Is this common

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: HBalzer
Looney:

You have been here a long time and have posted 14559 times. I have been here 4 hours and have posted 42 well 43 times counting this one. You'd think by now you could hang with the big dogs instead of attacking me and while I have to admit I'm sure it's all in good fun I'm getting a little bored with you. Don't worry I'm sure someone new will join in a little while.

How do you think i've been able to stay here for so long? I only pick on the newbies... if i start anything with the 'big dogs', i get in trouble.

WWYBYGYNC or have your posts all been so insignifcant that even I haven't noticed?

No idea, but i don't know you either, so maybe we've just never met. So let me say: omghi2u

pics? kthxbye!

 

[montanafan]

Originally posted by: HBalzer
Listen I saw the ticket it was exactly 77 in a 55(so 22 for you simple minded people) In Virginia that is reckless driving. ?As stated clearly in the Code of Virginia, the penalty parameters for reckless driving is up to one year in jail, and/or up to $2,500 in fines. Virginia reckless driving also carries the possibility of a suspension of driving privileges for up to 6 months.? Link It says it right here why is the truth so hard to believe. The point is the Judge has the ability to charge him with anything up to the max and apparently she has an axe to grind or he caught her a few days before her period(to be exact) and I?ve been married 7 years and know PMS is no joke.

Looks like she gave him a break. He could have gotten a year in jail and $2,500 in fines.

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: HBalzer
A friend of mine just went to court had a lawyer good college GPA no previous driving record. She (the judge) said looking at your GPA you should have know better gave him 6 months with all but 8 days suspended. Is that not a bit excessive? Cuffed him right there and took him.

Wreckless means without an accident?

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: HBalzer

Originally posted by: allisolm
For the love of God, find a dictionary.

It's reckless, not wreckless
known, not know
throw, not through
they're, not their
you're, not your.

What are you my English teacher? Sorry, I studied something a little more in depth in college than English and didn't realize this was a graded paper. It's late and I just want to type without getting criticized. You got the idea of what I was saying so if you don?t mind get off my f?ing balls.

Even capitalization can change the meaning of a phrase:
"I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" versus
"I helped my uncle jack off a horse"

When I try to understand posts so wrongly written it almost hurt me

Calin

 

[KK]

Hope he didn't pay that worthless lawyer he had.

 

[psiu]

Originally posted by: L3p3rM355i4h
wow. Speed limits in MI are actually 75. You guys are teh suck down there. It aint the 70s anymore.

Actually, the limit is 70 in Michigan.

 

[kranky]

Either the whole story is shens, or there are significant pertinent details we haven't been told. Maybe the speeder didn't even tell the OP the whole story.

 

[bignateyk]

Heres a question:

I recently got a ticket for doing 81 in a 55 on the interstate, but the officer didnt give me wreckless for it. Just speeding. If I go to a hearing, can the judge tack on wreckless to it, or is speeding the worst I can get?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: HBalzer

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: HBalzer
Listen I saw the ticket it was exactly 77 in a 55(so 22 for you simple minded people) In Virginia that is reckless driving. ?As stated clearly in the Code of Virginia, the penalty parameters for reckless driving is up to one year in jail, and/or up to $2,500 in fines. Virginia reckless driving also carries the possibility of a suspension of driving privileges for up to 6 months.? Link It says it right here why is the truth so hard to believe. The point is the Judge has the ability to charge him with anything up to the max and apparently she has an axe to grind or he caught her a few days before her period(to be exact) and I?ve been married 7 years and know PMS is no joke.

dude, saying sh!t like "or 22 for you simple minded people" is nothing but flamebaiting.


how old was the judge?

How old was the Judge? You think I took her out for tea and strumpets? Sorry, I?m flamebaiting again. Apparently I?m good at that. She was younger at least she looked younger and was a relatively attractive blonde.

You took the judge out for tea and prostitutes?

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Heres a question:

I recently got a ticket for doing 81 in a 55 on the interstate, but the officer didnt give me wreckless for it. Just speeding. If I go to a hearing, can the judge tack on wreckless to it, or is speeding the worst I can get?

Judges don't generally add charges during a hearing.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Heres a question:

I recently got a ticket for doing 81 in a 55 on the interstate, but the officer didnt give me wreckless for it. Just speeding. If I go to a hearing, can the judge tack on wreckless to it, or is speeding the worst I can get?

