data.3news-bydate.train.rec.motorcycles.104820 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Tom Coradeschi)
Subject: Re: Tracing license plates of BDI cagers?
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[email protected] (Jonathan E. Quist) wrote:
>
> In article <[email protected]> [email protected] writes:
> >A traffic citation is an accusation of having committed a crime.
> >That's why they have to go through the motions of having a trial if you
> >want one, you are still innocent until proven guilty. Cops are not the
> >only ones who can accuse people of committing crimes, anyone who
> >witnesses a crime can do so.
> >
> >Go to the Highway Patrol and explain the situation, give them a
> >description of the car and the license number, and tell them the
> >specific violation of the law which you witnessed and wish to prosecute
> >(ie, search the Vehicle Code and have the section number handy). Fill
> >out the ticket and sign it. It will go through the same system any
> >ticket a cop writes goes through. If contested, you will have to
> >appear in court to prosecute. Your word will not carry the same weight
> >as a cop's.
>
> And, indeed, the advice I got from a police officer when I had my
> close call was that, without additional impartial witnesses, it
> would be my word vs. the other driver's, and that it was up to me
> to decide whether the time and inconvenience to me was worth the
> time and inconvenience to the other driver, and also whether any
> positive effect would result (beyond making me feel better).
My $0.02 worth: I did this once. BDI LadyCager in a Town Car passed me on
the right on a two lane road!:-{ I memorized her license plate (this in the
days before I carried pen and paper in my tankbag) and went to the local
police station. Cops filled out the ticket. I signed it. She paid it!
tom coradeschi <+> [email protected]
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