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[sgtfuzzbubble011]

ARGH!

[MidnightViper88]

Motherfuckin' tell me about it!

[shakey_snake]

yeah, I dislike crappy thread titles, too.

[Razzinno]

Problems with his new camera?

[Tuggummi]

Playing Metal Gear Solid and someone spotted you?

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

Haven't even been here two full months yet, and I got pulled over. I didn't get one ticket. I got three. And on top of that, the cop was an asshole. If this is any indication of how this place really is...

But the worst part about it was, I get pulled over because of HIS indecisive driving.

[Razzinno]

Three tickets? Any chance of contesting any of them?

<insert Mr_007 crazy story post here>

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

Thanks for the link. I seriously doubt I'd have much luck fighting these. Since I just moved here, I still don't have my Georgia driver's license. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I'm thinking it's a bad thing. And from reading that article you linked, it looks like at least one of these tickets is a criminal ticket. Is it possible to just pay a fine for a reckless driving ticket before showing up in court? I've already been screwed over enough, and I really don't need to get screwed even more in a courtroom.

I need to do some more research on these and find out exactly what kinds of consequences they carry. I'm sure this reckless driving ticket is the worst out of the three, but I'm still sure that these other two aren't going to be cheap either. One of them is for following too closely, and the last one is for improper lane change, but "lane change" was scribbled out, and I can't read what was jotted underneath it. It kinda looks like "driving on road" or some crap like that.

[Too-DAMN-Much]

"on no he's driving on the road, better arrest him!"

could be off the road? maybe?

[swingdjted]

sounds like a cop that is trying to lengthen his bust-penis

It's more common with less experienced cops who want to get as much shit on people as possible.

Some cops become cops to fulfill some sort of "Napoleon complex" or "little man syndrome". These cops are a loser in some way and use their law enforcement job as a way to make up for their pathetic existance.

As a disclaimer, I will say that not all cops are like this, as I have several in the family that will basically use decent judgement instead of becoming the instant authority whore ass thruster that I've seen elsewhere.

[MidnightViper88]

...or, much simplier, the cop probably had a quota to fill...

A mid-month deadline would seem a bit odd, though...

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

I found the three "laws" that I "broke" on the Georgia state legislation website.

40-6-48
40-6-49
40-6-390

Some of the wording in these is almost unreadable...

The driver of any motor vehicle which is drawing another vehicle when traveling upon a roadway outside of a business or residential district and which is following another motor truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle shall, whenever conditions permit, leave sufficient space so that an overtaking vehicle may enter and occupy such space without danger, except that this shall not prevent a motor truck or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle from overtaking and passing any like vehicle or other vehicle.

Goddamnit, don't you fuckers know what run-on sentences are? At any rate, I have to wait five business days before I can inquire at the clerk's office about my tickets. I guess that's to give it time to get into the database. My court date is August 9th, though. That's only a couple weeks from now. I still don't have my Georgia license, either. In order to get that, I have to have all the shit listed here. I've got everything but the birth certificate. I'm going to call my dad and see if he still has it somewhere... but christ, why do I need so much for this? Shouldn't my out-of-state license, bank statement, and social security card be enough? Why do I need my birth certificate as proof of identification. I thought my social security card could do that.

This state is really starting to piss me off, and I haven't even been here two full months yet.

[swingdjted]

In Cleveland, they don't even pull you over, a speed gun or red-light-running-sensor just takes 3 pics of your car with a clear shot of your tag. The car owner, determined by registration, then gets some upsetting mail about a week later.

If the owner claims it was a different driver, he/she must go to a notary public and give full contact information of the person that did drive the vehicle. If that driver goes to a notary public and says it wasn't him/her, then the financial responsibility of the ticket falls back onto the registration holder again, and he/she just has to pay it regardless.

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

That's just for speeding, though. I was never speeding through this whole ordeal.

[swingdjted]

right, and for running reds

(that bullshit that Sarge quoted)

WHAT THE FUCK???

I think (guessing?) it might mean you've gotta let a passing car back in the lane instead of closing the gap between you and the person in front of you. I could be completely wrong though, because, who the hell can understand that?