@@johannmueller9660 Everything that would theoretically help you will be treated as hearsay, even if the officer is the one reporting it. ...But if it would be used against you, the officer is considered an expert witness and his word is considered evidence.
Ive gotten 4 traffic tickets in my entire life...and *all 4 tickets were dismissed when the officer failed to appear in court (which is an actual crime for citizens WITHOUT a badge).*
I've gotten out of 3 myself with good reasons presented to the judge. If more and more people went to court then I believe cops would be a little more reluctant to write nominal tickets.
Around here, they allow the Cops to miss court and call it your initial appearance. Then they further allow the Officer to miss further court dates under the guise of their work schedule. If and when the Officer finally does show up, you've appeared minimum of three times, missed too much time off work. That's why around here everyone caves in.
I was in a not at fault wreck on a gas powered Scooter. Just after escaping death, the state trooper still gave me 1 charge : No Motorcycle License. So I went to judge trial and showed the judge ; nobody can get a State motorcycle license on a non clutch ( automatic transmission ) bike : it's not allowed. ( My air cooled scooter doesn't even use water and dose 40mph at 60-70mpg ; it's a county road bike ) Well I floored the whole court room . Even the judge looked across the whole court room openly and said " I'll fix this later, defendant not guilty ". What made me mad is the young posturing state trooper wore his sunglasses the whole time and the " public pretender " charged me $50 representation for only announcing my name. Last thing she said openly to me as everyone was leaving the court room was " I couldn't of done that ". It still cost me court cost even dealing with them. I don't feel like I won anything and have had an attitude towards the system ever since. They're crooks.
I’m not a lawyer and I don’t always agree with everything they say but overall, this attorney provides the best advice online than most and I watch them all.
@Trollmaster08 if they have a bar card they are not in any Americans side. British acredation registration association. They are all criminals operating off the Cestui Que Vie act of 1666 guilty of Capitis Dominutio Maxima and birth bond fraud. They are also foreign corporate employees unlawfully posing as government
An officer of the court is merely an adjudication of position within the court. The clerk, the stenographer, the para legal and even a process server are all officers of the court. The term or phrase does not hold any weight of the barer having authority in the enforcement of law within the court. Its is the same as saying that a CPA is a fiduciary, it means that they bare a higher responsibility to the law (Among other things) beyond that of an average citizen. Granted there are many schisty attorneys out there, but not all of them. When they take charges and their position as a protector personally, then they have a problem, as does the public.
That always gets me... Being arrested for resisting arrest... How am I being arrested for resisting arrest when I wasn't being arrested in the first place???
@@vrdog9660 In many cases the officer will write you up for resisting arrest for one thing and change the report to something different. He may first write "you tried to run", then he may change it to "you put your hand in your pocket" and when the other officers on the scene let him know that neither of those happened, he will many times write "you didn't get on the ground fast enough".
Absolutely 💯 If you ever Get A Ticket, You Have 72 Hours To Mail The Ticket To The Secretary Of State!! From Then On The Cop That Wrote The Ticket Has To Pay Said Ticket!!
The problem is mostly in corrupt democrat run cities. It's out in small town America too but not all departments are brown shirts. We've got to get control of the leadership of the cities and get these POS naziss out of there. Real cops love the law and hate criminals. Bad cops hate the law and love criminals. Because they are criminals.
Otherwise, the court will believe all their lies. Even though they know they're liars. Its all part of the Big Business of law enforcement. Which is a subterfuge for shaking down the working-class.
This is truly wise advice. It is the only thing that can level the playing field, and give you some actual decent legal recourse, in the aftermath of being preyed upon by law enforcement. It is a shame, so many take no precautions at all, when dealing with law enforcement. It is not safe to assume: police officiers will abide by the law themselves, as so many police officiers know, robust protections are in place (qualified immunity) should they decide to violate your rights......even in an egregious way. Recording them, ideally, without their knowledge, may be the only way, you will ever have justice, should you be victimized by law enforcement.
I strongly suggest a background process video recorder (easily available on your app store for free). That way your phone can stay locked while recording and not tipping off any officer
In Ga most traffic citations are criminal so signing the ticket is not an admission of guilt but is basically a signature bond so you don’t go to jail.
Good stuff overall, and I appreciate your style! You're on the ball. Thank you for useful advice. In Arizona civil traffic is governed by the Arizona Civil Traffic Procedures and heard in Civil Traffic Court. Unlike a court where the defendant has rights, Arizona has crated this "special" class of hearing and process where there is NO DISCOVERY. So while you may want to "ask the prosecutor for evidence" all you'll get is information on how to pound sand. Prior to the actual hearing you can submit whatever documents you like --and the court and the prosecutor will ignore them. Once at the hearing you are (in Arizona) allowed to cross-examine the officer as to the evidentiary statements they've made. That means you CAN ask about measuring device calibration, keeping logs of same, officer experience, etc. but don't expect this to lead anywhere except a motion (by the prosecutor) to amend the record to "let it show that" the instrument was declared sufficiently calibrated by the tesifying officer. The Judge is a cop in a black robe. He/she will side and presumptively agree with the cop. Your "right" is the right to plead guilty, plead nolo contendre (Latin for "no contest but sounds better") or not guilty. The latter allows a scheduling of a thorough hearing where the black-robed cop still has a predisposition to side with the uniformed officer. I love living in Arizona. I do not love "Civil Traffic Court" and how politicians gutted civil rights so we (the accused) have no real choices as to how to handle a case... other than... you know... please guilty. I have no dog in this hunt YET. I drive on the public highways, so odds are I'll be in court sooner or later. I have no pending or active citations. I've never been arrested. I'm like "the good guy" and YET I fear for my safety if some piece of shit in a uniform wants to mess with me. That's what we call "a police state." thanks for listening.
People will think you are being dramatic, or perhaps just plain wrong about Arizona….. but it’s not true. You ARE VERY correct about the problems with tickets in that …. I fully believe you sir. We now are ALL facing a computer driven world with no time for civil rights anymore.
I'm a long haul trucker from Cali. I got a speeding ticket in upstate NY back in 1987. I forgot about it. My Cali DMV report never reported it. As far as I knew I had a clean driving record regarding that ticket. 25 years later I was pulled in to a weight station in Gestapo Maryland. My truck passed the inspection. No violations. They ran my license. I was almost arrested for the ticket in NY from 25 years ago. They wrote me 3 different driving on a suspended license ticket. I had a copy of my current Cali DMV report. Showed valid. No tickets nor accidents. Cost me $1000 for an attorney and $800 for all 3 cases to b dismissed.
I call Maryland Little California, they take the worst of what California does and passes it into law. Also call it the people’s republic of Maryland. One of the many reasons I got out. And I dont miss it at all!
What if the officer purposefully misquotes me in his report, to try and make me sound like a jerk. He even used quotations. The conversation was on 3 body cams, my phone, and my ring doorbell. I said "I choose to use my 5th amendment rights to not answer any questions". He added to it and quoted me calling them names and saying smart alec things.
Contact a lawyer and tell them this, it'll make their day. Make sure not to accept any settlement offers: they wouldn't pay if it didn't ultimately save them money
Send your ring camera footage to the prosecutor. Do you have the body cam footage? If not file a FOIA request before your court date. Being disrespectful to LEOs isn't illegal. Only disturbing the peace and obstruction are. In order to "sue" you have to prove a tort. It's not easy and not cheap. Proving an officer lied on an incident report by use of video is much less expensive. You could easily do it pro se.
@@Zzz-cx5uphe can't "press charges" or even initiate charges. A prosecutor has to do that. You can however file complaints and write letters to try to compel the DA to charge them.
Public safety is a minor concern. Actions speak louder than words. Deeds reveal the truth. The focus of law enforcement is on generating unlegislated revenue for the state. The effort is on achieving a positive cashflow - Maximum return for minimum effort and minimum risk. It is determined by cash generated. Not on what the cost of a type of crime is to society. If it was, there would be far more concern over Identity theft, or human trafficking - just to list two. The effort devoted to "Traffic Control" outweighs all other law enforcement combined by at least a 3 to one ratio. Everyone basically perceives this. More and more people are getting fed up with it. We're being harvested for cash by what are far too often narcissistic or psychopatic cops - who should never have been allowed to wear a badge. Meanwhile, the real criminals are left to operate in a virtual law enforcement vacuum. Some people even argue that we wouldn't have so many sick b@$tards wearing badges if there wasn't such a demand for revenue collectors lining our nation's roadways.
The fact that a traffic violation is a criminal offense is ridiculous. They should only be a civil violation. The idea that you can be stopped, detained, jailed, etc for a simple violation is absurd.
They share info between states for a traffic ticket but a cop gets fired for agregious crime and another stare or county will not care about sharing that information,
Not you see why the founding Fathers went back into session to write the Bill of Rights. Even they knew way back then that all governments eventually become corrupt. Ours is no different.Traffic laws and its enforcement is big revenue for the state. That's why cop are so well protected. Its a clandestine way to collect more taxes.
In the 1960’s my brother got a speeding for going 29 mph in a 25 mph zone. However, there was a line on the citation where the officer was to enter what a safe speed would have been. He wrote 30 mph would have been safe. That ticket was thrown out by the judge.
I got a ticket for going 67 in a 65 in Kansas........ My car didn't have 5th gear it was 2 am I was cruising at 60! The speeding ticket was like 40 bucks but because Kansas has mandatory court costs and everything else it was over $300.
That's just silly. Technically even 1 MPH over the posted speed limit can be cited as an offense and will be upheld by a judge. If you never speed I recommend using a tracking device like vyncs that logs all your trips and speeds using GPS. A dashcam is also great for evidence if you are innocent of alleged crimes.
You don’t have to do anything wrong for the police to investigate you. Sometimes the police will lie and make up a traffic violation to pull you over for.
My friend got pulled over for "speeding" one afternoon, he was held on the side of the road while his truck was searched for nearly 2 hours until the sun went down. At which point the cop gave him a tocket for driving wothout his headlights on as his only citation. It was 4pm when he was pulled over and the sun was still in the sky before he was held without charges for 2 hours. He wasnt driving at night at all, let alone driving without headlights at night
@@cyleleghorn246 Years ago I was going home from work at 3AM. I passed by a cop sitting on the side of the road. I was in the right lane the whole time. That forms a continuous lane that goes into an on ramp that takes you onto a highway. I know I was doing the speed limit and had good lane positioning. Since it’s a continuous lane, there’s no reason to use a turn signal. The cop pulled me over and said I went left of center and failed to use my turn signal. I could tell he was making it up as he went along. When he saw my work shirt and could clearly see that I wasn’t intoxicated, he let me go with a “warning”. He clearly lied and made up things to check me out.
@@cyleleghorn246 people make the wrong word dont never say the world driving. if you driving then you need alic but if you are traviling then no lic is need. this is the law
@@jsphmo you are wrong. If you are sitting in the driver's seat of a car you are considered to be "driving" by the law. You can get a DUI (driving under the influence [of alcohol]) simply by sitting in the driver's seat of a car on private property without even the engine running.
No you can't.well you can but it's wrong.if you don't put it in gear and move or attempt to move you are not driving.and that's no duo.my opinion dui is not a crime.now I would not suggest driving like that but it's not a crime.wheres the victim? where's the property damage? again where's the victim? another thing they DO NOt have any jurisdiction over a living man or woman unless you give it to them.aturnonme or lieyour lawyer they give them jurisdiction cause their scum bags
Your videos are great! I learned as a 15 year old kid that most cops have a HEAVY attitude, at least for young guys. I spent 52 years getting harassed in San Diego, mostly by cops younger than me. I’m over 70 now- I’ve fought every BS traffic ticket I ever got on principal! I’m sick of being presumed guilty of SOMETHING… like having your Dad follow you around just to kick your ass. Look up CA Traffic Stop (CA v SEAN PENN) a really bad case for jerky cops) Really cannot have the expectation of Respect from Police who 1) Have their lives in danger always 2) Not all Officers are difficult 3) But, cops rarely STOP crime 4) Not stopping crime, they are CONDUCTING enforcement of ‘violations’, which creates REVENUE. Everybody be cool-
Option 1 - Deferred adjudication (pay a fine, plead no contest, it drops from record if you don’t get another citation in 3-6 months) 2. Hire a lawyer (In most bigger towns lawyers will represent you for the cost of the ticket they get it dismissed almost always. 3. Driver safety course (I’m not a fan of this but it’s better than paying ticket.)
from personal experience, I was once charged for letting my dog run loose (I didn't have a dog, my rear porch was being repaired and the ticked should have been for not having a porch), the judge yelled at the prosecutor for having the wrong charges so the prosecutor quickly changed the charges and tried to prosecute under the corrected charges. I told the judge that I couldn't be prosecuted under the amended charges because I wasn't given the proper advanced notice of a court date and time to prepare my defense. This time the judge exploded at the prosecutor and read the riot act to him and dismissed all charges against me. Bottom line, even if the charges can be amended, there are still due process laws to prevent last minute changes in the court room. Once the officer presents the charges to the court, he can't change it. I answered the incorrect charges and after that it was too late to add new or amended charges.
Being arrested for resisting arrest is the most ridiculous illogical thing I've ever heard of. Just shows the mentality of our legal system. Common sense has left the building.
Sounds like someone wants to be arrested for resisting arrest. They'll even throw in a count of obstruction free of charge. Maybe disturbing the peace, too.
that's true they try to charge me with resisting arrest when I was not arrested or had a warrant for my arrest; then they try to charge me with obstruction for not answering any questions
About 10 years ago, I went to court to fight a traffic ticket! The day in court when I went to fight the ticket, there was 50 other people fighting their tickets! The judge found everyone guilty and fined them! Even if I was guilty! It is mathematically impossible that 50 out of 50 people were guilty! It was all about the money! The courthouse was less than a year old and the city needed to pay for it! Even my 10 year son who was with me knew! As we left the courtroom he said dad that was just about the money wasn’t it! 😮😮
No it is not mathematically impossible. Your baseline assumption is incorrect. If all 50 tickets were for legitimate traffic violations then all were legal tickets and all individuals were guilty. You are assuming some statistical number are not guilty to which you have no proof or reason to believe that to be true.
@@phprofYT their is no way no how in every instant that cops are always right! And by the way I’m a retired law officer! And I have seen some questionable reports from other officers! And supervisor rubber stamping it! So I know first hand that the odds are impossible!
I spoke with the prosecutor prior to being called up, explained my case and he said okay they will throw out or dismiss your case. When I was called, the judge paused, called the prosecutor up, whispered a thing or two, leaned forward scratched out my original charge, wrote in another charge (improper use of vehicle) and then fined me almost double what the fine was for the original charge. Cobb Co. Georgia
When I went to traffic court, the judge started the session by announcing that he respected the authority of officers, and that anyone contesting a ticket, if they lost would be required to pay not only the fine, but also court costs.That had a chillingly effect on all persons there, thinking they could be on the hook for a lot more money. Point being, depending on the judge, contesting a ticket could actually cost you more than simply the fine if you lose.
In NY and MA, if you go to court for the initial hearing on your traffic ticket, ANY officer from the same jurisdiction can be present to attest to the facts of the ticket for the prosecution. At your trial, it’s the officer who stopped you who has to be present.
