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Old 04-09-2008, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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Hope you don't ever kill someone while driving nearly double the speed limit. I'd consider yourself very fortunate. Pay the ticket, learn your lesson, and forget whatever lawyer wannabees try to tell you about contesting a ticket. You did very well by being kind to the officer. You should have not frozen and lied about your wallet being in the trunk, imo.
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Old 04-09-2008, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Full time RV"er
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Thank you all for your encouraging reply. I feel quite positive now. I will go ahead and pay the fine and yes I did learn my lesson.

Bottom line dont get tensed about your family that you loose sense of yourself.
NO read my postings !!!!!! the action that the court is going to do in not in your NAME! THEY CAN'T GO ANY WHERE WITH IT.Don'taccept that you have done anything wrong . They will have to start all over again.And now that you demand the Verified Complaint they will dismiss , unless you say ,ok ,fine me. I have personaly had this happen to me. Hope you read this before you pay. There is an even biger lesson to learn here.
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Old 04-09-2008, 02:10 PM
 
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He DID do something wrong. Anyone with a hint of morals would not try to argue a ticket that was 30 mph over the speed limit. And you are correct, there is a bigger lesson to be learned here, it is called personal responsibility.






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NO read my postings !!!!!! the action that the court is going to do in not in your NAME! THEY CAN'T GO ANY WHERE WITH IT.Don'taccept that you have done anything wrong . They will have to start all over again.And now that you demand the Verified Complaint they will dismiss , unless you say ,ok ,fine me. I have personaly had this happen to me. Hope you read this before you pay. There is an even biger lesson to learn here.
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Old 04-09-2008, 03:48 PM
 
Location: Full time RV"er
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He DID do something wrong. Anyone with a hint of morals would not try to argue a ticket that was 30 mph over the speed limit. And you are correct, there is a bigger lesson to be learned here, it is called personal responsibility.
well again you all seam to be missing the point OUR government has in the past and the present trying do away with our constitutional right . did you know that the officer swore an oath to defen and up hold OUR constitution righs. Then what you are saying that it's ok that he ( the officer ) broke a constitutional law while inforcing the vehicle code !!!! remenber that there is no complaint that the court can act on if there was no injury ! No injured person . Take the time to look it up in then law books . You will see what i am talking about > It's all about the money> and also what about the officers morales?
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Old 04-09-2008, 03:57 PM
 
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He broke the law, he pays the penalty for it. It is as simple as that. I may not agree with the officer's behavior, but I thank him for pulling over someone so reckless.





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well again you all seam to be missing the point OUR government has in the past and the present trying do away with our constitutional right . did you know that the officer swore an oath to defen and up hold OUR constitution righs. Then what you are saying that it's ok that he ( the officer ) broke a constitutional law while inforcing the vehicle code !!!! remenber that there is no complaint that the court can act on if there was no injury ! No injured person . Take the time to look it up in then law books . You will see what i am talking about > It's all about the money> and also what about the officers morales?
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Old 04-09-2008, 04:02 PM
 
Location: Full time RV"er
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Hope you don't ever kill someone while driving nearly double the speed limit. I'd consider yourself very fortunate. Pay the ticket, learn your lesson, and forget whatever lawyer wannabees try to tell you about contesting a ticket. You did very well by being kind to the officer. You should have not frozen and lied about your wallet being in the trunk, imo.
Please no offence but we have a constitution here in the U S . And i stand by it and will defend it . And as for wantabee attorneys I will say this , in our country we can represent ourselfs in a court of Law ( it is called being pro. per.) this i have done with sucess in both criminal court, and in civil court procedings against a city in southern california which took 3 1/2 years. And with the filing and preparing numerios documents that were required.Now if your thoughts are as stated it might be the country that the posting states your from, it would appear things are different there.
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Old 04-09-2008, 04:51 PM
 
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Exclamation Yes they do

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Does FL have a defensive driving course to take so that after the fine is payed, you can take this course and not have the ticket go against your insurance premium?
If they issued a ticket under his TX license if he pays it should not show up on his TX report--at least that's the way it used to be. And for a FL resident w/ a FL license you can get a ticket once a year and go to driving school...
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Old 04-09-2008, 05:20 PM
 
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well again you all seam to be missing the point OUR government has in the past and the present trying do away with our constitutional right . did you know that the officer swore an oath to defen and up hold OUR constitution righs. Then what you are saying that it's ok that he ( the officer ) broke a constitutional law while inforcing the vehicle code !!!! remenber that there is no complaint that the court can act on if there was no injury ! No injured person . Take the time to look it up in then law books . You will see what i am talking about > It's all about the money> and also what about the officers morales?
I'm confused. Exactly which of the driver's Constitutional rights did the officer viotate?
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Old 04-09-2008, 05:34 PM
 
Location: South Tampa - Bayside West Neighborhood
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I'd hate to get on this bandwagon, but i'm not sure I understand...the law states that the speed limit is 40mph, the poster was doing 30mph OVER the speed limit, therefore breaking the law, not being a law abiding citizen(and possibly causing a horrific accident, that is a bad area traffic wise and so much construction).
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Old 04-09-2008, 09:19 PM
 
Location: Full time RV"er
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If they issued a ticket under his TX license if he pays it should not show up on his TX report--at least that's the way it used to be. And for a FL resident w/ a FL license you can get a ticket once a year and go to driving school...
LIKE I said before, it's all about the money. Have you ever been to one of their schools? If not what a joke, if they were any good then why would they say that you can go to the school once a year ? guess some don.t learn the first time .
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