Judges don't generally add charges during a hearing.

phew. lol. I was starting to regret asking for a hearing, thinking I would have just been better off paying the fine and getting the points than risk the judge putting me in jail.

 

[alexeikgb]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Heres a question:

I recently got a ticket for doing 81 in a 55 on the interstate, but the officer didnt give me wreckless for it. Just speeding. If I go to a hearing, can the judge tack on wreckless to it, or is speeding the worst I can get?

Judges don't generally add charges during a hearing.

Yeah.... you're fine... I got a 101 in 65 ... speeding only, judge did not add anything at all.
Edit: Got points and $300 fine

 

[GasX]

What could possibly give you the opinion that your friend had a good lawyer?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: HBalzer

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: HBalzer
Listen I saw the ticket it was exactly 77 in a 55(so 22 for you simple minded people) In Virginia that is reckless driving. ?As stated clearly in the Code of Virginia, the penalty parameters for reckless driving is up to one year in jail, and/or up to $2,500 in fines. Virginia reckless driving also carries the possibility of a suspension of driving privileges for up to 6 months.? Link It says it right here why is the truth so hard to believe. The point is the Judge has the ability to charge him with anything up to the max and apparently she has an axe to grind or he caught her a few days before her period(to be exact) and I?ve been married 7 years and know PMS is no joke.

dude, saying sh!t like "or 22 for you simple minded people" is nothing but flamebaiting.


how old was the judge?

How old was the Judge? You think I took her out for tea and strumpets? Sorry, I?m flamebaiting again. Apparently I?m good at that. She was younger at least she looked younger and was a relatively attractive blonde.

You took the judge out for tea and prostitutes?

it's a Dumb and Dumber quote

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: HBalzer

Originally posted by: allisolm
For the love of God, find a dictionary.

It's reckless, not wreckless
known, not know
throw, not through
they're, not their
you're, not your.

What are you my English teacher? Sorry, I studied something a little more in depth in college than English and didn't realize this was a graded paper. It's late and I just want to type without getting criticized. You got the idea of what I was saying so if you don?t mind get off my f?ing balls.

You could have a PhD in rocket surgery for all I care and if you cannot communicate clearly and effective, then nobody will take you seriously. Please note the above posts for proof of this statement. If you don't want to have people to tell you you are an idiot because you write like a fourth grader, then learn how to write better...

 

[Hammer]

that's ridiculous. i don't think the problem is so much that the judge is a woman as she was probably new to the bench. she relied more on sentencing guidelines than common sense.

 

[skace]

I got caught doing 84 in a 55 and only got a fine. I'd hate to be living somewhere where that would have given me jailtime. Although, I don't believe I was cited for reckless driving? Only speeding. What do you have to do for reckless driving?

 

[CRXican]

sounds messed up to me

I routinely go 55mph in some of the 35mph zones around here

 

[shoRunner]

i've gotten quite a few speeding tickets, and about 3 for over 20 and i never had to go to jail, thats just crazy. but then again where i live, if your not driving at least 15 over then you had better be in the far right lane because everyone is gonna pass you.

 

[TGS]

VA is the WORST when it comes to traffic judges. I bought a crappy used car that failed the vehicle inspection(I was young and didn't know a thing about buying a car ). So we get the little failed red sticker that shows we failed, but it also shows the inspection marks for the brakes they checked. This is to allow future inspectors to verify the inspection work. The can look at the form and see exact which brakes were inspected, etc.

Anyways, we are driving along over the 2 week fix it limit, as I didn't have the funds to fix it right away. We get pulled over and the local cop looks at the form and says, "Hey, you have two sets of broken brakes!" That's a reckless driving ticket. BAM wife gets hit with a reckless driving ticket.

We are completely upset because the cop isn't listening to what we are telling her about the form, the brake form boxes that are checked are due to to the inspection marking that area as INSPECTED not failed.

The STATE inspections are run through the State Troopers department, and LOCAL cops (like the one we got pulled over from) ARE NOT TRAINED to read the damn forms. So we called up the State Troopers office. The officer we spoke with VERIFIED we were correct in the reading of the form.

