Arrest of Alpharetta Lyft driver (Atlanta: law, move, office)

[arjay57]

Did anybody see the news about that elderly woman who was arrested for a supposedly improper lane change?

In my opinion that officer went totally over the top. Apparently he has resigned.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Lf...ature=youtu.be

[neighborhoodsn00per]

Originally Posted by arjay57

did anybody see the news about that elderly woman who was arrested for a supposedly improper lane change?

In my opinion that officer went totally over the top. Apparently he has resigned.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60lf...ature=youtu.be

oohhhhh wow after what happened in henry county,now this!!!!!

[PKCorey]

The officer (3rd) who resigned was the one who told her to ****. The 2nd officer was trying to deescalate the situation.

The first officer was an ass for writing the ticket in the first place. This should have been a warning. 2nd, she told him that signing the ticket was admission of guilt. She already asked for a supervisor so why did he threaten her with arrest for failure to sign and disorderly conduct? The both made a mountain of a mole hill.


Thankfully, it was dash cam footage unlike some counties ( Gwinnett) so they can't say that grandma was lying on the officers.

[ATLTJL]

In no universe should that have been a warning. She totally drifted into his Lane. Had he not swerved, she would have hit him. That should definitely not only be a ticket, but an expensive one.

Plus, you guys are insane. This lady refuses to sign a ticket, after the officer explains that it's not an admission of guilt. That's why you have a court date, that's where your guilt is determined. Then she is combative and does not follow a police officer's orders.

As far as I'm concerned, she's lucky she didn't get pepper sprayed and tased. Especially since she was talking to him through a rolled up tinted window. He doesn't know what's behind that. I'm totally against improper arrests, shootings, etc....but come on. People have to understand what police officers are doing. The time and place to fight against it is court. Everything that happened here, she did to herself. The cop probably resigned because he doesn't want to be an officer anymore where this is even controversial, and I don't blame him.

[PKCorey]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

The cop probably resigned because he doesn't want to be an officer anymore where this is even controversial, and I don't blame him.

Naw, he resigned so if the chief did anything, it would not affect his P.O.S.T certification. If you resign, you are fine for the most part hence why most cops resign once they are under investigation. Another department will go ahead and hire him.

[arjay57]

Why can't cops simply issue a traffic ticket and move on? Unless the person is under the influence or otherwise impaired it seems like a waste of time to stand around haggling over whether the driver has signed it. The ticket goes into the computer automatically and if you don't show up for traffic court you lose.

[PKCorey]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Why can't cops simply issue a traffic ticket and move on? Unless the person is under the influence or otherwise impaired it seems like a waste of time to stand around haggling over whether the driver has signed it. The ticket goes into the computer automatically and if you don't show up for traffic court you lose.

Technically, you signing the ticket is your "bail." If you don't sign it, you have to go in front of a judge for them to set your bail so I have no problem with him requesting her signature or taking her to jail for it.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by PKCorey

Technically, you signing the ticket is your "bail." If you don't sign it, you have to go in front of a judge for them to set your bail so I have no problem with him requesting her signature or taking her to jail for it.

I know but haggling over a signature still seems like a waste of time in the modern era. The ticket is in the computer and if the driver fails to show up (or make other arrangements), bam.

[Born 2 Roll]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Why can't cops simply issue a traffic ticket and move on? Unless the person is under the influence or otherwise impaired it seems like a waste of time to stand around haggling over whether the driver has signed it. The ticket goes into the computer automatically and if you don't show up for traffic court you lose.

That is an excellent question.

From what has been reported, the Alpharetta cop needed a signature in lieu of cash bond to let the motorist go without placing her under arrest and having her pay a cash bond at the jail.

The reporting says that requiring a signature on the traffic citation in lieu of cash bond at the jail (a signature bond) is supposed to be a practice that is required by Georgia state law which reportedly requires police officers to arrest motorists and have them bond out of the jail with a cash payment if they refuse to sign their traffic citations.

I personally cannot confirm if this reporting is correct because I personally have not received a traffic citation since at least about 2008 or 2009 and I cannot exactly remember whether or not I personally was directed to sign the traffic citations that I had been given at the time and before.

I think that I might have been required to sign the traffic citations that I had received at that time and before, but I honestly cannot remember the exact instances of signing the traffic citations which seem to be overshadowed by the fines I paid.

Hopefully someone else who has received a traffic citation more recently can confirm whether or not the reporting on the law that requires to motorists to sign traffic citations in lieu of cash bond is correct.

Which is the reporting on that law is correct, I do not think that it is a law that is unique to Georgia. I think that the requirement that motorists sign traffic citations in lieu of the payment of cash bonds at the jail might be something that is the law in other states.

[DreamerD]

Okay saw what I needed to see.
1) She did come over into his lane and it appeared as if she did not self correct quickly enough. She's a Lyft driver? That's scary but I guess I shouldn't base her driving skills off this one incident.

2) She should have signed the ticket because she was at fault.

I can't tell you how many drivers, especially in Atlanta (not the Metro I mean Atlanta), do not stay in their lane. They don't check their blind spot. They come into your lane and take a long time before getting back into theirs. It happens way too often and they cause accidents that take up your time and energy.