From what I have been told in the past, 12mph over the speed limit is considered Negligent driving, Which is probably where the large ticket came from. If he claims that he clocked you going that fast then he probably gave you a neg. Were there any other cars anywhere near you that he could have gotten you confused with? I don't see any excuse to cuff you and start yelling. I was caught doing 20 over last summer (i was 17). Trooper pulled me over, ran my plates and let me go. :p

Josh,
If this was a Clark County sheriff they are totally unprofessional. I have had a run in with them and afterwards I filed a complaint with Internal Affairs. Sounds like you should do the same. Of course Internal Affairs is just as bad as the road deputies. Good luck!

If your gonna fight it take an attorney.

If your gonna fight it take an attorney.

If your gonna fight it take an attorney.

If you go to court and get convicted it is much more serious than just paying the ticket.

If you are innocent, fight it for sure! BUT....
TAKE AN ATTORNEY!



herm

ps.
I'm not an att.
h

It is to bad that a person who has been issued a citation has to give up time from work, as well as pay to prove his innocence. It would be nice if the courts would have to reimburse the defendant if found innocent. I think that there would be more righteous tickets issued if this were the case. By the way I have seen police cars that have to have their speedometers recalibrated, the certified speedometer can fail as well!!!!!

Watch out what you say the department of homeland security might label you as a terrorist :p

josh,last year in pierce county a stater wrote me a ticket for neg driving 2nd degree $490.00,he said i smoked my tires for 75ft. wich wasn't true,went to court told my side of the story and got it reduessed to failure to use due care and caution$100.00 fine,so good luck


FISH ON!!!
curt

ok, my court date is may 19th. I will let you all know whats up after that. Thanks for you support

ok, my court date is may 19th. I will let you all know whats up after that. Thanks for all of your support!

Josh

remember your own line when your up in front of that judge!

"Remember, its not luck, its presentation"

Cowlitzfisherman

last summer I got pulled over by a stater going south on I-5 just past the camano/stanwood exit, and they sit on top of the bridge and nail people, he said I was going 85 in a 70 and He took my information, came back to my car and let me go as he took off to pull someone else over, oh yeah he also asked me if Id been drinking and stuff like that but he took off and got someone elses sorry ass

I was 17 then too

Josh

You never did say if you had contacted an attorney to represent you, or if you were going to represent yourself! Which one did you decide to do?

Cowlitzfisherman

Lots of good advice....
Last Spring as we were driving through Astoria, Oregon, we saw a white shiny pickup
parked on the street with a HUGE sign on the tailgate that said something like this: (Pretty close to the original statement which started with an apology like to the court ) and ended up with
"OFFICER Xs()*(&* IS A LIAR IN COURT"

We nearly ran off the road....
Always be respectful and don't send out a lot
of negative body language.
Good luck.....

Hey josh, what the deal? Talked to your buddy Grayson today. He says you don't even drive yet. So how could you get busted if you don't drive?
Anyway, even if you did get busted, them BG and County cops are a real pain in the A$$, they have really been cracking down lately, don't know why but they are really getting a lot of people.

Were you DWB (driving while black)? If not I can only say you ran across a stressed out lawman acting unprofessionally.
Are there any more details you may be omitting?

WTF????? Are you suggesting that if he was black and pulled over (for being black), that the copy was acting professionally? Tell me that's not what you really meant, right???

Back Eddy

Replieing to all your questions.

I do have an attorney, my uncle is a lawer.
I am not black i am white
I just recently got my license, I don't really hang out with grayson anymore Mike.

Maybe some of you anti-cop people should start taking responsibility for your actions. If you get busted , then take it like a man and accept the consequences. If you were true upstanding citizens, then you wouldn't have to think twice about running into the cops. How many time have you been driving only to have some idiot blow by you going 70mph? How many times have you wished that a cop was around to nail that driver? Sounds like the cop was around this time to educate Josh. I'm guessing that the cop has his version of the story also. I'm sure if Josh snagged a fish and kept it, most of you wouldn't be suggesting an attorney. Nothing personal Josh, just had to give my .02. Jack

Jack

I got pulled over for something I did not do, how do you explain that. I saw the cop from a distance, I looked at my speedometer and it said 45. So I was not worried, when he pulled me over I figured I had a tail light out or something. not speeding, I know I was not!

He just did not get his fill of donughts and coffee that night

Ok, thanks josh.
But yea, them cops we have around here are a real a** They have nothing to do and will pull you over for doing one mile over the speed limit.