirty. Dirty, dirty fucking dirty. We would go back to court. So why did you NOT write me that ticket when you wrote me this bogus speeding ticket? When I get home will there be a ticket for dope you found in the car too?

[03trubluGT]

Oh that is just dirty. Dirty, dirty fucking dirty. We would go back to court. So why did you NOT write me that ticket when you wrote me this bogus speeding ticket? When I get home will there be a ticket for dope you found in the car too?

I didn't write you the ticket because I was being nice.

You want to question my authoritah? Then you bring down the wrath!

[CWO]

Could the argument be made that there was no probable cause for the seatbelt violation at the time of the speeding citation (if it is determined that he indeed wasn't speeding)?

[03trubluGT]

Could the argument be made that there was no probable cause for the seatbelt violation at the time of the speeding citation (if it is determined that he indeed wasn't speeding)?

He would just say that the seat belt is an on-view violation and that it was the PC for the stop.

[ELVIS]

he could just look at you and tell you were an asshole.

god bless.

[Jester]

he could just look at you and tell you were an asshole.

god bless.

kinda like when you are at a gay bar and everyone knows you are the catcher!

[ELVIS]

kinda like when you are at a gay bar and everyone knows you are the catcher!

exactly the same. glad we are on the same page!

god bless.