NYPD WILL LIE ABOUT YOUR CASE THEY ARE PROS AT IT, BUT THEY WILL HELP THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY GET AWAY WITH MURDER, IN GENERAL NYPD JUST HATES CIVILIANS, IN A PERFECT WORLD EVERY POLICE OFFICER IN THE ENTIRE NATION 1 OUT OF 10 POLICE OFFICERS IN EVERY JURISDICTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOULD VOLUNTEER TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND TAKE ARMS, BUT THERE'S NO MONEY IN THAT
I’m a retired Florida Prosecutor and Judge and I’d like to compliment you on your excellent advice and video. I use to preside over traffic hearings early in my career. Later on, I only handled the appeals from the traffic Court. If an officer failed to appear in Court without any communication with the Court of some good reason, I would dismiss the case. When a person failed to appear without some prior communication with the Court, their license was eventually suspended if they didn’t pay certain fees associated with failures to appear. Either party was freely granted reasonable continuances and given new dates as conveniently to each party as possible. I hated traffic Court with a passion and was so glad to move up in jurisdiction. For the Judge it was a no win situation as the numbers were crazy and people who came to court were very adamant about their innocence, but had little but their insistence to prove it, whereas the cops had things like radar that were regularly tested and certified as to accuracy. I was so glad to handle the worse horrible felony over speeding tickets.
In the early 90s I got a ticket in NY. Since I didn't live there I didn't pay it. 5 years later I got pulled over in GA and went to jail for a suspended license.
I had a parking ticket in PA many years ago, in the 90's. At the time, I was living on the west coast, just visiting PA. It was a poorly written ticket, it didn't even have my license on it. So I kept it but never paid it. I've been pulled over 8-10 times now, they either let me go or give me a ticket. Nothing was ever said about that ticket.
Paid a out of state ticket, but didn’t inform my state DMV that I paid the ticket, so my state DMV canceled my licenses, didn’t tell me. Months later Military MP informs and had to explain to me what canceled licenses is, never heard of such a thing, then looks the other way so I could go get it fixed.
@@Vagabond_EtrangerPa. Sends out thousands of parking tickets every year, usually from Philly. Most people just pay the because it costs a lot in lost wages, travel, and the fact that if you did all that, and you lived in Pittsburgh, you might need to stay in a motel if the docket was full. Several states do that, I am told, but I don't know. Best bet, go around states that do that.
I drove a semi for 20+ years, the company was always looking for ways to keep our MVR clean with no tickets or points on them. We were always told if we got a speeding ticket or any charges, to pay the fine plus 10-20 dollars extra. The courts would then mail you a check for the amount that you overpaid. When you get the check burn it so that dont deposit it by mistake. The reason being is that the ticket needs to have a balance of 0.00 before it posted on your MVR. The courts are mainly focusing on the collection of fines, and when they have their money they are not worried about the ticket any more. I have done this a few times and have always had a clean MVR. I know some officers and courts releize that a CDL is a drivers and his families lively hood and treat them a little differently than regular ones.
@@crosisofborg5524 love star trek, I still watch deep space nine and voyager regularly on Paramount. Regarding your point, you're probably right, we live in an overly litigious society where people see the courts as the lottery. Where good cops are discarded to appease the mob (ie derek chauvin) After looking into it further, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico have removed qualified immunity and they are spiraling out of control.
@@LAPDDET-bn7hk The doctrine of qualified immunity allows state and local officials to avoid personal consequences when they violate the law and a persons constitutional rights... how am I doing? It has been repeatedly used by police officers to escape accountability and civil liability for engaging in violent and abusive acts against the public.
The worst part is the fees and surcharges that turn a $50 ticket into a $250 ticket. In some states if you fight the ticket and lose they add a court fee.
Those regressive property taxes are supposed to pay for the constitutional obligations of government, which includes the court. It seems that the court needs to tax the users while the government has lots of money to waste on "services" and projects that are not constitutional obligations of government.
agreed. Since they cannot be randomly pulling vehicles over, the infraction should be clear and something they can clearly verbally describe at that time. Not later after they have done some fishing.
1:00 You can forget about mercy here in Broward County, especially Pembroke Pines where they have the process down to a science. The last speeding ticket i got here, the officer lasered me, I got pulled over, the cop ran my license through a handheld machine that read it, printed my ticket, I signed, and was on my way in less than four minutes. There was no talking, there was no questioning, there was no chance to plead for mercy.
This is part of the reason both i and my daughter have dashcams. They also record audio, and because it's a video recording it's admissible in court as evidence. It even records video when the vehicle is off and in parking mode. So, as long as I'm standing in front of or behind my car, the camera will pick up the motion and record the video. I think that this information, that only you possess, is very valuable.
So glad that the guy that wrote me a bogus ticket got paid over-time to be there, while I had to miss an entire day's worth of pay to be there. Seems fair.
@@captainjimolchs If you don't have an attorney, things will most likely not be different. The law/court racket couldn't be sustained if people didn't need attorneys to win a case. Citing a law may not do anything at all, because court judgements often modify the practical meaning, but the statute is never updated. You can know what the statute says backwards and forwards, but if you're not aware of case law that's related to it, you're going to be hosed. Lots of *lawyers* don't know that stuff, and average joes have no shot. It's not impossible to beat a traffic ticket in court without a lawyer, but it's close.
I defended myself in a Mississippi courtroom in 1984. I won my case, but it was a kangaroo court. The judge realized I was not going to stop at his court. I was prepared to appeal as far as necessary. I pointed out several irregularities to the judge. The police chief was lying to cover up his officer’s incompetence.
I spent a couple hours in jail after being arrested for refusing to sign a speeding ticket. Only after being in jail did I find out signing doesn’t admit guilt only that I acknowledged an officer wrote it out in front of me. My wife came in and I can hear her say, “I’m here to bail out the prisoner “. It was a small town, I was the only prisoner.
I learned from a body cam vid on our local news, police don’t have to tell you that not signing will result in immediate arrest. I think they should be required to tell us.
I learned a couple of these lessons the hard way before I went to law school. I'm from Plano, Texas, but was serving in the Air Force and was stationed in Louisiana. I came home to my mom's on the weekend and did some work on the house. I was pulling out of a Home Depot and there was a one-way sign at the street. The kicker was it was upside down, so I turned in the direction of the arrow if it had been right-side up, and sure enough, there was a Plano motorcycle cop hiding behind a mound of sand on the side of the road waiting to ticket anyone who made the mistake. I decide to fight the ticket and since I needed to get back to Louisiana, I asked my mom to take pictures of the sign. I then called the Plano street department and asked for info on road signage and they were very helpful, giving me the statute the stated improperly placed signs weren't enforceable. I show up for my day in court and the cop doesn't show. Despite having driven three hours for the court date, much to my chagrin, the judge allowed for a reschedule. Of course, when my mom asked if I wanted her to come with me to court, like an idiot, I said no, I'm a big boy. ;) So I show up to court with the statute and the photos showing this was improperly placed signage (I'm sure Jeff sees where this is going). The cops is there, so the judge asks me to present my evidence and I show him my photos and the statute. The judge grins and then gives the photos to the prosecutor, who visibly looks defeated and it motioning rather excitedly at the cop. Where I shot myself in the foot is when I said "my mom took these photos..." The prosecutor perks up and she objects--hearsay! The judge asks me if my mom is in the court, and I'm like "I didn't think I needed my mama, your honor." He said "everyone needs their mama--sustained." So now I'm flummoxed and the judge said I could try to get around the hearsay objection by questioning the cop. I ask the cop if the picture represented the state of the sign as it was on that day and he denied it. I called him a lying sack of shit and that was it. Paid my fine.
LOL You will love this one. First I have not had a ticket for 40 yrs. But 53 yrs ago when I was 18, me and another guy was drag racing in Alton Bay NH. Early evening no one around Nov. Some resident called the cops. They never saw us doing it. We denied it. He took the word of the citizen. Remember small town of 8000, 4-6 cops on the force two cruisers. He writes in the OTHER line on the ticket: SPINNING TIRES. We signed the tickets. Two wks later we r in court. Trial case put to the end. Only 4 cases including ours. I had a week before court went to the police library and looked up laws. No laws for SPINNING TIRES inNH. Case was read. I call the Sarg to the stand. Ask him a couple general questions. Then i present the summons ticket as evidence and exhibit one. I then ask the cop what is the NHRSA for spinning tires? CRICKETS. The Archy Horn the judge says well George, to (the cop) you need to brush up on basic laws. Case(s) dismissed. We won BUT he finally got us for speeding at a later time.
Got a ticket in Montana once. As I was signing, the officer told me that his state did not participate in reciprocity, so it wouldn't show up on my record, nor be reported to insurance. I am generally law abiding, so I paid the fee by mail, but I could have easily just ignored it.
The video said there are 46 states in the compact, but I would do my own research as to finding out which 4 states do not participate before I'd take a random cop's word for it on the roadside. After all the video also did remind us that cops are legally allowed to lie to citizens. If the cop was on the level I'd say he's a cool cop.
@@onemoremisfit Of course I checked it out, even though there was no reason for him to lie about something to an out-of-stater that was just passing through. When I got home, a week later, I went online and saw that what he said was true. I contacted my insurance agent and asked what would happen if I paid a fine to a non-compact state. He told me that they would not report it, so my insurer would not know. The fine was $40, it was in a cone-zone, so that brought it to $80. That's about 1/5 the fine it would be in my state. I thought that state deserved the money for having an awesome highway patrolman.
@@michaelterrazas1325Most State Troopers in most states are polite and helpful, if the person they stop is the same. Been too all of the states except Alaska, so I don't know about that.
@@michaelterrazas1325you did the right thing. If I had actually committed some violation, I'd have been -happy- thrilled to pay the fine and be done with it. Id think of it as a 'thank you' to the great state of Montana for not participating in reciprocity. People will argue with the "thrilled" language here, but 40 years of life have taught me to pick my battles. And I'd think of it as paying to a system that a thousand times hasn't caught me for technically speeding. Cheers
This happened to me, I showed up the cop didn't and the judge was willing to reschedule, I ended up working with the prosecutor to lower it to a non moving violation
@@nonenone-wx1rl there was a reasonable excuse given that his wife was in the hospital from a car accident. That's something that is perjury if false after it was entered into the record. I was happy with lowering it to non moving violation. The fine was $65 as opposed to possible loss of license for third speeding ticket. That was 15 years ago, I have since slowed down.
I find that being respectful and complying with all the reasonable requests gets me out of the traffic stop as fast as possible. Most of the time the ticket will be reduced and you just pay a fine, it sucks but it is what it is. Just request a supporting deposition when mailing in your plea and if they don't send it in 30 days the tickets dropped
5 questions, but first: always good information. Always a good reminder to go slow, turn signals, proper stops at intersections. Q1: if you are being followed buy a cop and you choose to pull into (say) a convenience store, will that be perceived as suspicious activity? +Has never happened to me.) Q2: I was once pulled over but drove further in order to pull into a shopping center parking lot. The cop asked why I did that. I asked in my 25 year old surly voice: would you have preferred that I pulled to the side of the road and block traffic? (Was no longer a problem. I had short hair, non-suspicious car.) Q3A: what's doing 52/35, got pulled over. What's clearly guilty of the offense. Paid lawyer to represent me, wound up in a dismissed charge, not even faulty equipment. I was clearly going 52/35? Secretary said don't worry about it. Never even heard from court. Insurance never went up. Q3B: How was the $300 I paid my lawyer distributed? Q4: Do cops get any "kickback" money from tickets, depending upon them municipality? Q5: Do these "Constitutional Auditors" generally receive a wave off what are they generally get in trouble for their actions?
The last speeding ticket I got was in Elmodel, which is exactly the kind of SW Georgia hick town the name suggests. A motorcycle cop at least 80 years old was waiting around a corner were the speed limit drops suddenly from 55mph to 35mph before you have a chance to slow down. He had the Southern hospitality schtick down pat. "We catch a lot of folks doing that, you know. I once had to write a tick to myself." He was quite a civics booster. "As long as you're hear why don't you enjoy yourself at the diner and then visit our town museum." As I lived 300 miles away, I wrote a letter of objection to the judge, but it didn't do any good, so I paid the $94.00, which I was told if I paid, there would be no ding on my driving record. That sounded shady, but I paid it by mail. I wrote the Georgia Bureau of Investigation about the speed trap, but never found out if it did any good. I never travelled that part of Georgia again.
@user-iy1vo2jf2q I used to know the mayor of a small town. One time he told me, "Last year our police wrote 200 tickets." I asked him if that was good or bad. He asked, "What do you think?" I said I don't know, that's why I asked. "It's terrible," he said. "They were supposed to write 2,000. That's how we get paid."
ya ever hear the one about the georgia sheriff talking about the death of a black man with 50 bullet holes in him stuffed inside a sealed barrel? worst case of suicide he ever did see
That's the favorite revenue booster for most small towns that are run by corrupt politicians, judges and cops. Some even try it on interstate highways but usually stick to the off interstate roads so if I'm going any distance I just stick to the Interstate and stay at the speed limit or below. I've considered driving the old US highways to take in the scenery and such but having grown up around small towns I don't want to wander into any of them I don't know really well.
@gawf99 Very true, however he does mainly speak to constitutional amendments and your rights guaranteed by same, but yes, always check local ordinances too.
I got ticket in the pouring rain for following too close after a woman pulled in front of me and slammed on the breaks on a congested highway. It was on a slick bridge with no shoulder. Having never been to court before, I hired an ex-cop to help me out. Luckily, I was first up and there was a little trial since I pleaded not guilty. The cop explained about the "slick" roadway and the lack of shoulder, then the woman explained that she had just pulled in front of me. At this point the judge asked the prosecutor "Is that all you have?" When she replied in the affirmative, he said "there's no evidence of following too close. You're free to to." Then he looked sternly at the prosecutor and told her that he wanted to have a talk with her in his chambers. I can only imagine what he said to her for bringing such a weak case.
5:20 all signing is, that you agree to handle the ticket and you understand you're being ticketed. Paying or fighting it in court is handling it. Also cops have to come in and for low value tickets, they often won't miss football or a day that is worth more to them, then forcing a ticket.
When I was 17, I went through an intersection when the light was yellow- red. I got pulled over, and the officer was nice and explained how dangerous it was " running a red light". I did not get a ticket. He was right, and I learned my lesson. It was a stupid thing to do.
Generally, your advice is spot on; however, consider the following clarifications (Texas): Signing the citation is "promising to appear" to dispose of the citation. If you refuse to sign, it will result in your arrest due to the refusal to promise to appear per the terms stated on the citation. Under these circumstances, the officer is instructed to present the defendant to a magistrate in order to dispose of the citation. Another clarification is that some smaller cities in Texas do not broadcast failure to appear warrants beyond their own jurisdictions, i.e. statewide or beyond. This is because they would rather pick you up in their city so they can preserve right to revenue from the citations. When picked up outside of their jurisdiction, they have to share that revenue with the apprehending agency, as well as a general fund. Last clarification is in errors on the citation. Material errors that could get your citation dismissed were based on the days when tickets were hand written. If the date was omitted, for instance, the citation became an invalid instrument for prosecution. BWC's and handheld electronic citation devices are making this a very unlikely occurrence now. Just thought I'd toss that in for some light thought.