So we go to the traffic court and explain this to the judge, and he says no we don't have proof that the marks aren't for a failure. WTF OVER!?!? Does this guy know how the inspection forms work. The judge lowered the offense to INPROPER DRIVING. What a freaking waste of grey matter in both the local Cop and the Traffic Court Judges case. The judge later told us that we should have had a State Trooper to back up our story. Wow thanks judge, bring a trooper to tell you the laws YOU should already know. We also had a print out with the damn rules to the form, but since it was a copy he wouldn't accept it. Talk about not giving two sh1ts...

Don't get a ticket in VA, because you will get SCREWED.

I did get a speeding ticket once, 10MPH over the limit 45 in a 35 zone. Off of a 55 zone, where I was slowing down from a hill the Cop hiding behind a wall hit me with the radar. It was my first offense and I got a suspended ticket as long as I didn't have another incident within 6 months. I got the ticket taken off later, but it was still lame.

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: HBalzer

Originally posted by: Zee
judges like that are the reason you can appeal. If your friend had a lawyer, then he should be appealing the decision in superior court right now.

That?s what I said but by the time it was appealed he would be out and that would mean more money and who knows what the verdict would be. Besides he was speeding so it probably would stay on his record and they can?t give back the 8 days. I guess the only benefit would be to try and get an investigation into the judge?s actions

when you appeal a judgement you are also granted a stay on the sentencing in the meantime. And what do you mean by, that's what YOU said. the lawyer should have been the one to say this and be on it. looks like you got the wrong kind of lawyer. Not every lawyer can be a traffic lawyer...

 

[dafatha00]

Holy sh!t, 67 posts a day!

New record?

 

[CreativeTom]

Originally posted by: arcenite
Sh!thead deserved it. Especially if it was in a residential area.

Well what I think you need to look at is what was his BAC when arrested. The fact that bars exist for people to goto and have a drink and relax (and I am talking one drink) and then get pulled over and get a DUI is retarted. I am not speaking of the people that go out to the bar and drink like 10 drinks and then go drive (they are asses). What I am trying to say is that you should be able to go the bar and have one or two drinks and not worry of being pulled over for a DUI, it's sad that this happens.

 

[ToeJam13]

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle
thats ridiculus, but VA is really hardasses when it comes to speeding...i hate driving through that damn state

Virginia... the "no radar detectors allowed" state.

It's one thing if he did this on I-66 within the outer loop. It drops down to 2-lanes each direction, and gets rather curvy. However, I-95 is a different matter. Traffic if the left lane is usually doing 70-MPH.

Doing 20 over on the freeway should not result in jail time. Period. Suspended license with plates withheld, sure. Drivers-ed school for a quarter, sure. Jail time? I think this judge needs to leave her strap-on at home for her husband.


Everytime you speed, God kills a kitten. Please, think of the kittens...

 

[ToeJam13]

Originally posted by: sonz70
He deserved it, go look at fatalities caused by reckless driving ect. I have no sympahy for these people.

I call BS.

The two largest killers on the road are lane deviation and differences in speed. Note that "difference in speed" is not the same as "exceeding posted limits".

We all see differences in speed all the time...
[*]Somebody who is performing excessive lane changes to bypass slower traffic, passing on either the left or right.
[*]Somebody who is driving in a lane at a much higher rate of speed than the lane next to them. Carpool lanes on the left are notorious for this.
[*]Somebody who is driving slowly who pulls in front of a vehicle driving at a higher rate of speed when said faster driver is going with the flow of traffic

I could be the speeder doing any of these three acts above without ever breaking the speed limit.

If the posted speed is 55 and the flow of traffic is doing 70, then you shouldn't be going over 70. That said, if you're doing 75, it should not be considered an automatic reckless act. The average speed of traffic for that given time should also be factored in.

The problem is that the state of VA automatically states that going 20-MPH over the speed limit is reckless. It doesn't mean that he was reckless in reality, it just means that according to the law he was reckless.

Given that this judge is fully aware that this stretch of road often sees rates of traffic above the speed limit, she should have considered that. Given that she did not shows that either she is a very black-n-white style of judge (not always bad) or that she is trying to send a message (usually bad).

Either this judge needs to be voted out or the laws in VA need to be altered to use a percentage over the speed limit rather than an absolute speed.