Got 3 tickets today
 

So i was driving to work today and got 3 tickets all at once. A cop in a motorcycle hiding behind a wall clocked me going 60 on a 35 and not wearing my seatbelt. My license is expired so when he asked me for my license I told him I had my wallet stolen a couple of days ago and my license was in there. He then gave me another ticket for not having my license. My plan is to get my license renewed before I have to go to court to show my license. Oh well hope everything works out.

Ouch man, that sucks... I don't think i would have lied about the license though, he could have looked that **** up... then you would have been in more trouble...

Correct me if I'm wrong but in Oregon the cop cannot be hiding behind somthing, the driver has to be able to see him before he clocks, not see him with enough time to slow down but still see him. Also, you have like 45 days to prove that you have a valid license or somthing along those lines, but your license was expired so i think your SOL there. I dont know how it is where you live but thats how I think it is here. Again, correct me if I'm wrong cause I dont want to get pulled over and use either of those defenses in court and look like a dumbass.

Hopefully you dont get hit to hard after the court date, good luck.

LOL were I a judge, Id laugh at that argument anyway. He knew he was speeding, whether he saw me clocking or not.

I know in Florida as long as the cop is visible from at least one angle in 360 degrees it's okay to "hide"

Oh, I dont doubt any judge would but still any defense I can use I would. Once you get a ticket now-a-days the chances of getting it dropped in full are slim to none. I just wanted to know if it was true or not.

LOL "well, we could see him from an airplane, so it still stands" haha jk.

you were driving with an expired license. you mine as well had an open beer in your hand when he pulled you over also. but that sucks man

Hopefully you get a dumb judge that won't compare you issuance date on your licence with the date of the stop. If he does...well I'll be seeing ya:nono:

lol, u should ask Wade he's Florida Law Enforcement... but yeah man that sux, the seat belt thing you can fight saying u took it off to get your glove compartment...

as for the last two, the speeding your guna have to bite, and the expired license, seriously dude how did that happen?... how expired is it?

I drove for 4 years with an expired lic. when I was in the Military :)

Which or Who's car were you in?

I don't see the problem with the way he was driving..:confused:..

I was driving a red corvette c5, Im going to go renew my license, i have just been lazy and havn't gone to renew it, it expired in march. See the thing is he didn't know i had an expired license, i just him "I dont have it on me". SO hopefully i can just show up to court and show them my license and they drop that. As far as the speeding im getting a Ticket Attorney and im going to see what they can do with the seat belt thing.

Oh yeah..those bastids hide behind anything, fences, bushes, trees...you name it.

The 'police' units that patrol the bridge from gulf breeze to Pcola beach over here have black tahoes (unmarked)....they get everyone at night.

Messed up, yet funny lol