The one thing you may want to add is the Texas Transportation Code is part of the Texas Criminal Code and every offense, except for 3, are arrestable offenses. Failure to wear a seat belt? You can be taken to jail over that. I'm pretty sure the three you can't be arrested and jailed for are speeding, open container, and using your cell phone.
Texas is the worst! I got a ticket for crossing through a gas station going around a cop who was sitting there at the stop sign trying to clock people speeding down that road. OMG! unbelievable 😢
Sounds like you were trying to skip traffic by cutting through the gas station. That may have been the reason for the ticket? I’m trying to remember if I was told in driving class that was illegal. I live in Texas too.
@DanielWeger I was going in opposite direction and no other way to get through. Frisco is a disaster on Main st. Most here don't know how to drive but, have a very big, expensive SUV. Lots of construction on main. We are looking to move. Everyone has come here building giant mansions and nowhere for a single family home. Very sad. We have been here 35yrs. He blocked my way across. Wouldn't merge through
Back in the 90s and early 00s while living in NYC, any error on a moving violation and/or parking ticket was 90% of the time is dismissed. That was when all tickets were always handwritten.
It's now the law in California that police have to tell you why they pulled you over first thing. But if you have a flat tire they will stop and demand a sobriety test.
It's now law in MN that police aren't allowed to ask, "Do you know why I stopped you?" It's a tacit violation of the 5th amendment because they're trying to get you to give up that right before they've advised you of it.
I was once stopped by a State Trooper for speeding. I was, in fact, speeding. During my interaction with the Trooper, he informed me that I could go to court, and call on my Good Driving Record (5 years without any traffic infraction on record), in my State. I did. While in Court, before the Judge, she informed me that the Trooper had told me that but, he was wrong, because I had been pulled over in the past, within the five years period which meant, I could not use that Good Driving Record. I told the judge I would not be in Court, and would gladly have paid the ticket, if I had known a previous infraction had been within the five years period. The reason, I told her, for me to be in court, was the Trooper himself had suggested that venue. I told her I was just following the Trooper's suggestion. She informed that the system, at the time of my stop, did not show any previous infraction but, I actually had receive a warning for speeding in the past five years. She was a very nice Judge, and the Trooper was there, in the court room. Anxious to get out of there, I told the Judge I would be the full ticket, "no problem" I said. She reduced the ticket for 375 dollar to one of 40 dollars for Court Costs. I was happy with that, and we all lived happily ever after. As far as I know.
@@crosisofborg5524 I sincerely hope you gain control of your own mind someday. Sad what’s been done to you. You’ll be the first in the boxcar. Good luck, NPC.
To acknowledge police are privateers, and then calling them to serve their function... @@crosisofborg5524that's not hypocrisy short bus window licker.
2:50 My brother went to court over a ticket for this very reason. This was a really long time ago, we were both teenagers I think…he might’ve been early 20s. The officer only spelled out the first two letters of our last name on his ticket instead of writing out the whole last name, which is much longer than that. So he went to court and fought it, and the judge threw it out. Guess the prosecutor didn’t notice it before trial 😂.
In states like Oklahoma, a cop will stop you because your seatbelt is "loose". In certain cities in Oklahoma, cops can take you to jail for dumb stuff even if the infraction doesn't warrant that and you are not being beligerent. In certain cities in Oklahoma, the police really need to be investigated.
Document everything with video where possible, know your rights and do not give them up, and do not answer questions while you conduct your own investigation into the matters of what this public servant is doing. Remember, any question is an investigation, and you have the right to remain silent, just like they do.
Any state you can be arrested for stuff like that scotus has already approved it. But yes in my experience the cops around Westville and Guthrie are the absolute worse cops I have ever came in contact with
If you blow off a ticket in another state they can also ding your credit record and increase the fees! Don’t ask how I know. LOL! 😂 Also, if you show up to court, sometimes they will reduce whatever the traffic violations are just to speed things up. Great video, thanks.
There are so many attorney videos that say ask; "Officer, am I free to leave." I would say, for the most part, the cops won't answer that question. After asking with no response, you just need to leave and see if they will stop you.
Regarding #2, I got a ticket thrown out decades ago because the officer wrote down the wrong circumstances that warranted him pulling me over. I had cut through a gas station parking lot to avoid a light, but the officer said I went West instead of East out of the gas station. It got dismissed (or whatever the action was) by the judge and that was that.
I got a ticket in California in 1984. I was there for the summer and came back to Texas, without disposing of the matter in the California court system. TEN YEARS LATER, I got a letter from California saying I owed them over a thousand dollars in fines, fees, and interest, and had an oustanding warrant. I still ignored them. Pretty sure it's off the books by now, as I have traveled to California since without any problems.
2:03… "Police can legally lie to you"...What you did not say is whether or not they can only lie to you only if they suspect you are lying to them. Once I was pulled over in the middle of the night because I was allegedly weaving, but apparently not very much. So the officer asked if I was talking on a cell phone (this was before I ever owned a cell phone). I said no. So then the officer created an alternative universe, and mentioned that when I turned left, (just before I pulled over to the side of the road) I pulled out in front of another car instead of yielding to it. Believing the cop may have suspected me of lying about not having a cell phone, instead of saying he lied, I simply said "I do not remember having pulled out in front of another car." Because I only allegedly weaved a little bit within my lane and did not do anything else, the cop then let me go. Otherwise he should've cited me for alleged weaving, pulling out in front of that other vehicle, and perhaps also for lying to him ("obstructing police investigation ") about pulling out in front of another vehicle (which if true I would've had bright headlights in my eyes, therefore, such an event would not be easy to forget.) Or he would've had probable cause to suspect distracted driving, such as talking on a cell phone and not noticing that I pulled out in front of another vehicle.
Im a truck driver. And in Wisconsin i was pulled over. For not changing lanes. To go around an emergency vehicle with lights on. This cop was set up on a blind curve at an exit ramp on the interstate. Cop acted like a drill sergeant and obviously fresh out of the academy. Anyway this exit was where i already did my trip plan and was getting fuel at this exit. Several reasons i couldn't change lanes for safety. But i did move over to the center line. Giving cop as much room as possible while still getting my exit. Keep in mind the law states, move over or slow down for emergency vehicles. I was already showing for the exit. Also the cop was just sitting there with his lights on. He had no vehicles pulled over and no one was out walking around. Anyway fought the ticket $600 fine looming. The ticket was reduced to dirty windshield and a $300 fine. Also the first infraction was a moving violation and a ridiculous amount of points on my license. Akin to wreckless driving in a semi. I would have lost my truck, job and any future driving jobs with this on my license. My career would have been over. The dirty windshield was no points. Not a moving violation. Cost me court fees, attorneys fees and a $300 ticket. Was reduced to
In Georgia traffic violations are criminal violations as of 1990. You sign the ticket in lieu of posting bail so if you refuse to sign, you have to go to jail.
@@johnjames4567 In Georgia traffic violations use to be Civil violations before 1990 and you couldn't be jailed for them. But they made them a criminal violation punishable up to a year in jail. You refuse to sign the ticket you are arrested and have to post bail. It really pisses the cops off when someone refuse to sign it creates a lot more paperwork for them. How do I know this? I refused to sign a speeding ticket once.
O.C.G.A. 40-13-2.1 (2010) (a) A person who is issued a citation as provided in this chapter or Code Section 17-6-11, relating to display of driver's license in lieu of bail, shall sign the citation to acknowledge receipt of the citation and of his or her obligation to appear for trial. The officer shall advise the person that signing the citation is not an admission of guilt and that failure to sign will result in the person having to post a cash bond. If the person refuses to sign the citation, it shall constitute reasonable cause to believe that the person will not appear at trial and the officer may bring the person before a judicial officer or traffic violations bureau to post a bond as is otherwise provided by law. Fixed that for you.
@@ominouscalm thank you for proving my point .....going to jail and going to appear before a judicial officer or traffic violations bureau is two COMPLETELY different things.
Lol ok… a criminal organization? Is it fair to call McDonald’s a criminal organization because it has a few criminals that work there? Anyone who believes the police are a criminal organization is seriously delusional and probably lacks the ability to follow and respect the law so they delude themselves into believing this.
@robertsmall1657 Robert, I think the problem is not a lack of respect for the law; it's a lack of respect for the men tasked with enforcing the law. I've gotten about 7 or 8 speeding tickets in 28 years of driving. Without fail, I'm polite, yet the man writing the ticket, who barely graduated High School and possesses an extremely over-tanned neck (some would say "red"); always wants to lecture me AND deliver a ticket. How about he either gives me a lecture and a warning, or shuts up, writes me the ticket, and goes home to his morbidly obese wife whom he's dated since the 7th grade?
The thing about not signing the ticket is true but you do have the right to read the entire ticket, because you have the right to know exactly what you're signing. Take your time, It means that officer cannot give another ticket to somebody else while you're reading that ticket. They want to pull you over give you a ticket and search your vehicle as quickly as they possibly can so they can move on to the next poor doing sucker. So if you slow them down by taking your time to read and fully understand what you're signing. Then that officer cannot give another ticket until you're done.😂😂😂
They are wasting time stealing from the public rather than looking for real crimes. But if you can delay them much longer, you might save another person from getting robbed.
What’s funny is most of the people posting here probably would love to give other inconsiderate or reckless drivers tickets if they could. Like when you see someone with expired tags or U-turns from the curbs, or the guy who almost hit you running a red light or stop sign. Right. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been flagged down by somebody pointing out (or honking at me) a traffic violation that I did not see. And then they were incensed when I told them that I could not write a ticket for something that I did not see. I can’t testify in court that somebody “told” me about a traffic violation that happened in front of them.
@@LAPDDET-bn7hk I've been harassed on the side of the road by far more clowns straight b-llsh-tting about why they pulled my over so they could go fishing than I have been pulled for a valid infraction. I've been pulled for supposed drunk driving ("swerving in my lane") by a guy who was in the oncoming lanes of a divided highway doing at least 140mph combined(Yeah. within the speed limit in that state). Totally implausible. Total mockery of professionalism. Why was I pulled. Almost certainly out of state plates. I call clowns clowns when they do clown things. People don't like getting tickets. That's natural. People lose all respect and grow a healthy contempt for narcissistic little punks trying to play games and/or coerce, manipulate, intimidate, collude with "brothers". When I see peace officers again, I'll remember how to respect cops again. I wont be holding my breath.
The real question is why are the police allowed to escalate the situation just because you choose not to sign the ticket 🤔 if that's not intimidating and extortion, then what is....
Depending upon what state you were in, many traffic violations are criminal. When the officer stops you, you are legally under arrest. By signing a ticket with your promise to appear in court, you are released from the arrest. If you choose not to sign the ticket in a state where is a criminal offense, the officer has no choice, but to place you into custody. Also, every citation I have ever seen clearly states that by signing the citation is not an admission of guilt.
@@richardjones9282 You're being forced into a contract under duress - arrested if you do not comply. I'm not a lawyer, but I am an American and this is wrong.
I had a friend who got a “Super Speeder” ticket in Gwinnet County, GA. He waited several months until the last minute to pay the fine. He paid $300. It was close to him getting an attorney and fighting it. But they lived nearly 100 miles away, and he didn’t think he could get a lawyer for less than that amount. So he sucked it up and paid. One week later he got a letter from The State of Georgia demanding another $200 as their share of the super speeder ticket. He had no clue that is how it worked. If so, he would most likely at least went to court, possibly hired an attorney. The point is, they were pretty damned sneaky about it. I’m sure the info is there somewhere. In the teeny, tiny fine print at the bottom of the back of something. But he didn’t catch it in time. Thanks to the excellent advice here on this channel, others can hopefully avoid such negative results and outcomes.
The attorney I used for over 20 years used to go to trial and fight, typically ending in a dismissal. The last time I hired him, his traffic ticket strategy changed. He would let the lower court convict, then appeal. The problem was that it ended up going on my record as a conviction, then as a dismissal on appeal. Sure, the outcome is the same. But having it visible on my record is still not a good look. I prefer the deferred disposition now.
In my state a traffic ticket is a civil infraction. Refusing to sign it elevates it to a criminal misdemeanor and usually ends with the violator in custody, his or her car towed, and booking into jail.
if in your state a traffic stop is civil then the cop is breaking the law by stopping you....there is NO PROBABLE cause to stop you as EVERY traffic stop IS an arrest the moment the cop's lights went on
Are you sure? In every state I know of moving violations are misdemeanors. Now parking tickets, and other non moving violations, or even moving violations that are on private property are civil, but not on public roadways. Contract law doesn't apply to citations. They aren't admissions of guilt, but it does obligate you to show up to court or pay. In some states the ticket says you are technically under arrest, but free to go till your court date. Always sign the ticket....
@user-iy1vo2jf2q lol. I don't have a JD, and I'm not a lawyer, but I went to Cornell and I have a master's of legal studies degree. I don't lick boots bro. I'm the guy you hire to tell YOU which boot to lick. I've seen so many of you no step on snek guys cry like a b*"ch in front of a judge. SMDH.
Being a resident of Ft Worth I love this channel! Curious if you'd weigh in on the Caroline of Ft Worth police beatdown: 1A auditor doing her thing then officer Matthew Kruger bodyslams her into the pavement, knocks her out cold, then says quit refusing. Its a pretty f'd up situation...
Let me check this out. I need to find the video on it.
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IF you get out of your vehicle, lock the door and if possible roll up the window, but at least lock the door and keep your glove box locked. Don't talk to the officer, you are not a lost 8 yr old, they are not your friend. Don't argue with the officer on the side of road, you will lose everytime and may get arrested. This lawyer is giving great advise.
The only thing that has been exposed is your ignorance. It's not a lack of intelligence that makes you a poor speller but you are ignorant by definition. Are you not a native English speaker or do you just hate books?
That's funny that you mentioned Pennsylvania. I unfortunately live here and I can vouch that Pennsylvania is one of the most money hungry States in America. They want every last penny you owe. There is a saying in Pennsylvania. "Come here on vacation and leave on probation!" It's no joke. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. My brother has robbed me several times. He's broken into my home and robbed me. He has stolen about $ 400, 000.00 of of my parents, out of their bank accounts. But they concider him, " The golden Child " He's never had to face any consequences in his entire life. He got his 17th DUI and a few year's ago, my parents were friends with a neighbor, who work's for the Driver's license place. She is one of the head bosses. My parents paid her $10,000.00 to scrub his record clean. So when he got this 17th DUI, it appeared like it was his first. He got a slap on the hand, and I'm so aggravated. He managed to delay his hearing 8 x's. Which, was all on his side. I thought an Attorney could only get a total of 3 Continuance? Rather than get in trouble for this at home, my Dad left the couple year old, Dodge Ram where it got towed to and took him out and bought him a brand new one. I just think my Dad probably paid off the Judge, like he's done before. Is this sort of thing usual?? Thank you.
Why worry about it. There is a point where it's not your responsibility or concern. And given the choice, I would move far far away. One other thing to consider, could there be some guilt going on?
Smith and Wesson make a lot of tools you can use to prevent home invasions. Glock does as well. I'm partial to Kel Tec for all my security needs, but I understand they don't work for everyone. Head on down to your local pawn shop so you can acquire some home safety equipment and browse your options. I often find that many of my problems when it comes to home security is only 9mm away.
