California sr 87 -Traffic ticket!
Returning from Lake Tahoe to Seattle on California sr 87, a winding, mountain, two lane road in my truck camper pulling my boat I was ticket ed by CHP for lane violation! Officer observed that on this...
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Reddog1 wrote:
I question your experience being due to revenue enhancement. I think that is a tacky thought at best. I lean toward Public Safety, but also think maybe your attitude could have influenced the CHP's decision to issue a citation or warning. I gotta say, there is always the rest of the story. Fact is, only you and the officer really know. There is the basic question, did you or did you not fail to stay in your lane? Could you have done so at a lower rate of speed?
Wayne
I read his post a little different than you did. I read it as; the fee amount is what is a revenue enhancement. The ticket was for what, $37 or something like that, but the 'fees' brought it up an extra $200. THAT part is the revenue enhancement. The officer has nothing to do with that. He sees a safety issue, stops and makes a decision to write a ticket or not. The dammed government elected officials tack on every charge they can get away with until a simple slap on the wrist for drifting over a yellow line is stupidly priced.
I drive as safe as possible. I will drift over if it's safe to do so, meaning, that if I see a LEO, I sure ain't gonna do it. That the OP drifted and a LEO saw him tells me he wasn't paying attention and therefore it wasn't safe to do so.
