I believe you mean .05.That didn't work for me, and I was 2 blocks from my house. I learned a lot about the DUI industry that night.
Edit: And the industry is trying to make it more lucrative by lowering the legal limit to .5. Legislation being debated right now.
Yes, I thought about it after I posted it, but I forgot to go back and correct it.I believe you mean .05.
I got several verbal warnings/scoldings for riding on sidewalks, but never fined for it. However...I was chased through parts of a university campus by police numerous times and never caught/stopped.I've gotten a fine for biking on the pavement.
It was when I was in highschool and the bike lane was blocked by road work, so I had to bike like 40m on the pavement before returning to the bike lane. Granted there were three signs stating that I should get off my bike. But sometimes the police do bike razzias, so this morning they pulled all students biking to high school and gave them a fine. At least I students rebate of 50% so it was something like 200DKK ~$30Was arrested and released on signature bond for underage drinking when I was 19yo. Paid a fine and did a few hours of community service.
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Arrested for felony posession and distribution of THC when I was 18.
A bunch of friends and I in a 3-car caravan got stopped driving out of a park after closing hours.
Everyone stashed their herb under the seats as we saw the cop pull out behind us, and I ended up (willfully) taking ownership of ALL of it when they searched my vehicle. Pretrial, the DA dropped it to misdemeanor possession. Fines and community service, required AODA and 6mo lic. suspension. Only spent that first night that I was arrested in county.
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Arrested again for possession of THC at 21.
Pulled over for speeding on NYE, heading between cities to meet friends for the new year.
Had a wooden dug-out with a one-hitter in my center console in my car (had no idea it was there, never found out after the fact who had left it there). Cops scraped the one-hitter and got .03 grams (three-hundredths, yeah not a typo) of matter field-tested positive for THC. TBH idk how they weighed it, especially on the roadside.
Felony charge because it was second offense. For .03 grams.
Was about to go to trial and the prosecuting attorney offered to drop the felony if I served 20 days in county and 2 years probation (and of course $3K in fines and more community service, AODA, lic. suspension for 6 months). It was worth taking the sentence to not risk the felony if I went to trial.
The key to that offer was that there was no longer any evidence for the DA to present other than officer testimony, it was all consumed in the field test.
Also, I had expressly refused permission to search my vehicle when the officer asked, and I'm pretty sure they had that recorded from his dashcam. He threatened to hold me there and bring a K-9 unit if I didn't cooperate. I didn't think I had anything to worry about, so I acquiesced.
Being pulled over for speeding was not a justifiable reason for vehicle search without other circumstances present (like smell of cannabis, obvious intoxication, etc), so I believe the intimidation by the officer hurt the DA's case there.
Our state laws on THC have not loosened or changed for the better since then, and yet I've known people with 5 to 6+ DUI convictions that still have their license, never served more than 10 days, etc. That's WI for ya.
I got several verbal warnings/scoldings for riding on sidewalks, but never fined for it. However...I was chased through parts of a university campus by police numerous times and never caught/stopped.
Working in bike shops, I knew or met others who had gotten 'pulled over' on their bikes and ticketed for speeding. That was kind of a laughable one that generated "congrats" among the cyclist's crowd, lol.
Yeah that's what we'd call a forced citation trap here. Even if the fine wasn't much, it's still bullshit that they target and prey on that little section that they know damn well people will have to go through due to construction work.It was when I was in highschool and the bike lane was blocked by road work, so I had to bike like 40m on the pavement before returning to the bike lane. Granted there were three signs stating that I should get off my bike. But sometimes the police do bike razzias, so this morning they pulled all students biking to high school and gave them a fine. At least I students rebate of 50% so it was something like 200DKK ~$30
That sucks brother. Got real close one time, the cop fortunately just saw the pot pipe, and not the white stuff on the mirror. He just said, I better not see that again (just saw the pipe fortunately) Hampton Beach.Was arrested and released on signature bond for underage drinking when I was 19yo. Paid a fine and did a few hours of community service.
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Arrested for felony posession and distribution of THC when I was 18. $500 bail.
A bunch of friends and I in a 3-car caravan got stopped driving out of a park after closing hours.
