+1 (all I'm allowed by reason)

If you work, you can choose night court so you don't have to take vacation time.
My advice is mostly the same already stated. When in court, dress appropriately and be respectful.
If the ticket amount is difficult to pay, tell the judge that. Don't make excuses. Tell your "I simply forgot" story, then shut up.
You'll be glad you did. Good Luck.

It would cost me more to miss a half day of work if I were to go to court than it would to just pay the ticket. I got a speeding ticket by one of those cameras, could have done the whole "prove it was me driving the car" thing to get it reduced, but I was guilty so I just paid the ticket.

I'd recommend you go to court, plead your case and hope for a fine reduction. If you don't want to do that, send 'em a check and fuhgeddaboudit.

Redhook,

You started this stupid thread and continue making stupid posts in it. That pretty well clinches it that you're stupid.

Grow up, and like others said, own it, take your medicine, and move on.

Sg

AuntyM writes:
"IMO, you got a small measure of what you deserved. If this thread of yours is any indication, you will spend your entire life learning EVERYTHING the hard way. "

I have to disagree, Redhook has not and will not learn. He just wants to rant and does not listen, experience does not seem to teach him anything. I think he is KingFevers sockpuppet and belongs with the others over at the FishCan.

Once.

But that was a long f'n time ago.

And that was when he thought he was wrong and as it turned out, he was right all along.

That'll teach him!
Tried to own something that wasn't.
WTG, Danny!

since when does forgetting something for a second, and being upset about a rather large ticket for something stupid, equate to me never learning, or wont, or cant? appearently some of you dont wont or cant learn either...

1, i asked for no stupid comments

2, i said i ALWAYS wear my seatbelt, i just forgot...

3, that is my ONLY traffic ticket in the last 10+ years, probably more like 12+ as i cant even remember the last time i was even pulled over...

i went to another lake today, seat belt worn just like always, even with thinking about a bunch of other crap... now, i highly HIGHLY doubt that the people bashing me, have NEVER forgot something, went 2 miles over the speed limit (which is illegal you know), went through a yellow light, not fully stopped at a stop sign, or anything of the sort... so dont act like your all high and mighty...i made the mistake, but the price is rather absurd, and upset me,.... there something wrong with that? you all always happy with everything that gets dished your way?

and as far as me learning, you know nothing about me, ive forgot more than i already know, and learn something new every single day... just because you cant read and interpret things correctly, is not my problem...

to the others, thanks for the help, i think i will go to court and explain what happened, and say it will not happen again, and like i said before, just be myself, because people like me, maybe not on here, but i dont really care about that... i have plenty of friends that will tell you otherwise....

and dont ever mention me and KF in the same sentence again...

Sounds like you're all bucked up and ready to tell the judge where the bear shitz in the buckwheat.



























I'm throwin' down on full fine plus 6 months in the FishCan.

wanna bet on that ?

it says right on the ticket: "This is a non criminal offense for which you cannot go to jail"..

i know how to talk to people, i know how to be respectfull and talk tactfully and with couth... i learned that working for my dad talking to home owners that are worth more than any person i knows family combined... like the CFO of Microsoft

all i have to do is talk to the judge, the exact same way, and i will be just fine... also, my long, vast criminal history, should help that out quite a bit too...

thanks for making me laugh tho guys, that ticket pissed me off price wise, now, its actually pretty funny, im not worried one bit...

Here's another kernel of advice.

When you go to court and you're sitting down waiting for your case, have a seat belt on and make a big production of unbuckling it when your name is called. Take it up to the bench and show His/Her Honor you know how to use it and swear to gawdallmighty you'll never, ever forget to use it again.

You'll get big laughs and a dismissal or you'll have to pay triple.

Either or.

I'm just pullin' yer chain

Seriously, good luck.