I once knew a guy that left his dogs hiking baggies in a trash bag and threw it away weekly. His car was searched and the pig was seriously triggered 🤣
In nearly all counties in Washington State, traffic (municipal) court hearings are scheduled outside and irrespective of the schedule of any LEO that would have been involved in a traffic stop - especially as it pertains to State Patrol. I have a paradigm I share with anyone in my state when they are considering contesting a traffic violation: 1. Local PD and County Sheriff Deputies are going to show up - they are often working in the same building your hearing will be held in. 2. State Trooper/Patrol/Police are more often than not going to not bother showing up, simply because they have a certain amount of work to fulfill each evaluation period, and they generally won't waste a full working day for the one guy that contested the ticket AND subpoenaed him to the hearing. The LEOs are not generally notified about whether or not you contested or mitigated your ticket - that would be too many to track, and there is a substantial time frame that can be utilized on responding to the ticket that will create a very wide window of schedulability. Also, if you never subpoena (and submit the affidavit of service thereof) the Officer that issued the ticket, your hearing will be you versus a written piece of paper (that could be amended at any time prior to a judgement). When you subpoena the Officer, the PA cannot use the ticket as the testimony, since you cannot cross a piece of paper - they must instead admit the officer's sworn testimony in with yours (should you decide to offer any) - this has happened on a few occasions for me when I've been written bogus tickets by far-flung State Troopers at the edge of my county. They don't show up when I subpoened them, the PA tries to offer me some Negligent Driving shakedown, I decline, they call my name, and the PA motions to dismiss on an empty case.
Here is a similar but different issue I ran into years ago. I was severed with a summons to go to court over a dog barking issue. I signed the summons that the office brought to me and when I went to court, the judge said "You admitted to guilt by signing the summons." I politely said to the judge, "Are you crazy, signing it for receiving the summons not for admitting guilt". I still lost the case, but and had to pay the court costs, but did not have to pay a fine.
"Following you around waiting to see if you will commit a traffic violation" sounds a lot like harassment. If you don't think so then just reverse it. What if a bunch of news reporters followed around a police officer waiting to see if everything he did was appropriate and within the scope of his authority. I've seen youtube videos of private citizens recording a traffic stop and the police officer walks over and orders them to turn it off. Some of the citizens point out they are in their right because they are on their own property and the events taking place are in public with no expectation of privacy. The police officer still harasses the person recording. When the stop takes place at night the officer will shine a flashlight directly into the camera forcing the camera white balance to turn everything black but the light. "Following you around waiting to see" should sound wrong to any reasonable person, including law enforcement.
Shining a light into a camera has been ruled a civil rights violation because it is an attempt under color of law to infringe on the first amendment right to free press. Cops can lose qualified immunity (though they rarely do) for using a flashlight in such a manner, and can be personally sued.
Cop pulled me over on my bicycle for riding at night w/o lights😂 He just wanted to run my id to see if i had warrants so he could search my bag. I was coming in from a major city into the suburbs.
I had something similar 30 years ago. The Mayor declared a particular day to be something like "Get out and ride your bike day." Well, I did. I got a citation for riding with ear buds. I'm sure the town made a lot of money that day. That Mayor was a genius.
On the occasions that I've been stopped, I've always been polite and as cooperative as possible. The result...usually verbally warned, less frequently issued written warning, and only twice ticketed in my lifetime...I'm 62.
In California, signing a ticket is akin to signing to be released from custody even along side of the road... remember the old "by signing you agree to appear in court"?
I feel kind of sheepish in that I've had three warnings and zero tickets in 12 years. I signal and pull over to the right immediately. I turn the car off and shut the music down. Hands at top of wheel and give them my complete attention and give courteous, short answers to the point. Idk, I'm not especially lucky but maybe that's what it adds up to. "Ah yer getting hosed in every other way, but you'll have good luck with rollers."
PLEASE HELP 😭 an officer told me to get into his car and it was midnight and as a young woman I felt unsafe getting into a car with a man I didn’t know, officer or not. So I stood next to the passenger seat inside the open door and asked “is it ok if I just stand right here because I’m feeling a little unsafe getting into the car when I’ve heard stories of men impersonating officers before.” The officer threatened to arrest me if I didn’t get in 😭 I was even more scared now and asked if I could call his department first just to verify he was legit and he just threatens to arrest me and it got so scary. 😭 I promised I wasn’t going to run I just wanted to feel safe before I got into the car. He was so aggressive and started talking like I was hiding something. I just wanted to call someone before I got into his car alone in the middle of the night …. I was left severely traumatized … thank God he didn’t try to arrest me because the more aggressive he became the more I wondered if he really was an impersonator and I was going to be murdered if I got in his car 😭 is it within my right to ask for verification for safety before I put myself in a vulnerable position like that ? Or could he have arrested me just because I was too scared to sit down ? 😭 He also refused to tell me how fast I was going and that was so weird. He threatened to give me a ticket instead of a warning if I asked again how fast I was driving. And I was very polite as much as possible. I had never in my life heard of anyone being asked to get into an officer’s car before. So I felt so unsafe. I didn’t know that was something they do sometimes. So I was so scared to get in and when he threatened to arrest me, it made me feel less safe … I didn’t know what to do to protect myself
i still have PTSD after dealing with traffic cops and judge... i have phobia of police cars now.. Will revoke my DL and registration. I am canceling all contracts with the state, because they are not mandatory.. they tricked us to think it is..
Traffic stops are legal detentions . If you go silent etc & don’t sign your promise to appear, you’ll be arrested for that traffic offense, booked and have to pay bail. Most people see the light just before the handcuffs come out, but some don’t and then are begging to sign in the back of the car or when you hit the jail.
In my area the police will arrest and book people who don't sign tickets. I think they'll let you go after booking without bond, but it adds to the charges when you get to court - and your car gets towed 😭
Do all police officers have mandatory body cams now? Perhaps it's time we have our own drivers body cam protection system, complete with this guys voice advising officers we choose to remain silent?
Yep! Lincoln started us down the road towards communism with his war against the states (so called, Civil War) where he installed a government with far more federal control than was ever intended in the constitution. Karl Marx wrote him a letter of congratulations after the Union army took over.
@@phytonso9877he's not exactly wrong or right. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights was written for state citizens not US Citizens. State citizens haven't existed since before the civil war. You have to change your status from US Citizen to national. National is the new state citizen.
@@morgannordahl4355 "What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
@@morgannordahl4355 I know that I shouldn't respond irrespective of whether this is trolling or you're actually dumb enough to believe that, but either way, good lord. Here's a "hot" tip: If you put your hand in boiling water, the chip implanted in you at birth by the Illuminati glows red. Try it and see!
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense." What is not said but applies: Anything you say CAN'T and will NOT be used FOR you in a court of law.
Statutory Jurisdiction is not Law but used in a Court of Law as a Misapplication of Law on Natural/Common Law Dry Soil based on Maritime/Admiralty/Equity which Only Applies to Fictional Public Entities of Corporate Persons Not Private Living Soul People! Statutes, Policies, Codes-including Traffic, Rules, Regulations, and Ordinances ARE NOT LAW they are Unconstitutional and violate Due Process of Law, Self v. Rhay and Rodrigues v. Ray Donovan (1985)!
Great video: qq: Do you have to hand over your drivers license or just present it? on a traffice stop. (i.e.) keep it in your hand and let the officer write down your information...
1:22 ask or demand/order though. those are 2 completely different things. I think it should be clarified if it's a "lawful order" then yes, comply. But don't get out voluntarily. 2:48 BUT if they're making mistakes on the ticket then. You can use that to make the police sound incompetent when they issued the ticket in the first place. It won't be a deal breaker but it will help your case. 5:22 It's part of their job and they get paid BUT, it's NOT FUN for them to go to court lol. They HATE going especially if they don't have a strong case against you. Some states they made it illegal for the police to have quotas they have to meet with traffic citation. Everyone knows that. What people DON'T know is that there are still INCENTIVES for them to write a certain amount of citations. If they don't write enough traffic citations then they might not be allowed to patrol certain areas that are more fun than others OR they can get their speedometers taken away and they have to manually catch speedsters with their patrol car. What I'm saying is, if they go to court THEN they have time taken away from them from doing something more fun like meeting their INCENTIVIZED traffic citations. 6:05 for my state, you get ONE freebie to reschedule but you have to do it 1 week before the hearing. You can do it a second time but it has to be legit, like a doctor’s note or something. ALWYAS delay your hearing at least once if you're able to. 14:12 Lol convince the prosecutor to dismiss the case that they're trying to prosecute you for? That doesn't seem right. Only one that needs convincing I thought, is the judge? 14:46 If they refuse to dismiss the case or they try to give you a “deal”, you can actually WAIT to see if the officer shows up before you take the deal lol. If the police shows up, THEN take the deal if you’re shy about defending yourself infront of everyone. If the police doesn’t show up, then the judge might outright just dismiss the case like they did with mine. DO NOT take the deal before the officer shows up lol, that would be dumb because they might not even show up in the 1st place.
Me and my wife was arrested at a Walmart self checkout, my wife never touched anything they arrested her for being with me. During my arraignment the judge never asked us if we plead guilty or not guilty, he just made us guilty. This was done through video. He released us and we did community service. We wanted to fight it because I was having problems with the self checkout. The Fort Worth police are at my Walmart everyday all day.
I was a passenger in a car that got pulled over. I thought it would be funny to get out of the car and start doing the Charleston, but it didn’t go well. 🤦♂️😂
Two other officers and I did a felony stop on a car. The passenger got out and one of the other officers yelled, "GET DOWN" and the guy started moonwalking and doing the Cossak Dance. Was funny after the stop but not during.
I was pulled over for speeding in a school zone. However, the initiation of the stop happened 10 minutes after the zone had expired for the morning. I took it to trial and the prosecutor wanted to claim the officer wrote the time wrong. I requested that the body camera and dash camera be reviewed to provide an accurate time. They decided to drop the case rather than review the footage. They knew i was right but tried to get the judge to change the time on the ticket rather than prove it.
Informative article only thing missing is that in most places a K9 will be brought out if you deny permission to search. After the Dog almost automatically alerts on the vehicle the search will now go forward.
Those states that allow cops to arrest you for not signing a traffic ticket are like those countries with friendly-sounding names that I avoid at all costs.
I like to tell people "Anything can be use AGAINST you in court, and Nothing will be used FOR you in court."
The only for you I've ever seen as first amendment and asking for a lawyer If you don't say why, the court assumes the outlook that favors the cops.
May ONLY be used against you, any thing you say without an attorney present, that may have helped you is not permitted in court to aquit.
everything will be used against you, and by law nothing can be used to help you.
@@Civ5forlife-td7hy Can you explain "Nothing can be used to help you"??
@@johannmueller9660 Everything that would theoretically help you will be treated as hearsay, even if the officer is the one reporting it.
...But if it would be used against you, the officer is considered an expert witness and his word is considered evidence.
Ive gotten 4 traffic tickets in my entire life...and *all 4 tickets were dismissed when the officer failed to appear in court (which is an actual crime for citizens WITHOUT a badge).*
I've gotten out of 3 myself with good reasons presented to the judge. If more and more people went to court then I believe cops would be a little more reluctant to write nominal tickets.
I had a town where they were unethical and they forced us to reappear another time rather than dismissing the charges they are legally required to do
Around here, they allow the Cops to miss court and call it your initial appearance. Then they further allow the Officer to miss further court dates under the guise of their work schedule. If and when the Officer finally does show up, you've appeared minimum of three times, missed too much time off work. That's why around here everyone caves in.
I was in a not at fault wreck on a gas powered Scooter.
Just after escaping death, the state trooper still gave me 1 charge : No Motorcycle License.
So I went to judge trial and showed the judge ; nobody can get a State motorcycle license on a non clutch ( automatic transmission ) bike : it's not allowed.
( My air cooled scooter doesn't even use water and dose 40mph at 60-70mpg ; it's a county road bike )
Well I floored the whole court room .
Even the judge looked across the whole court room openly and said " I'll fix this later, defendant not guilty ".
What made me mad is the young posturing state trooper wore his sunglasses the whole time and the " public pretender " charged me $50 representation for only announcing my name.
Last thing she said openly to me as everyone was leaving the court room was " I couldn't of done that ".
It still cost me court cost even dealing with them.
I don't feel like I won anything and have had an attitude towards the system ever since. They're crooks.
Who ises public defenders for a traffic ticket? If found not guilty you never have to pay a dime to the court.
Yes they are
It is not about justice it is about extracting money from the public.
@@raulthepig5821An unregulated tax
What did the judge mean when he said, "I'll fix this later"
I’m not a lawyer and I don’t always agree with everything they say but overall, this attorney provides the best advice online than most and I watch them all.
U must be stupid then 🤣
An older U tube video by the FBI called, Why you don't talk to the police is extremely informational.
🤔 even the civil rights lawyer??
I disagree
@Trollmaster08 if they have a bar card they are not in any Americans side. British acredation registration association. They are all criminals operating off the Cestui Que Vie act of 1666 guilty of Capitis Dominutio Maxima and birth bond fraud. They are also foreign corporate employees unlawfully posing as government
The Fact that Lawyers are Officers of the Court should remind everyone that Lawyers are Not On Your Side.They are all crooks.
This one seems to be working for the prosecutor.
An officer of the court is merely an adjudication of position within the court. The clerk, the stenographer, the para legal and even a process server are all officers of the court. The term or phrase does not hold any weight of the barer having authority in the enforcement of law within the court. Its is the same as saying that a CPA is a fiduciary, it means that they bare a higher responsibility to the law (Among other things) beyond that of an average citizen.
Granted there are many schisty attorneys out there, but not all of them. When they take charges and their position as a protector personally, then they have a problem, as does the public.
That always gets me... Being arrested for resisting arrest... How am I being arrested for resisting arrest when I wasn't being arrested in the first place???
@@vrdog9660 In many cases the officer will write you up for resisting arrest for one thing and change the report to something different. He may first write "you tried to run", then he may change it to "you put your hand in your pocket" and when the other officers on the scene let him know that neither of those happened, he will many times write "you didn't get on the ground fast enough".
@@Tog84two97 Really, How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Its a retro-active charge ; think " taking back consent after over a decade"
In Virginia you are under arrest and signing the summons is your release
Stop making sense !!!!!!!
I think what we can conclude from this is that people are dealing with the biggest gang in America.
Absolutely 💯 If you ever Get A Ticket, You Have 72 Hours To Mail The Ticket To The Secretary Of State!! From Then On The Cop That Wrote The Ticket Has To Pay Said Ticket!!
The problem is mostly in corrupt democrat run cities. It's out in small town America too but not all departments are brown shirts. We've got to get control of the leadership of the cities and get these POS naziss out of there. Real cops love the law and hate criminals. Bad cops hate the law and love criminals. Because they are criminals.
It's just the mob with different names, and cops are the extortionists and enforcers. And yet they can't seem to figure out why people hate them
Yup. Police are not your friends!
Americans are robbed on the roadside by state sanctioned highwaymen every single day.
Always record EVERY interaction you have with cops
Otherwise, the court will believe all their lies. Even though they know they're liars. Its all part of the Big Business of law enforcement. Which is a subterfuge for shaking down the working-class.
This is truly wise advice. It is the only thing that can level the playing field, and give you some actual decent legal recourse, in the aftermath of being preyed upon by law enforcement.