Everyone stashed their herb under the seats as we saw the cop pull out behind us, and I ended up (willfully) taking ownership of ALL of it when they searched my vehicle. Pretrial, the DA dropped it to misdemeanor possession. Fines and community service, required AODA and 6mo lic. suspension. Only spent that first night that I was arrested in county.
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Arrested again for possession of THC at 21. $1500 bail + signature bond.
Pulled over for speeding on NYE, heading between cities to meet friends for the new year.
Had a wooden dug-out with a one-hitter in my center console in my car (had no idea it was there, never found out after the fact who had left it there). Cops scraped the one-hitter and got .03 grams (three-hundredths, yeah not a typo) of matter field-tested positive for THC. TBH idk how they weighed it, especially on the roadside.
Felony charge because it was second offense. For .03 grams.
Was about to go to trial and the prosecuting attorney offered to drop the felony if I served 20 days in county and 2 years probation (and of course $3K in fines and more community service, AODA, lic. suspension for 6 months). It was worth taking the sentence to not risk the felony if I went to trial.
The key to that offer was that there was no longer any evidence for the DA to present other than officer testimony, it was all consumed in the field test.
Also, I had expressly refused permission to search my vehicle when the officer asked, and I'm pretty sure they had that recorded from his dashcam. He threatened to hold me there and bring a K-9 unit if I didn't cooperate. I didn't think I had anything to worry about and was in a hurry to reach my destination, being that it was 11:15PM on NYE, so I relented to the search and asked him to hurry. When he backed out of my car, holding the dugout and asking, "What's this?", my heart just sank.
Being pulled over for speeding was not a justifiable reason for vehicle search without other circumstances present (like smell of cannabis, obvious intoxication, etc), so I believe the intimidation by the officer hurt the DA's case there.
Our state laws on THC have not loosened or changed for the better since then, and yet I've known people with 5 to 6+ DUI convictions that still have their license, never served more than 10 days, etc. That's WI for ya.
I got several verbal warnings/scoldings for riding on sidewalks, but never fined for it. However...I was chased through parts of a university campus by police numerous times and never caught/stopped.
Working in bike shops, I knew or met others who had gotten 'pulled over' on their bikes and ticketed for speeding. That was kind of a laughable one that generated "congrats" among the cyclist's crowd, lol.
Good lord what a bunch of jail birds and juvenile delinquents.
I'm waiting/expecting FDC to be by anytime now to inform us how we're all hardened criminals, especially me for "doing the pot" lol.
Chuck Norris pajamas suck. I keep kicking the feet out.I got arrested by the fashion police for wearing Chuck Norris pajamas.
So respectable...Good lord what a bunch of jail birds and juvenile delinquents.
Never been arrested and only had two traffic violations one was thrown out in court the other was speeding 75 in a 65 which I paid.
I've walked away from several events that I should have been arrested for. One time I was so drunk I fell against the officer and grabbed the front of his shirt to keep from falling down, he let me drive home after a warning. Another time on the same road I was pulled over for speeding. The officer said since I didn't have any contraband in my truck I was free to go. As he made that statement his flashlight shined on the open bottle of vodka on my seat, then the half joint in my ashtray. This was back in the 80's when people went to jail for any amount of weed.
It pay's to be charming.
At that time and in that area I would have almost certainly gone to jail had I been black, as would have every white person in the same situation.Imagine if you were black?
Oh wait. There's no racism. I forgot. My bad!
Not planning it in the future, but don't ever do the walk. I know someone who blew legal, but was charged due to being clumsy.Nope. I got pulled over for 20+ over once late at night and had to do the whole DUI test thing because the cop smelled liquor (it was my friend in the passenger seat). Let me go with no ticket after I passed.
I've had the opposite actually, was forced to do the walk and failed and then given the breathalyzer and passed it. I was pretty nervous because I had drank some earlier in the night but this was like 5-6 hours after that. The cop was weirdly nervous about the whole thing, called a guy for backup and the guy had his hand on his gun the whole time.Not planning it in the future, but don't ever do the walk. I know someone who blew legal, but was charged due to being clumsy.