Hell, you could throw in one of those toddler jumper seats for effect.
Better know how to rig it though, or you'll get another ticket.

this should actually be pretty easy, as ive never once gotten in trouble in Pierce County, my tickets and other crap was all out of King County, with the exception of 1 in Grant County... in my 33 years on this earth, i think ive gotten like 4 tickets... 1 of which was a 186 dollar ticket that i got cut down to 50 just because i know how to talk to people ...

its all good DD, i was just flippin ya sh!t, but if i go to jail for 6 months for forgetting to put on my belt for 1 minute.... all i gotta say is, if you think i ranted here, just wait for that post if that happens

FishCan = FishChan
Might get some sympathy or mebbe even some character witnesses over there.....

oh dont get me wrong, i dont want any sympathy, it was my fault, i know that...

but 124 dollars for no seat belt? its 124 dollars for not having current registration, which is worse? if you dont have current registration, your insurance is invalid... same without having a valid drivers lisence... while not having insurance is a ticket (and a huge one) in itself, why is it in the same class as no seat belt?

probably the same reason that Marijuana is in the same class as Coke and Heroin, because the law makers say and do whatever they want...

just to get this straight, i dont have problems with police in any way, and no, im not a perfect person, ive done some things that are wrong... truthfully, ive been handcuffed several times... several, as probably 10, maybe more... yet, ive never been arrested, never been to jail, and have 4 tickets on my record... total, in 33 years...

2 were for weed (small amount, like a joint, and i dont care about your opinion so keep it to yourself)

1 was for running a red light (i inentionally did it, smoking the tires all the way through, and had the ticket cut by nearly 75 percent, because im smart like that and truthfull)

and 1 for no seat belt....

my handcuffing incidents, were due to people messing with my family, and i dont play that sh!t... in the end, they got their a$$ whipped, pissed their pants, and i went about my day... and they were all when i was hanging around people i shouldnt have been around... since my dad died, i havent been in trouble once, wellll, maybe once, but that was because some a$$hole decided to call my mom a bunch of names and i said i would knock his teeth out... he called the cops on me, and the cops came here and said "sir, you cant be threatening people like that", i said "yes i know sir".....


have a good night...


he wasnt here 30 seconds...

other than that, i talk to em about people stealin stuff here when they come through, talk to em about guns at the store when i see them, and am respected and talked to like a normal person each and every time... because i give them respect, and i show it.... they have it hard enough, and they dont write the laws, they enforce them, cant get mad at them...

i also help the WDFW with atleast 50, usually more, tickets written per year... just by me alone...

police are just doing their job, they dont write the amounts or laws... its far above that... and i dont agree with it... but i will have to deal with it, or go to jail for having no mudflaps on my truck... stupid stupid things people get in trouble for... but, its the law...

and none of that with the exception of the first line was directed towards you DD...

That doesn't sound very fukkin' smart at all.

Maybe you should get someone to go to court for you or mail it in.

actually Hank it was smart, heres the break down of that:

i went to the store to grab some beer one night, when i walk in, theres 3 little (taller than me) punk phucks in the store, 2 of em say "gimme 50 cents"... my reply "fVck you, make me give it to you" they go of with the "aight then, blah blah blah"... im like whatever... they leave, i get my stuff and go out get in my truck... when i shut the door, theres now 5 of them by the side of the building, talkin a mess of crap.. im still like whatever, say basically FU, do something about it... so i pull out on SR900 in Renton, and am sitting at the stupid red light at midnight with ZERO damn traffic out... and they come up to the corner bull rushing my truck... so i slammed on it, and smoked the M/Ts right through the red light...


little did i know, 200 yards down the street, there was a RPD police officer coming my way... he pulled me over, and said "is there a reason you ran that red light driving that way sir'? i said "yes sir, did you see the kids on the corner" "yeah", "they demanded money from me in the store there, and i refused, and they charged me, so smoked em", "im sorry officer"..... well, that didnt work out, he gave me the 186 dollar ticket and went after the kids...

so i go to court....

female judge.....

i tell her after telling the bit of the story quickly "maam, yes i did do it, but, it was either that, or i get into a situation with teenage kids, since noone was around, i thought it was the best option... im sorry maam, it will never happen again.."




bam, reduced to 50 bucks,

i did it, i admitted it, i was myself, truthfull, tactfull, and hell, even cute...

dont ever doubt me..

and Abu, yeah, 10 or more, dont mess with my family, or that number may increase....