It is a shame, so many take no precautions at all, when dealing with law enforcement. It is not safe to assume: police officiers will abide by the law themselves, as so many police officiers know, robust protections are in place (qualified immunity) should they decide to violate your rights......even in an egregious way. Recording them, ideally, without their knowledge, may be the only way, you will ever have justice, should you be victimized by law enforcement.
I strongly suggest a background process video recorder (easily available on your app store for free). That way your phone can stay locked while recording and not tipping off any officer
Any government interactions really!!!
And tape record everything anyone in government says or concerning insurance issues ect…………….
In Ga most traffic citations are criminal so signing the ticket is not an admission of guilt but is basically a signature bond so you don’t go to jail.
But the cop is required to take you before the judge immediately if you don't sign for a probable cause hearing.
No, in most counties if you’re taken to jail you can bond out immediately or wait to see the judge within 24 hours.
It's a promise to appear in court actually. If you don't or don't pay the fine, then a bench warrant can be issued for your arrest
Good stuff overall, and I appreciate your style! You're on the ball. Thank you for useful advice.
In Arizona civil traffic is governed by the Arizona Civil Traffic Procedures and heard in Civil Traffic Court. Unlike a court where the defendant has rights, Arizona has crated this "special" class of hearing and process where there is NO DISCOVERY. So while you may want to "ask the prosecutor for evidence" all you'll get is information on how to pound sand. Prior to the actual hearing you can submit whatever documents you like --and the court and the prosecutor will ignore them.
Once at the hearing you are (in Arizona) allowed to cross-examine the officer as to the evidentiary statements they've made. That means you CAN ask about measuring device calibration, keeping logs of same, officer experience, etc. but don't expect this to lead anywhere except a motion (by the prosecutor) to amend the record to "let it show that" the instrument was declared sufficiently calibrated by the tesifying officer.
The Judge is a cop in a black robe. He/she will side and presumptively agree with the cop. Your "right" is the right to plead guilty, plead nolo contendre (Latin for "no contest but sounds better") or not guilty. The latter allows a scheduling of a thorough hearing where the black-robed cop still has a predisposition to side with the uniformed officer.
I love living in Arizona. I do not love "Civil Traffic Court" and how politicians gutted civil rights so we (the accused) have no real choices as to how to handle a case... other than... you know... please guilty.
I have no dog in this hunt YET. I drive on the public highways, so odds are I'll be in court sooner or later. I have no pending or active citations. I've never been arrested. I'm like "the good guy" and YET I fear for my safety if some piece of shit in a uniform wants to mess with me. That's what we call "a police state." thanks for listening.
People will think you are being dramatic, or perhaps just plain wrong about Arizona….. but it’s not true. You ARE VERY correct about the problems with tickets in that …. I fully believe you sir. We now are ALL facing a computer driven world with no time for civil rights anymore.
They got that idea from California. We've had Traffic Court here for decades.
I'm a long haul trucker from Cali. I got a speeding ticket in upstate NY back in 1987. I forgot about it. My Cali DMV report never reported it. As far as I knew I had a clean driving record regarding that ticket. 25 years later I was pulled in to a weight station in Gestapo Maryland. My truck passed the inspection. No violations. They ran my license. I was almost arrested for the ticket in NY from 25 years ago. They wrote me 3 different driving on a suspended license ticket. I had a copy of my current Cali DMV report. Showed valid. No tickets nor accidents. Cost me $1000 for an attorney and $800 for all 3 cases to b dismissed.
Judges like to support their fellow lawyers. 🤮
I call Maryland Little California, they take the worst of what California does and passes it into law. Also call it the people’s republic of Maryland. One of the many reasons I got out. And I dont miss it at all!
Maryland is a demtard shithole..
You probably won't like what I say but, all 3 cases were dismissed and you stayed out of jail.
I hope your memory learned a valuable lesson.
What if the officer purposefully misquotes me in his report, to try and make me sound like a jerk. He even used quotations. The conversation was on 3 body cams, my phone, and my ring doorbell. I said "I choose to use my 5th amendment rights to not answer any questions". He added to it and quoted me calling them names and saying smart alec things.
Press charges
Contact a lawyer and tell them this, it'll make their day.
Make sure not to accept any settlement offers: they wouldn't pay if it didn't ultimately save them money
Sue, they cannot hold it against you for practicing your rights.
Send your ring camera footage to the prosecutor. Do you have the body cam footage? If not file a FOIA request before your court date. Being disrespectful to LEOs isn't illegal. Only disturbing the peace and obstruction are.
In order to "sue" you have to prove a tort. It's not easy and not cheap. Proving an officer lied on an incident report by use of video is much less expensive. You could easily do it pro se.
@@Zzz-cx5uphe can't "press charges" or even initiate charges. A prosecutor has to do that. You can however file complaints and write letters to try to compel the DA to charge them.
The law enforcement industry was originally designed to protect and serve the public. Today their goal is to generate revenue for the government.
Public safety
Arguably, the police are the Standing Army that are not supposed to exist under the Constitution.
Public safety is a minor concern. Actions speak louder than words. Deeds reveal the truth.
The focus of law enforcement is on generating unlegislated revenue for the state. The effort is on achieving a positive cashflow - Maximum return for minimum effort and minimum risk. It is determined by cash generated. Not on what the cost of a type of crime is to society.
If it was, there would be far more concern over Identity theft, or human trafficking - just to list two.
The effort devoted to "Traffic Control" outweighs all other law enforcement combined by at least a 3 to one ratio.
Everyone basically perceives this. More and more people are getting fed up with it.
We're being harvested for cash by what are far too often narcissistic or psychopatic cops - who should never have been allowed to wear a badge. Meanwhile, the real criminals are left to operate in a virtual law enforcement vacuum.
Some people even argue that we wouldn't have so many sick b@$tards wearing badges if there wasn't such a demand for revenue collectors lining our nation's roadways.
the police were created to protect rich people's property like their homes and slaves
i think it was originally design to catch slaves fleeing slavery
When they say, do you know why I stopped/ pulled you over, I say, why yes, it's policeman's ball fundraiser time 😂😂
I say it's cuz I'm sexy baby.
ROFL!!!
What if the person who has a suspended license against him dies and has fines what is done about that please tell me.😢
The fact that a traffic violation is a criminal offense is ridiculous. They should only be a civil violation. The idea that you can be stopped, detained, jailed, etc for a simple violation is absurd.
Don't forget the face-down on the pavement if the cop feels threatened. --Old Guy
It is civil.
I agree in most cases, but what about hit & run, reckless driving, or DUI?
It’s a criminal violation otherwise they would not have the authority to stop and detain you
No victim = no crime = not criminal
They share info between states for a traffic ticket but a cop gets fired for agregious crime and another stare or county will not care about sharing that information,
Not you see why the founding Fathers went back into session to write the Bill of Rights. Even they knew way back then that all governments eventually become corrupt. Ours is no different.Traffic laws and its enforcement is big revenue for the state. That's why cop are so well protected. Its a clandestine way to collect more taxes.
In the 1960’s my brother got a speeding for going 29 mph in a 25 mph zone. However, there was a line on the citation where the officer was to enter what a safe speed would have been. He wrote 30 mph would have been safe. That ticket was thrown out by the judge.
My friend got a ticket for going too slow. 😂
Doh!
I got a ticket for going 67 in a 65 in Kansas........
My car didn't have 5th gear it was 2 am I was cruising at 60!
The speeding ticket was like 40 bucks but because Kansas has mandatory court costs and everything else it was over $300.
That's just silly. Technically even 1 MPH over the posted speed limit can be cited as an offense and will be upheld by a judge. If you never speed I recommend using a tracking device like vyncs that logs all your trips and speeds using GPS. A dashcam is also great for evidence if you are innocent of alleged crimes.
You don’t have to do anything wrong for the police to investigate you. Sometimes the police will lie and make up a traffic violation to pull you over for.
My friend got pulled over for "speeding" one afternoon, he was held on the side of the road while his truck was searched for nearly 2 hours until the sun went down. At which point the cop gave him a tocket for driving wothout his headlights on as his only citation.
It was 4pm when he was pulled over and the sun was still in the sky before he was held without charges for 2 hours. He wasnt driving at night at all, let alone driving without headlights at night
@@cyleleghorn246 Years ago I was going home from work at 3AM. I passed by a cop sitting on the side of the road. I was in the right lane the whole time. That forms a continuous lane that goes into an on ramp that takes you onto a highway. I know I was doing the speed limit and had good lane positioning. Since it’s a continuous lane, there’s no reason to use a turn signal. The cop pulled me over and said I went left of center and failed to use my turn signal. I could tell he was making it up as he went along. When he saw my work shirt and could clearly see that I wasn’t intoxicated, he let me go with a “warning”. He clearly lied and made up things to check me out.
@@cyleleghorn246 people make the wrong word dont never say the world driving. if you driving then you need alic but if you are traviling then no lic is need. this is the law
@@jsphmo you are wrong. If you are sitting in the driver's seat of a car you are considered to be "driving" by the law. You can get a DUI (driving under the influence [of alcohol]) simply by sitting in the driver's seat of a car on private property without even the engine running.
No you can't.well you can but it's wrong.if you don't put it in gear and move or attempt to move you are not driving.and that's no duo.my opinion dui is not a crime.now I would not suggest driving like that but it's not a crime.wheres the victim? where's the property damage? again where's the victim? another thing they DO NOt have any jurisdiction over a living man or woman unless you give it to them.aturnonme or lieyour lawyer they give them jurisdiction cause their scum bags
Your videos are great!
I learned as a 15 year old kid that most cops have a HEAVY attitude, at least for young guys.
I spent 52 years getting harassed in San Diego, mostly by cops younger than me.
I’m over 70 now- I’ve fought every BS traffic ticket I ever got on principal!
I’m sick of being presumed guilty of SOMETHING… like having your Dad follow you around just to kick your ass.
Look up CA Traffic Stop (CA v SEAN PENN) a really bad case for jerky cops)
Really cannot have the expectation of Respect from Police who
1) Have their lives in danger always
2) Not all Officers are difficult
3) But, cops rarely STOP crime
4) Not stopping crime, they are CONDUCTING enforcement of ‘violations’, which creates REVENUE.
Everybody be cool-
Option 1 - Deferred adjudication (pay a fine, plead no contest, it drops from record if you don’t get another citation in 3-6 months)
2. Hire a lawyer (In most bigger towns lawyers will represent you for the cost of the ticket they get it dismissed almost always.
3. Driver safety course (I’m not a fan of this but it’s better than paying ticket.)
from personal experience, I was once charged for letting my dog run loose (I didn't have a dog, my rear porch was being repaired and the ticked should have been for not having a porch), the judge yelled at the prosecutor for having the wrong charges so the prosecutor quickly changed the charges and tried to prosecute under the corrected charges. I told the judge that I couldn't be prosecuted under the amended charges because I wasn't given the proper advanced notice of a court date and time to prepare my defense. This time the judge exploded at the prosecutor and read the riot act to him and dismissed all charges against me. Bottom line, even if the charges can be amended, there are still due process laws to prevent last minute changes in the court room. Once the officer presents the charges to the court, he can't change it. I answered the incorrect charges and after that it was too late to add new or amended charges.
Being arrested for resisting arrest is the most ridiculous illogical thing I've ever heard of. Just shows the mentality of our legal system. Common sense has left the building.
Sounds like someone wants to be arrested for resisting arrest. They'll even throw in a count of obstruction free of charge. Maybe disturbing the peace, too.
And I think there are 4 levels of it. They have found so many ways to hurt us.
a detainment is an arrest lawfully but not legally. lol. peace
WUT
that's true they try to charge me with resisting arrest when I was not arrested or had a warrant for my arrest; then they try to charge me with obstruction for not answering any questions
About 10 years ago, I went to court to fight a traffic ticket!
The day in court when I went to fight the ticket, there was 50 other people fighting their tickets!
The judge found everyone guilty and fined them! Even if I was guilty!
It is mathematically impossible that 50 out of 50 people were guilty!
It was all about the money! The courthouse was less than a year old and the city needed to pay for it! Even my 10 year son who was with me knew! As we left the courtroom he said dad that was just about the money wasn’t it! 😮😮
6.5 billion a year industry, and that is not counting the insurance surcharges. It is a boon to insurance companies' profits.
No it is not mathematically impossible. Your baseline assumption is incorrect. If all 50 tickets were for legitimate traffic violations then all were legal tickets and all individuals were guilty. You are assuming some statistical number are not guilty to which you have no proof or reason to believe that to be true.
Communist corruption of our ‘judicial system’. Creating criminals and oppressing the public is their main priority now.
@@phprofYTand you must be a cop covering for the other road pirates. 💩
@@phprofYT their is no way no how in every instant that cops are always right! And by the way I’m a retired law officer! And I have seen some questionable reports from other officers! And supervisor rubber stamping it! So I know first hand that the odds are impossible!
I spoke with the prosecutor prior to being called up, explained my case and he said okay they will throw out or dismiss your case.
When I was called, the judge paused, called the prosecutor up, whispered a thing or two, leaned forward scratched out my original charge, wrote in another charge (improper use of vehicle) and then fined me almost double what the fine was for the original charge.
Cobb Co. Georgia
Cobb County, for a limited time only.
When I went to traffic court, the judge started the session by announcing that he respected the authority of officers, and that anyone contesting a ticket, if they lost would be required to pay not only the fine, but also court costs.That had a chillingly effect on all persons there, thinking they could be on the hook for a lot more money. Point being, depending on the judge, contesting a ticket could actually cost you more than simply the fine if you lose.
In NY and MA, if you go to court for the initial hearing on your traffic ticket, ANY officer from the same jurisdiction can be present to attest to the facts of the ticket for the prosecution. At your trial, it’s the officer who stopped you who has to be present.
NYPD WILL LIE ABOUT YOUR CASE THEY ARE PROS AT IT, BUT THEY WILL HELP THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY GET AWAY WITH MURDER, IN GENERAL NYPD JUST HATES CIVILIANS, IN A PERFECT WORLD EVERY POLICE OFFICER IN THE ENTIRE NATION 1 OUT OF 10 POLICE OFFICERS IN EVERY JURISDICTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY SHOULD VOLUNTEER TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND TAKE ARMS, BUT THERE'S NO MONEY IN THAT
No ! The injured party who filed a proper claim must be present. Legal fiction can only complain .
California also!
I’m a retired Florida Prosecutor and Judge and I’d like to compliment you on your excellent advice and video. I use to preside over traffic hearings early in my career. Later on, I only handled the appeals from the traffic Court. If an officer failed to appear in Court without any communication with the Court of some good reason, I would dismiss the case. When a person failed to appear without some prior communication with the Court, their license was eventually suspended if they didn’t pay certain fees associated with failures to appear. Either party was freely granted reasonable continuances and given new dates as conveniently to each party as possible. I hated traffic Court with a passion and was so glad to move up in jurisdiction. For the Judge it was a no win situation as the numbers were crazy and people who came to court were very adamant about their innocence, but had little but their insistence to prove it, whereas the cops had things like radar that were regularly tested and certified as to accuracy. I was so glad to handle the worse horrible felony over speeding tickets.
In the early 90s I got a ticket in NY. Since I didn't live there I didn't pay it. 5 years later I got pulled over in GA and went to jail for a suspended license.
