Re: [non-scirocco]Accelerating too fast

["Alex Ting" <alex@millenniumsolutions.net>]

hey, that really sucks man.

But, on the bright side, I had this nearly identical
situation.  Fight the reckless driving, that's a tough
thing to prove.  What he should have ticketed you
for is "exhibition of speed".  Normally, if you fight
something as vague as this, the cop won't come in 
to try to prove it.  Either he comes in when you plead
innocent, or it will get dropped.
If it makes you feel any better, I got a ticket last year
for "speed contest" (racing).  The ticket cost me
$1,100!!!!!
They tried to get me for suspended license (it was), 
no seatbelt (that's right too), and no insurance (ok, ok I suck).
I fought the speed contest, and they offered to drop 
everything else except the speed contest.
Needless to say, I took their offer.


Alex Ting    (Fight the Man!)
Millennium Solutions Group, Inc.
8303 Sierra College Blvd., Suite 150
Granite Bay, CA 95746

Phone: 888-801-2001 or 916-797-9998
Fax: 916-797-9997
Email: alex@millenniumsolutions.net



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> From: Wm. Josiah Erikson <josiah@gsinet.net>
> To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: [non-scirocco]Accelerating too fast
> Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 3:04 PM
> 
> Hey guys...
>     Just thought I'd share this with you... delete unless you feel like
> reading about a cop who was a real jerk to me.
>     I was having a really crappy day. I was just feeling depressed in
> general, and I was taking care of Cara (my daughter's mother), and JLynn
> (my daughter) at Cara's house because Cara had just had her wisdom teeth
> out and she wasn't feeling too hot. I ran down the street to get her
> breakfast, and on the way back I was sitting at a stoplight in my QSW. I
> don't know what came over me, but I felt like showing the guy in the
> Firebird next to me that I was cool or something... he was wearing
> sunglasses and was listening to really loud music.
>     So I was sitting there with my engine up at 4500rpm, and when the
> light turned green, I dropped the clutch and floored it. WHAM! slight
> tire chirp and I took off. Maxed it out in first gear, dropped it into
> second and then backed off because it was in the city and I'd already
> left the Firebird about 200ft behind anyway (obviously, he wasn't
> racing). So I drop it into 4th and then hit the brakes for the next
> stoplight. I got up to maybe 35mph, max.
>     Then I see the blues. This cop pulls me over right in front of the
> next stoplight, and I'm thinking, "well, what can he get me for?
> Accelerating too fast?" Huh... I roll down my window, shut off the
> engine and wait. I see the cop coming, lean out my window...
>     "Good afternoon, officer."
>     No response. He comes up to the window, put his hands on his hips,
> and says, "Gimme your license and registration."
>     "Can you tell me what you're pulling me over for first, sir?"
>     "Gimme your license and registration, NOW."
>     "Don't you have to tell me what you're pulling me over for first?"
>     "You have to provide license and registation to an officer upon
> request at any time, for any reason. Now give them to me, or do you want
> me to arrest you right now?"
>     I give them to him. Then he proceeds to tell me why he pulled me
> over, in his own way.
>     "You took off from that stoplight like Mario Andretti. I could hear
> you racing your engine. You chirped your tires and lifted your front end
> up. I'm debating whether to give you a ticket or arrest you right now."
> (He seemed to like to threaten me with this).
>     I said, "Yeah my muffler's got four holes in it." (to explain why he
> could hear me revving my engine from a block away).
>     "That WAS NOT your muffler. That was you revving your engine."
>     "I didn't say I wasn't revving my engine, sir."
>     He looks at my license. "You still live in Weare, on Poor Farm
> Road?"
>     "Yes, sir."
>     "Do they tolerate that kind of driving in Weare?"
>     I didn't know what to say to that, was pretty shaken up and having a
> bad day, so I didn't say anything.
>     "Huh? Do they? I bet you think they do, huh?"
>     Again, I didn't say anything... I couldn't believe this cop. I kinda
> muttered something incoherent like "I dunno" or something equally lame.
> He was succeeding in intimidating me.
>     "So what are you doing in my city?"
>     Godddamn it! "I'm visiting my daughter," I managed to say. I don't
> remember what he said to that, but he made it clear that he wished I'd
> stay in my own town.
>     So he went back to the car, and I just started crying. I know, I'm a
> wuss, but I don't care. This just sucked. If I got a ticket, my license
> would get taken away, and then I wouldn't be able to go to work, so I
> wouldn't be able to pay child support, etc.... the whole world just
> tumbled down... (you know those moods, where you just think that
> EVERYTHING sucks).
>   So he gave me a must appear, and I have to go to court on the 31st. I
> dunno what will happen, but I hope I can keep my license. Hmmm.... his
> charge was "reckless driving". I wonder if it'll hold up.
>     If a Porsche 911 had accelerated that fast, it wouldn't have been
> dramatic. If I had been going 35mph through that intersection, he
> wouldn't have pulled me over. Just seems like a silly thing to get a
> ticket for, accelerating too fast.
>     I bet the guy driving that Firebird saw that cop, otherwise he would
> have kicked the shit out of me (it was a Formula).
>     So wish me good luck on the 31st! Anyone still reading? (laugh)
>     -Josiah
>     '83 Scirocco (parts car)
>     '84 GTi (temporarily dead)
>     '86 Scirocco (broken frame)
>     '87 QSW (daily driver)
>     http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
> 
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