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Wes Mantooth · 01-31-2010, 03:30 PM

Seems like a crooked reason to give a ticket...honestly how can an officer really determine with any level of accuracy if you were going to fast for the conditions? I mean if you're going to slap someone with a ticket you should at least have a general basis other then "it seems like you were going a bit too fast". A warning in this situation should have been more then enough.

I wouldn't even bother with a lawyer, go to the court date and contest it. I can't imagine a judge would let something like that stand...but I guess anything is possible. Besides worst case scenario, you contest it and lose you just wind up where you were before with a bogus speeding ticket.

01-31-2010, 03:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	Seems like a crooked reason to give a ticket...honestly how can an officer really determine with any level of accuracy if you were going to fast for the conditions? I mean if you're going to slap someone with a ticket you should at least have a general basis other then "it seems like you were going a bit too fast". A warning in this situation should have been more then enough. I wouldn't even bother with a lawyer, go to the court date and contest it. I can't imagine a judge would let something like that stand...but I guess anything is possible. Besides worst case scenario, you contest it and lose you just wind up where you were before with a bogus speeding ticket. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”