Of course you did GA loves that
I had a parking ticket in PA many years ago, in the 90's. At the time, I was living on the west coast, just visiting PA. It was a poorly written ticket, it didn't even have my license on it. So I kept it but never paid it. I've been pulled over 8-10 times now, they either let me go or give me a ticket. Nothing was ever said about that ticket.
Paid a out of state ticket, but didn’t inform my state DMV that I paid the ticket, so my state DMV canceled my licenses, didn’t tell me. Months later Military MP informs and had to explain to me what canceled licenses is, never heard of such a thing, then looks the other way so I could go get it fixed.
The legal system turns slowly, but grinds exceedingly fine.
@@Vagabond_EtrangerPa. Sends out thousands of parking tickets every year, usually from Philly. Most people just pay the because it costs a lot in lost wages, travel, and the fact that if you did all that, and you lived in Pittsburgh, you might need to stay in a motel if the docket was full.
Several states do that, I am told, but I don't know. Best bet, go around states that do that.
Thank you for keeping us informed
I drove a semi for 20+ years, the company was always looking for ways to keep our MVR clean with no tickets or points on them. We were always told if we got a speeding ticket or any charges, to pay the fine plus 10-20 dollars extra. The courts would then mail you a check for the amount that you overpaid. When you get the check burn it so that dont deposit it by mistake. The reason being is that the ticket needs to have a balance of 0.00 before it posted on your MVR. The courts are mainly focusing on the collection of fines, and when they have their money they are not worried about the ticket any more. I have done this a few times and have always had a clean MVR. I know some officers and courts releize that a CDL is a drivers and his families lively hood and treat them a little differently than regular ones.
Removing "Qualified Immunity" would benefit the law abiding citizen and force corrupt police & judges to follow the law or face consequences.
It would harm citizens in ways you can’t begin to imagine.
@@crosisofborg5524 love star trek, I still watch deep space nine and voyager regularly on Paramount. Regarding your point, you're probably right, we live in an overly litigious society where people see the courts as the lottery. Where good cops are discarded to appease the mob (ie derek chauvin) After looking into it further, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico have removed qualified immunity and they are spiraling out of control.
You don’t understand what QI is.
@@LAPDDET-bn7hk why don't you explain it instead of being condescending ...prik
@@LAPDDET-bn7hk The doctrine of qualified immunity allows state and local officials to avoid personal consequences when they violate the law and a persons constitutional rights... how am I doing? It has been repeatedly used by police officers to escape accountability and civil liability for engaging in violent and abusive acts against the public.
The worst part is the fees and surcharges that turn a $50 ticket into a $250 ticket. In some states if you fight the ticket and lose they add a court fee.
The 8th Amendment must be the most-ignored one in the Bill Of Rights. 😐
Those regressive property taxes are supposed to pay for the constitutional obligations of government, which includes the court. It seems that the court needs to tax the users while the government has lots of money to waste on "services" and projects that are not constitutional obligations of government.
That's Pennsylvania, they will kill you in fees,the ticket may be 20.00 by the time those fees are added in it could be 220.00
Another way they control their peasants.
They know that you have to be at work every day to pay your bills. 😢
It should be law for cop to tell you why they pulled you over.
It is in Cali and one other state but...they won't get in any trouble if they don't lol. It's a start.
agreed. Since they cannot be randomly pulling vehicles over, the infraction should be clear and something they can clearly verbally describe at that time. Not later after they have done some fishing.
It is law. They have to inform you. But when and how is up to them. Not you.
Cops should not be able to lie unless citizens are.
@@55rhill “Citizens” do all the time.
1:00 You can forget about mercy here in Broward County, especially Pembroke Pines where they have the process down to a science. The last speeding ticket i got here, the officer lasered me, I got pulled over, the cop ran my license through a handheld machine that read it, printed my ticket, I signed, and was on my way in less than four minutes. There was no talking, there was no questioning, there was no chance to plead for mercy.
Cops are a bunch of punks in your country it sounds like
This is part of the reason both i and my daughter have dashcams. They also record audio, and because it's a video recording it's admissible in court as evidence. It even records video when the vehicle is off and in parking mode. So, as long as I'm standing in front of or behind my car, the camera will pick up the motion and record the video. I think that this information, that only you possess, is very valuable.
So glad that the guy that wrote me a bogus ticket got paid over-time to be there, while I had to miss an entire day's worth of pay to be there. Seems fair.
That’s when u charge to be there also.
@@BewarePeople-od2bd Trying to use common sense and logic in a U.S. court of law is exactly how to lose. Nice name btw.
And you paid that overtime with the taxes they force you to pay, ain't life grand.
@@DistrustHumanz What you say is true, but if you cite the law, things are different.
@@captainjimolchs If you don't have an attorney, things will most likely not be different. The law/court racket couldn't be sustained if people didn't need attorneys to win a case. Citing a law may not do anything at all, because court judgements often modify the practical meaning, but the statute is never updated. You can know what the statute says backwards and forwards, but if you're not aware of case law that's related to it, you're going to be hosed. Lots of *lawyers* don't know that stuff, and average joes have no shot. It's not impossible to beat a traffic ticket in court without a lawyer, but it's close.
I defended myself in a Mississippi courtroom in 1984. I won my case, but it was a kangaroo court. The judge realized I was not going to stop at his court. I was prepared to appeal as far as necessary. I pointed out several irregularities to the judge. The police chief was lying to cover up his officer’s incompetence.
We’re so impressed
They're all private trading agencies, not courts. They all operate on fraud.
I spent a couple hours in jail after being arrested for refusing to sign a speeding ticket. Only after being in jail did I find out signing doesn’t admit guilt only that I acknowledged an officer wrote it out in front of me. My wife came in and I can hear her say, “I’m here to bail out the prisoner “. It was a small town, I was the only prisoner.
I learned from a body cam vid on our local news, police don’t have to tell you that not signing will result in immediate arrest. I think they should be required to tell us.
Don’t believe that.
Why is it a crime for a defendant to give false or misleading information however for a peace officer to do the same is permitted.
The whole system is corrupt
Rigged game.
That's how they control us peasants.
Luciferians they r
Frazier v cupp
Read about it
I learned a couple of these lessons the hard way before I went to law school. I'm from Plano, Texas, but was serving in the Air Force and was stationed in Louisiana. I came home to my mom's on the weekend and did some work on the house. I was pulling out of a Home Depot and there was a one-way sign at the street. The kicker was it was upside down, so I turned in the direction of the arrow if it had been right-side up, and sure enough, there was a Plano motorcycle cop hiding behind a mound of sand on the side of the road waiting to ticket anyone who made the mistake. I decide to fight the ticket and since I needed to get back to Louisiana, I asked my mom to take pictures of the sign. I then called the Plano street department and asked for info on road signage and they were very helpful, giving me the statute the stated improperly placed signs weren't enforceable. I show up for my day in court and the cop doesn't show. Despite having driven three hours for the court date, much to my chagrin, the judge allowed for a reschedule. Of course, when my mom asked if I wanted her to come with me to court, like an idiot, I said no, I'm a big boy. ;) So I show up to court with the statute and the photos showing this was improperly placed signage (I'm sure Jeff sees where this is going). The cops is there, so the judge asks me to present my evidence and I show him my photos and the statute. The judge grins and then gives the photos to the prosecutor, who visibly looks defeated and it motioning rather excitedly at the cop. Where I shot myself in the foot is when I said "my mom took these photos..." The prosecutor perks up and she objects--hearsay! The judge asks me if my mom is in the court, and I'm like "I didn't think I needed my mama, your honor." He said "everyone needs their mama--sustained." So now I'm flummoxed and the judge said I could try to get around the hearsay objection by questioning the cop. I ask the cop if the picture represented the state of the sign as it was on that day and he denied it. I called him a lying sack of shit and that was it. Paid my fine.
LOL You will love this one. First I have not had a ticket for 40 yrs. But 53 yrs ago when I was 18, me and another guy was drag racing in Alton Bay NH. Early evening no one around Nov. Some resident called the cops. They never saw us doing it. We denied it. He took the word of the citizen. Remember small town of 8000, 4-6 cops on the force two cruisers. He writes in the OTHER line on the ticket: SPINNING TIRES. We signed the tickets. Two wks later we r in court. Trial case put to the end. Only 4 cases including ours. I had a week before court went to the police library and looked up laws. No laws for SPINNING TIRES inNH. Case was read. I call the Sarg to the stand. Ask him a couple general questions. Then i present the summons ticket as evidence and exhibit one. I then ask the cop what is the NHRSA for spinning tires? CRICKETS. The Archy Horn the judge says well George, to (the cop) you need to brush up on basic laws. Case(s) dismissed. We won BUT he finally got us for speeding at a later time.
Got a ticket in Montana once. As I was signing, the officer told me that his state did not participate in reciprocity, so it wouldn't show up on my record, nor be reported to insurance. I am generally law abiding, so I paid the fee by mail, but I could have easily just ignored it.
Hm.
The video said there are 46 states in the compact, but I would do my own research as to finding out which 4 states do not participate before I'd take a random cop's word for it on the roadside. After all the video also did remind us that cops are legally allowed to lie to citizens. If the cop was on the level I'd say he's a cool cop.
@@onemoremisfit Of course I checked it out, even though there was no reason for him to lie about something to an out-of-stater that was just passing through. When I got home, a week later, I went online and saw that what he said was true. I contacted my insurance agent and asked what would happen if I paid a fine to a non-compact state. He told me that they would not report it, so my insurer would not know. The fine was $40, it was in a cone-zone, so that brought it to $80. That's about 1/5 the fine it would be in my state. I thought that state deserved the money for having an awesome highway patrolman.
@@michaelterrazas1325Most State Troopers in most states are polite and helpful, if the person they stop is the same. Been too all of the states except Alaska, so I don't know about that.
@@michaelterrazas1325you did the right thing. If I had actually committed some violation, I'd have been -happy- thrilled to pay the fine and be done with it. Id think of it as a 'thank you' to the great state of Montana for not participating in reciprocity.
People will argue with the "thrilled" language here, but 40 years of life have taught me to pick my battles. And I'd think of it as paying to a system that a thousand times hasn't caught me for technically speeding.
Cheers
This happened to me, I showed up the cop didn't and the judge was willing to reschedule, I ended up working with the prosecutor to lower it to a non moving violation
if they don't show the 1st time, they also won't show the 2nd time.
and your case will get dismissed.
@@nonenone-wx1rl there was a reasonable excuse given that his wife was in the hospital from a car accident. That's something that is perjury if false after it was entered into the record. I was happy with lowering it to non moving violation. The fine was $65 as opposed to possible loss of license for third speeding ticket. That was 15 years ago, I have since slowed down.
I find that being respectful and complying with all the reasonable requests gets me out of the traffic stop as fast as possible. Most of the time the ticket will be reduced and you just pay a fine, it sucks but it is what it is. Just request a supporting deposition when mailing in your plea and if they don't send it in 30 days the tickets dropped
What is "Just request a supporting deposition"?
5 questions, but first: always good information. Always a good reminder to go slow, turn signals, proper stops at intersections.
Q1: if you are being followed buy a cop and you choose to pull into (say) a convenience store, will that be perceived as suspicious activity? +Has never happened to me.)
Q2: I was once pulled over but drove further in order to pull into a shopping center parking lot. The cop asked why I did that. I asked in my 25 year old surly voice: would you have preferred that I pulled to the side of the road and block traffic? (Was no longer a problem. I had short hair, non-suspicious car.)
Q3A: what's doing 52/35, got pulled over. What's clearly guilty of the offense. Paid lawyer to represent me, wound up in a dismissed charge, not even faulty equipment. I was clearly going 52/35? Secretary said don't worry about it. Never even heard from court. Insurance never went up.
Q3B: How was the $300 I paid my lawyer distributed?
Q4: Do cops get any "kickback" money from tickets, depending upon them municipality?
Q5: Do these "Constitutional Auditors" generally receive a wave off what are they generally get in trouble for their actions?
The last speeding ticket I got was in Elmodel, which is exactly the kind of SW Georgia hick town the name suggests. A motorcycle cop at least 80 years old was waiting around a corner were the speed limit drops suddenly from 55mph to 35mph before you have a chance to slow down. He had the Southern hospitality schtick down pat. "We catch a lot of folks doing that, you know. I once had to write a tick to myself." He was quite a civics booster. "As long as you're hear why don't you enjoy yourself at the diner and then visit our town museum." As I lived 300 miles away, I wrote a letter of objection to the judge, but it didn't do any good, so I paid the $94.00, which I was told if I paid, there would be no ding on my driving record. That sounded shady, but I paid it by mail. I wrote the Georgia Bureau of Investigation about the speed trap, but never found out if it did any good. I never travelled that part of Georgia again.
@user-iy1vo2jf2q I used to know the mayor of a small town. One time he told me, "Last year our police wrote 200 tickets." I asked him if that was good or bad. He asked, "What do you think?" I said I don't know, that's why I asked. "It's terrible," he said. "They were supposed to write 2,000. That's how we get paid."
ya ever hear the one about the georgia sheriff talking about the death of a black man with 50 bullet holes in him stuffed inside a sealed barrel? worst case of suicide he ever did see
Elmodel doesn’t have a diner 😂
That's the favorite revenue booster for most small towns that are run by corrupt politicians, judges and cops. Some even try it on interstate highways but usually stick to the off interstate roads so if I'm going any distance I just stick to the Interstate and stay at the speed limit or below. I've considered driving the old US highways to take in the scenery and such but having grown up around small towns I don't want to wander into any of them I don't know really well.
Do you own the car?
This is the best law education channel on TH-cam
Agreed
It's pretty vague.
@gawf99 Very true, however he does mainly speak to constitutional amendments and your rights guaranteed by same, but yes, always check local ordinances too.
I got ticket in the pouring rain for following too close after a woman pulled in front of me and slammed on the breaks on a congested highway. It was on a slick bridge with no shoulder. Having never been to court before, I hired an ex-cop to help me out. Luckily, I was first up and there was a little trial since I pleaded not guilty. The cop explained about the "slick" roadway and the lack of shoulder, then the woman explained that she had just pulled in front of me. At this point the judge asked the prosecutor "Is that all you have?" When she replied in the affirmative, he said "there's no evidence of following too close. You're free to to." Then he looked sternly at the prosecutor and told her that he wanted to have a talk with her in his chambers. I can only imagine what he said to her for bringing such a weak case.
5:20 all signing is, that you agree to handle the ticket and you understand you're being ticketed. Paying or fighting it in court is handling it. Also cops have to come in and for low value tickets, they often won't miss football or a day that is worth more to them, then forcing a ticket.
When I was 17, I went through an intersection when the light was yellow- red. I got pulled over, and the officer was nice and explained how dangerous it was " running a red light". I did not get a ticket. He was right, and I learned my lesson. It was a stupid thing to do.
Generally, your advice is spot on; however, consider the following clarifications (Texas): Signing the citation is "promising to appear" to dispose of the citation. If you refuse to sign, it will result in your arrest due to the refusal to promise to appear per the terms stated on the citation. Under these circumstances, the officer is instructed to present the defendant to a magistrate in order to dispose of the citation.
