Being pulled over by LEO
Never have been, and don't plan to be. Very curious as to the actual procedure if it happened. Now I'm sure the officer would come to the side door ( by passenger up front on our DP). So should I ...
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rgatijnet1 wrote:msmith1199 wrote:
CHP had no quota and they really don't. They are under almost no pressure to write tickets. Now they do have to write some as they are traffic officers, but they are not pressured to write like in some states. And again if this happened as you said you were not in violation of the law.
The problem is IF you want to hang around, or come back to go to court, it is still down to your word against the officer's, with no camera to back up your version.
Who do you think the judge will believe? How much time will you lose from your trip?
It seems to me that you may be right but you are fighting a losing battle that will just cost you more to argue the point before a judge.
You are assuming the officer is going to lie. If the officer tells the truth, and it happened as this person said, then the Traffic Judge will inform the CHP officer he was mistaken and will dismiss the ticket.