Another clarification is that some smaller cities in Texas do not broadcast failure to appear warrants beyond their own jurisdictions, i.e. statewide or beyond. This is because they would rather pick you up in their city so they can preserve right to revenue from the citations. When picked up outside of their jurisdiction, they have to share that revenue with the apprehending agency, as well as a general fund.
Last clarification is in errors on the citation. Material errors that could get your citation dismissed were based on the days when tickets were hand written. If the date was omitted, for instance, the citation became an invalid instrument for prosecution. BWC's and handheld electronic citation devices are making this a very unlikely occurrence now.
Just thought I'd toss that in for some light thought.
The one thing you may want to add is the Texas Transportation Code is part of the Texas Criminal Code and every offense, except for 3, are arrestable offenses. Failure to wear a seat belt? You can be taken to jail over that. I'm pretty sure the three you can't be arrested and jailed for are speeding, open container, and using your cell phone.
Texas is the worst! I got a ticket for crossing through a gas station going around a cop who was sitting there at the stop sign trying to clock people speeding down that road. OMG! unbelievable 😢
Sounds like you were trying to skip traffic by cutting through the gas station. That may have been the reason for the ticket? I’m trying to remember if I was told in driving class that was illegal. I live in Texas too.
@DanielWeger I was going in opposite direction and no other way to get through. Frisco is a disaster on Main st. Most here don't know how to drive but, have a very big, expensive SUV. Lots of construction on main. We are looking to move. Everyone has come here building giant mansions and nowhere for a single family home. Very sad. We have been here 35yrs. He blocked my way across. Wouldn't merge through
Back in the 90s and early 00s while living in NYC, any error on a moving violation and/or parking ticket was 90% of the time is dismissed.
That was when all tickets were always handwritten.
It's now the law in California that police have to tell you why they pulled you over first thing. But if you have a flat tire they will stop and demand a sobriety test.
It's now law in MN that police aren't allowed to ask, "Do you know why I stopped you?"
It's a tacit violation of the 5th amendment because they're trying to get you to give up that right before they've advised you of it.
Except the California law has no punishment for its voilation so the law is totally meaningless.
Just ignore the lights and keep driving. That's the best advice.
I was once stopped by a State Trooper for speeding. I was, in fact, speeding.
During my interaction with the Trooper, he informed me that I could go to court, and call on my Good Driving Record (5 years without any traffic infraction on record), in my State.
I did.
While in Court, before the Judge, she informed me that the Trooper had told me that but, he was wrong, because I had been pulled over in the past, within the five years period which meant, I could not use that Good Driving Record.
I told the judge I would not be in Court, and would gladly have paid the ticket, if I had known a previous infraction had been within the five years period. The reason, I told her, for me to be in court, was the Trooper himself had suggested that venue. I told her I was just following the Trooper's suggestion.
She informed that the system, at the time of my stop, did not show any previous infraction but, I actually had receive a warning for speeding in the past five years.
She was a very nice Judge, and the Trooper was there, in the court room.
Anxious to get out of there, I told the Judge I would be the full ticket, "no problem" I said.
She reduced the ticket for 375 dollar to one of 40 dollars for Court Costs. I was happy with that, and we all lived happily ever after. As far as I know.
Road pirates, enemies of ALL living things.
Next time your moped gets stolen from the gay bar parking lot, don’t call the police. You’d be a hypocrite.
@@crosisofborg5524 I sincerely hope you gain control of your own mind someday. Sad what’s been done to you. You’ll be the first in the boxcar. Good luck, NPC.
@@crosisofborg5524 classic mindless comment from someone that supports their own enemy. Well done on that. Never fails. 🤣🤦♂️
Sounds about wyte
To acknowledge police are privateers, and then calling them to serve their function...
@@crosisofborg5524that's not hypocrisy short bus window licker.
2:50 My brother went to court over a ticket for this very reason. This was a really long time ago, we were both teenagers I think…he might’ve been early 20s. The officer only spelled out the first two letters of our last name on his ticket instead of writing out the whole last name, which is much longer than that. So he went to court and fought it, and the judge threw it out. Guess the prosecutor didn’t notice it before trial 😂.
In states like Oklahoma, a cop will stop you because your seatbelt is "loose". In certain cities in Oklahoma, cops can take you to jail for dumb stuff even if the infraction doesn't warrant that and you are not being beligerent. In certain cities in Oklahoma, the police really need to be investigated.
Document everything with video where possible, know your rights and do not give them up, and do not answer questions while you conduct your own investigation into the matters of what this public servant is doing. Remember, any question is an investigation, and you have the right to remain silent, just like they do.
Thugs in Blue
Some city's do this for revenue
Any state you can be arrested for stuff like that scotus has already approved it. But yes in my experience the cops around Westville and Guthrie are the absolute worse cops I have ever came in contact with
Because Title 47 12-412 on seatbelts says "properly adjusted" 😉
If you blow off a ticket in another state they can also ding your credit record and increase the fees!
Don’t ask how I know. LOL! 😂
Also, if you show up to court, sometimes they will reduce whatever the traffic violations are just to speed things up.
Great video, thanks.
There are so many attorney videos that say ask; "Officer, am I free to leave." I would say, for the most part, the cops won't answer that question. After asking with no response, you just need to leave and see if they will stop you.
Regarding #2, I got a ticket thrown out decades ago because the officer wrote down the wrong circumstances that warranted him pulling me over. I had cut through a gas station parking lot to avoid a light, but the officer said I went West instead of East out of the gas station. It got dismissed (or whatever the action was) by the judge and that was that.
A cop wrote down my birthday poorly, the 9 looked like a 5, never got summons or anything on mu record.
Very nice! These types of errors CAN matter when cops write down the wrong facts about what happened.
I got a ticket in California in 1984. I was there for the summer and came back to Texas, without disposing of the matter in the California court system. TEN YEARS LATER, I got a letter from California saying I owed them over a thousand dollars in fines, fees, and interest, and had an oustanding warrant. I still ignored them.
Pretty sure it's off the books by now, as I have traveled to California since without any problems.
That's Commiefornia for you.
But were you IDed?
It’s probably over a million bucks by now…😂
@@ratagris21 Bad news, Sparky-every state does that. Including the state you live in.
@@almostfm yes, but what does that have to do with Commiefornia?
2:03… "Police can legally lie to you"...What you did not say is whether or not they can only lie to you only if they suspect you are lying to them. Once I was pulled over in the middle of the night because I was allegedly weaving, but apparently not very much. So the officer asked if I was talking on a cell phone (this was before I ever owned a cell phone). I said no. So then the officer created an alternative universe, and mentioned that when I turned left, (just before I pulled over to the side of the road) I pulled out in front of another car instead of yielding to it. Believing the cop may have suspected me of lying about not having a cell phone, instead of saying he lied, I simply said "I do not remember having pulled out in front of another car." Because I only allegedly weaved a little bit within my lane and did not do anything else, the cop then let me go. Otherwise he should've cited me for alleged weaving, pulling out in front of that other vehicle, and perhaps also for lying to him ("obstructing police investigation ") about pulling out in front of another vehicle (which if true I would've had bright headlights in my eyes, therefore, such an event would not be easy to forget.) Or he would've had probable cause to suspect distracted driving, such as talking on a cell phone and not noticing that I pulled out in front of another vehicle.
Frazier vs Cupp disagrees. Police can and will lie to you looking for you to incriminate yourself. Don't forget this is pre Miranda.
Im a truck driver. And in Wisconsin i was pulled over. For not changing lanes. To go around an emergency vehicle with lights on.
This cop was set up on a blind curve at an exit ramp on the interstate.
Cop acted like a drill sergeant and obviously fresh out of the academy. Anyway this exit was where i already did my trip plan and was getting fuel at this exit. Several reasons i couldn't change lanes for safety. But i did move over to the center line. Giving cop as much room as possible while still getting my exit.
Keep in mind the law states, move over or slow down for emergency vehicles. I was already showing for the exit. Also the cop was just sitting there with his lights on. He had no vehicles pulled over and no one was out walking around.
Anyway fought the ticket $600 fine looming. The ticket was reduced to dirty windshield and a $300 fine. Also the first infraction was a moving violation and a ridiculous amount of points on my license. Akin to wreckless driving in a semi. I would have lost my truck, job and any future driving jobs with this on my license. My career would have been over.
The dirty windshield was no points. Not a moving violation.
Cost me court fees, attorneys fees and a $300 ticket.
Was reduced to
In Georgia traffic violations are criminal violations as of 1990. You sign the ticket in lieu of posting bail so if you refuse to sign, you have to go to jail.
please post the law that actually says that you go to jail......i bet it doesn't
@@johnjames4567 In Georgia traffic violations use to be Civil violations before 1990 and you couldn't be jailed for them. But they made them a criminal violation punishable up to a year in jail. You refuse to sign the ticket you are arrested and have to post bail. It really pisses the cops off when someone refuse to sign it creates a lot more paperwork for them. How do I know this? I refused to sign a speeding ticket once.
@@johnbrentford5513 i see that you have a reading problem ... i said " please post the law that actually says that you go to jail..."
O.C.G.A. 40-13-2.1 (2010)
(a) A person who is issued a citation as provided in this chapter or Code Section 17-6-11, relating to display of driver's license in lieu of bail, shall sign the citation to acknowledge receipt of the citation and of his or her obligation to appear for trial. The officer shall advise the person that signing the citation is not an admission of guilt and that failure to sign will result in the person having to post a cash bond.
If the person refuses to sign the citation, it shall constitute reasonable cause to believe that the person will not appear at trial and the officer may bring the person before a judicial officer or traffic violations bureau to post a bond as is otherwise provided by law.
Fixed that for you.
@@ominouscalm thank you for proving my point .....going to jail and going to appear before a judicial officer or traffic violations bureau is two COMPLETELY different things.
Remember...you are fighting a criminal organization.
Tru dat
And the tyrants will argue about that statement! They’ll say that they are an organization that sometimes has criminals in it
@@seancrippen2167 WHAT! Cops lie, get out of here!
Lol ok… a criminal organization? Is it fair to call McDonald’s a criminal organization because it has a few criminals that work there? Anyone who believes the police are a criminal organization is seriously delusional and probably lacks the ability to follow and respect the law so they delude themselves into believing this.
@robertsmall1657 Robert, I think the problem is not a lack of respect for the law; it's a lack of respect for the men tasked with enforcing the law.
I've gotten about 7 or 8 speeding tickets in 28 years of driving.
Without fail, I'm polite, yet the man writing the ticket, who barely graduated High School and possesses an extremely over-tanned neck (some would say "red"); always wants to lecture me AND deliver a ticket.
How about he either gives me a lecture and a warning, or shuts up, writes me the ticket, and goes home to his morbidly obese wife whom he's dated since the 7th grade?
The thing about not signing the ticket is true but you do have the right to read the entire ticket, because you have the right to know exactly what you're signing. Take your time, It means that officer cannot give another ticket to somebody else while you're reading that ticket. They want to pull you over give you a ticket and search your vehicle as quickly as they possibly can so they can move on to the next poor doing sucker. So if you slow them down by taking your time to read and fully understand what you're signing. Then that officer cannot give another ticket until you're done.😂😂😂
They are wasting time stealing from the public rather than looking for real crimes. But if you can delay them much longer, you might save another person from getting robbed.
What’s funny is most of the people posting here probably would love to give other inconsiderate or reckless drivers tickets if they could. Like when you see someone with expired tags or U-turns from the curbs, or the guy who almost hit you running a red light or stop sign. Right.
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been flagged down by somebody pointing out (or honking at me) a traffic violation that I did not see. And then they were incensed when I told them that I could not write a ticket for something that I did not see. I can’t testify in court that somebody “told” me about a traffic violation that happened in front of them.
@@LAPDDET-bn7hk I've been harassed on the side of the road by far more clowns straight b-llsh-tting about why they pulled my over so they could go fishing than I have been pulled for a valid infraction. I've been pulled for supposed drunk driving ("swerving in my lane") by a guy who was in the oncoming lanes of a divided highway doing at least 140mph combined(Yeah. within the speed limit in that state). Totally implausible. Total mockery of professionalism. Why was I pulled. Almost certainly out of state plates. I call clowns clowns when they do clown things. People don't like getting tickets. That's natural. People lose all respect and grow a healthy contempt for narcissistic little punks trying to play games and/or coerce, manipulate, intimidate, collude with "brothers". When I see peace officers again, I'll remember how to respect cops again. I wont be holding my breath.
So what's the purpose? You'd be wasting your own time too
@user-iy1vo2jf2q The Explorers help a bit, but yes height of eye helps for sure.
The real question is why are the police allowed to escalate the situation just because you choose not to sign the ticket 🤔 if that's not intimidating and extortion, then what is....
Depending upon what state you were in, many traffic violations are criminal. When the officer stops you, you are legally under arrest. By signing a ticket with your promise to appear in court, you are released from the arrest. If you choose not to sign the ticket in a state where is a criminal offense, the officer has no choice, but to place you into custody. Also, every citation I have ever seen clearly states that by signing the citation is not an admission of guilt.
@@richardjones9282 You're being forced into a contract under duress - arrested if you do not comply. I'm not a lawyer, but I am an American and this is wrong.
ticket is a contract! you sighing a contract under duress
I had a friend who got a “Super Speeder” ticket in Gwinnet County, GA. He waited several months until the last minute to pay the fine. He paid $300. It was close to him getting an attorney and fighting it. But they lived nearly 100 miles away, and he didn’t think he could get a lawyer for less than that amount. So he sucked it up and paid.
One week later he got a letter from The State of Georgia demanding another $200 as their share of the super speeder ticket. He had no clue that is how it worked. If so, he would most likely at least went to court, possibly hired an attorney. The point is, they were pretty damned sneaky about it. I’m sure the info is there somewhere. In the teeny, tiny fine print at the bottom of the back of something. But he didn’t catch it in time.
Thanks to the excellent advice here on this channel, others can hopefully avoid such negative results and outcomes.
The attorney I used for over 20 years used to go to trial and fight, typically ending in a dismissal.
The last time I hired him, his traffic ticket strategy changed. He would let the lower court convict, then appeal. The problem was that it ended up going on my record as a conviction, then as a dismissal on appeal.
Sure, the outcome is the same. But having it visible on my record is still not a good look. I prefer the deferred disposition now.
In my state a traffic ticket is a civil infraction. Refusing to sign it elevates it to a criminal misdemeanor and usually ends with the violator in custody, his or her car towed, and booking into jail.
So in your state l, they've taken a one sided contract and made it a misdemeanors, therefore sign under duress. Title 18 usc
if in your state a traffic stop is civil then the cop is breaking the law by stopping you....there is NO PROBABLE cause to stop you as EVERY traffic stop IS an arrest the moment the cop's lights went on
Fortunately in my state tickets are not required to be signed.
Are you sure? In every state I know of moving violations are misdemeanors. Now parking tickets, and other non moving violations, or even moving violations that are on private property are civil, but not on public roadways.
Contract law doesn't apply to citations. They aren't admissions of guilt, but it does obligate you to show up to court or pay. In some states the ticket says you are technically under arrest, but free to go till your court date. Always sign the ticket....
@user-iy1vo2jf2q lol. I don't have a JD, and I'm not a lawyer, but I went to Cornell and I have a master's of legal studies degree. I don't lick boots bro. I'm the guy you hire to tell YOU which boot to lick. I've seen so many of you no step on snek guys cry like a b*"ch in front of a judge. SMDH.
Being a resident of Ft Worth I love this channel! Curious if you'd weigh in on the Caroline of Ft Worth police beatdown: 1A auditor doing her thing then officer Matthew Kruger bodyslams her into the pavement, knocks her out cold, then says quit refusing.
Its a pretty f'd up situation...
Let me check this out. I need to find the video on it.
IF you get out of your vehicle, lock the door and if possible roll up the window, but at least lock the door and keep your glove box locked. Don't talk to the officer, you are not a lost 8 yr old, they are not your friend. Don't argue with the officer on the side of road, you will lose everytime and may get arrested. This lawyer is giving great advise.
Here's some *advice*.
Every time is two words.
I advise you to read more books.
@@stacyhamilton2619 I advise you to not expose your own stupidity. the statement that I wrote is correct.
The only thing that has been exposed is your ignorance.
It's not a lack of intelligence that makes you a poor speller but you are ignorant by definition. Are you not a native English speaker or do you just hate books?
Really loving Hampton Law........alot of good advice............and so much of it!
That's funny that you mentioned Pennsylvania. I unfortunately live here and I can vouch that Pennsylvania is one of the most money hungry States in America. They want every last penny you owe. There is a saying in Pennsylvania. "Come here on vacation and leave on probation!" It's no joke. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. My brother has robbed me several times. He's broken into my home and robbed me. He has stolen about $ 400, 000.00 of of my parents, out of their bank accounts. But they concider him, " The golden Child " He's never had to face any consequences in his entire life. He got his 17th DUI and a few year's ago, my parents were friends with a neighbor, who work's for the Driver's license place. She is one of the head bosses. My parents paid her $10,000.00 to scrub his record clean. So when he got this 17th DUI, it appeared like it was his first. He got a slap on the hand, and I'm so aggravated. He managed to delay his hearing 8 x's. Which, was all on his side. I thought an Attorney could only get a total of 3 Continuance? Rather than get in trouble for this at home, my Dad left the couple year old, Dodge Ram where it got towed to and took him out and bought him a brand new one. I just think my Dad probably paid off the Judge, like he's done before. Is this sort of thing usual?? Thank you.
I’m in WV just a few miles from Pennsylvania. We call it TAXylvania
Wowzers.
Why worry about it. There is a point where it's not your responsibility or concern. And given the choice, I would move far far away. One other thing to consider, could there be some guilt going on?
Smith and Wesson make a lot of tools you can use to prevent home invasions.
Glock does as well.
I'm partial to Kel Tec for all my security needs, but I understand they don't work for everyone. Head on down to your local pawn shop so you can acquire some home safety equipment and browse your options.
I often find that many of my problems when it comes to home security is only 9mm away.
@@someguy4384 Nice thing about a Taurus is that you don't feel bad about tossing it into the river after a job.
TLDR;
1. STFU & be polite
2. Just sign the ticket and battle it in court.
3. If being investigated, STFU & call your lawyer.
@sjonjones4009 Unfortunately doing the STFU thing is impossible for a high percentage of people.
I once knew a guy that left his dogs hiking baggies in a trash bag and threw it away weekly. His car was searched and the pig was seriously triggered 🤣
Oh $#!+
Reminded me of that coffee off of the movie bucket list. Carrying around a bunch of cat turds.
In nearly all counties in Washington State, traffic (municipal) court hearings are scheduled outside and irrespective of the schedule of any LEO that would have been involved in a traffic stop - especially as it pertains to State Patrol. I have a paradigm I share with anyone in my state when they are considering contesting a traffic violation:
1. Local PD and County Sheriff Deputies are going to show up - they are often working in the same building your hearing will be held in.
2. State Trooper/Patrol/Police are more often than not going to not bother showing up, simply because they have a certain amount of work to fulfill each evaluation period, and they generally won't waste a full working day for the one guy that contested the ticket AND subpoenaed him to the hearing.
The LEOs are not generally notified about whether or not you contested or mitigated your ticket - that would be too many to track, and there is a substantial time frame that can be utilized on responding to the ticket that will create a very wide window of schedulability. Also, if you never subpoena (and submit the affidavit of service thereof) the Officer that issued the ticket, your hearing will be you versus a written piece of paper (that could be amended at any time prior to a judgement). When you subpoena the Officer, the PA cannot use the ticket as the testimony, since you cannot cross a piece of paper - they must instead admit the officer's sworn testimony in with yours (should you decide to offer any) - this has happened on a few occasions for me when I've been written bogus tickets by far-flung State Troopers at the edge of my county. They don't show up when I subpoened them, the PA tries to offer me some Negligent Driving shakedown, I decline, they call my name, and the PA motions to dismiss on an empty case.
Here is a similar but different issue I ran into years ago. I was severed with a summons to go to court over a dog barking issue. I signed the summons that the office brought to me and when I went to court, the judge said "You admitted to guilt by signing the summons." I politely said to the judge, "Are you crazy, signing it for receiving the summons not for admitting guilt". I still lost the case, but and had to pay the court costs, but did not have to pay a fine.
When a court Jester fines you tell him to put in writing what a dollar is.
"Following you around waiting to see if you will commit a traffic violation" sounds a lot like harassment. If you don't think so then just reverse it. What if a bunch of news reporters followed around a police officer waiting to see if everything he did was appropriate and within the scope of his authority. I've seen youtube videos of private citizens recording a traffic stop and the police officer walks over and orders them to turn it off. Some of the citizens point out they are in their right because they are on their own property and the events taking place are in public with no expectation of privacy. The police officer still harasses the person recording. When the stop takes place at night the officer will shine a flashlight directly into the camera forcing the camera white balance to turn everything black but the light. "Following you around waiting to see" should sound wrong to any reasonable person, including law enforcement.
Shining a light into a camera has been ruled a civil rights violation because it is an attempt under color of law to infringe on the first amendment right to free press. Cops can lose qualified immunity (though they rarely do) for using a flashlight in such a manner, and can be personally sued.
“Show me the person, and I’ll show you the crime.”
-some douchebag
The way they justify it is if all it takes for you to commit a crime is the presence of an officer, then you were going to commit the crime anyway.
Entrapment
Cop pulled me over on my bicycle for riding at night w/o lights😂 He just wanted to run my id to see if i had warrants so he could search my bag. I was coming in from a major city into the suburbs.
Did you give him your ID?
Lol
I had something similar 30 years ago. The Mayor declared a particular day to be something like "Get out and ride your bike day." Well, I did. I got a citation for riding with ear buds. I'm sure the town made a lot of money that day. That Mayor was a genius.
On the occasions that I've been stopped, I've always been polite and as cooperative as possible. The result...usually verbally warned, less frequently issued written warning, and only twice ticketed in my lifetime...I'm 62.
In California, signing a ticket is akin to signing to be released from custody even along side of the road... remember the old "by signing you agree to appear in court"?
I feel kind of sheepish in that I've had three warnings and zero tickets in 12 years. I signal and pull over to the right immediately. I turn the car off and shut the music down. Hands at top of wheel and give them my complete attention and give courteous, short answers to the point. Idk, I'm not especially lucky but maybe that's what it adds up to.
"Ah yer getting hosed in every other way, but you'll have good luck with rollers."
PLEASE HELP 😭 an officer told me to get into his car and it was midnight and as a young woman I felt unsafe getting into a car with a man I didn’t know, officer or not. So I stood next to the passenger seat inside the open door and asked “is it ok if I just stand right here because I’m feeling a little unsafe getting into the car when I’ve heard stories of men impersonating officers before.” The officer threatened to arrest me if I didn’t get in 😭 I was even more scared now and asked if I could call his department first just to verify he was legit and he just threatens to arrest me and it got so scary. 😭 I promised I wasn’t going to run I just wanted to feel safe before I got into the car. He was so aggressive and started talking like I was hiding something. I just wanted to call someone before I got into his car alone in the middle of the night …. I was left severely traumatized … thank God he didn’t try to arrest me because the more aggressive he became the more I wondered if he really was an impersonator and I was going to be murdered if I got in his car 😭 is it within my right to ask for verification for safety before I put myself in a vulnerable position like that ? Or could he have arrested me just because I was too scared to sit down ? 😭
He also refused to tell me how fast I was going and that was so weird. He threatened to give me a ticket instead of a warning if I asked again how fast I was driving. And I was very polite as much as possible. I had never in my life heard of anyone being asked to get into an officer’s car before. So I felt so unsafe. I didn’t know that was something they do sometimes. So I was so scared to get in and when he threatened to arrest me, it made me feel less safe … I didn’t know what to do to protect myself
You are correct to feel unsafe in that situation. A formal complaint against the cop should be made!
What the actual f*k
i still have PTSD after dealing with traffic cops and judge... i have phobia of police cars now.. Will revoke my DL and registration. I am canceling all contracts with the state, because they are not mandatory.. they tricked us to think it is..
@@lanasmirnoff8701So you are never driving again? Because if you do and they stop you, you are in for a big surprise w/o a license and registration…
I hope you contacted the police department and reported this individual
What if the only statement made to any Officer is, “I invoke my right to remain silent without my attorney present. Am I free to go?”
plus "I do not consent to any search"
You’re almost guaranteed to be booked.
@@LAPDDET-bn7hkfor what?
@@wlonsdale1 damaging an ego...
Traffic stops are legal detentions . If you go silent etc & don’t sign your promise to appear, you’ll be arrested for that traffic offense, booked and have to pay bail. Most people see the light just before the handcuffs come out, but some don’t and then are begging to sign in the back of the car or when you hit the jail.
In my area the police will arrest and book people who don't sign tickets. I think they'll let you go after booking without bond, but it adds to the charges when you get to court - and your car gets towed 😭
Do all police officers have mandatory body cams now? Perhaps it's time we have our own drivers body cam protection system, complete with this guys voice advising officers we choose to remain silent?
Courts/justice department,law enforcement have been operating illegally unconstitutionally for the past 100 years.
Yep! Lincoln started us down the road towards communism with his war against the states (so called, Civil War) where he installed a government with far more federal control than was ever intended in the constitution. Karl Marx wrote him a letter of congratulations after the Union army took over.
The courts, which determine what the Constitution means, operate unconstitutionally. Sure thing, chief.
@@phytonso9877he's not exactly wrong or right. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights was written for state citizens not US Citizens. State citizens haven't existed since before the civil war. You have to change your status from US Citizen to national. National is the new state citizen.
@@morgannordahl4355 "What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."
@@morgannordahl4355 I know that I shouldn't respond irrespective of whether this is trolling or you're actually dumb enough to believe that, but either way, good lord.
Here's a "hot" tip: If you put your hand in boiling water, the chip implanted in you at birth by the Illuminati glows red. Try it and see!
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense." What is not said but applies: Anything you say CAN'T and will NOT be used FOR you in a court of law.
Almost like the cops and courts are constantly working against the people!
Entirely true, sad but true nonetheless.
Statutory Jurisdiction is not Law but used in a Court of Law as a Misapplication of Law on Natural/Common Law Dry Soil based on Maritime/Admiralty/Equity which Only Applies to Fictional Public Entities of Corporate Persons Not Private Living Soul People! Statutes, Policies, Codes-including Traffic, Rules, Regulations, and Ordinances ARE NOT LAW they are Unconstitutional and violate Due Process of Law, Self v. Rhay and Rodrigues v. Ray Donovan (1985)!
Miranda attaches when you’re under arrest and asked investigative questions I.e, interrogated.
@@LAPDDET-bn7hkincorrect, cops can use anything you say to them at any time, not only the things you say after being arrested
If you try to fight a ticket in Oklahoma, it’s a $200 court fee that is nonrefundable, if the judge rules against you.
Of course. It’s all just about the $$$, and they going to get it one way or another.
Great video: qq: Do you have to hand over your drivers license or just present it? on a traffice stop. (i.e.) keep it in your hand and let the officer write down your information...
Let's call it what it is, Piracy.
1:22 ask or demand/order though. those are 2 completely different things.
I think it should be clarified if it's a "lawful order" then yes, comply. But don't get out voluntarily.
2:48 BUT if they're making mistakes on the ticket then. You can use that to make the police sound incompetent when they issued the ticket in the first place. It won't be a deal breaker but it will help your case.
5:22 It's part of their job and they get paid BUT, it's NOT FUN for them to go to court lol. They HATE going especially if they don't have a strong case against you. Some states they made it illegal for the police to have quotas they have to meet with traffic citation. Everyone knows that. What people DON'T know is that there are still INCENTIVES for them to write a certain amount of citations. If they don't write enough traffic citations then they might not be allowed to patrol certain areas that are more fun than others OR they can get their speedometers taken away and they have to manually catch speedsters with their patrol car.
What I'm saying is, if they go to court THEN they have time taken away from them from doing something more fun like meeting their INCENTIVIZED traffic citations.
6:05 for my state, you get ONE freebie to reschedule but you have to do it 1 week before the hearing. You can do it a second time but it has to be legit, like a doctor’s note or something. ALWYAS delay your hearing at least once if you're able to.
14:12 Lol convince the prosecutor to dismiss the case that they're trying to prosecute you for? That doesn't seem right. Only one that needs convincing I thought, is the judge?
14:46 If they refuse to dismiss the case or they try to give you a “deal”, you can actually WAIT to see if the officer shows up before you take the deal lol. If the police shows up, THEN take the deal if you’re shy about defending yourself infront of everyone. If the police doesn’t show up, then the judge might outright just dismiss the case like they did with mine. DO NOT take the deal before the officer shows up lol, that would be dumb because they might not even show up in the 1st place.
Me and my wife was arrested at a Walmart self checkout, my wife never touched anything they arrested her for being with me. During my arraignment the judge never asked us if we plead guilty or not guilty, he just made us guilty. This was done through video. He released us and we did community service. We wanted to fight it because I was having problems with the self checkout. The Fort Worth police are at my Walmart everyday all day.
And that is why I never use self-check......and NEVER shop at Wally-world
I was a passenger in a car that got pulled over. I thought it would be funny to get out of the car and start doing the Charleston, but it didn’t go well. 🤦♂️😂
Two other officers and I did a felony stop on a car. The passenger got out and one of the other officers yelled, "GET DOWN" and the guy started moonwalking and doing the Cossak Dance. Was funny after the stop but not during.
You would never ride in a car with me again. And I mean never.
I was pulled over for speeding in a school zone. However, the initiation of the stop happened 10 minutes after the zone had expired for the morning. I took it to trial and the prosecutor wanted to claim the officer wrote the time wrong. I requested that the body camera and dash camera be reviewed to provide an accurate time. They decided to drop the case rather than review the footage. They knew i was right but tried to get the judge to change the time on the ticket rather than prove it.
Informative article only thing missing is that in most places a K9 will be brought out if you deny permission to search. After the Dog almost automatically alerts on the vehicle the search will now go forward.
In conclusion, the system is rigged again you from the beggining
I concur wholeheartedly lol 😅
Came in with a good defense. Judge dismissed it but I still had to pay several hundred dollars in court costs.
And we're paying for it to be rigged against us.
@@purpl-monkee354 So you still lost. 🤦 You fell for their nonsense!
Oh please. Just don't break the law.
Those states that allow cops to arrest you for not signing a traffic ticket are like those countries with friendly-sounding names that I avoid at all costs.