I got a ticket today

[Deziner]

A friend of mine got killed on his motorcycle last weekend. A large number of friends and family gathered together after the church service to place a memorial marker at the crash site. There were about 50 motorcycles and 20 cars heading to the site. When we were leaving the parking lot I stopped traffic by blocking the road near the stop light so an orderly pack could be maintained. (At least as orderly as a group that size can be.)

Shortly thereafter, the blue & blinkies, along with the siren song of Protection and Service caught my attention. I pulled over at the first safe spot that I could. Officer Friendly proceeded to chastise me for blocking traffic. I told him what the large group was doing. He then proceeded to issue me a citation for "Impeding the flow of traffic". Sign on line 24, please.

I have GOT to be the ONLY C14 owner to get that type of award.150 HP, top speed in excess of 150 mph, and I get a ticket for " Impeding the flow of traffic ".

On the way home from the service I covered 70 miles in 54 minutes. I thought " What the hell. The odds of getting a speeding ticket on the same day as a ticket for "Impeding the flow of traffic" are astronomically slim", so I dropped the hammer. I didn't see a single cop the whole way home.

[VirginiaJim]

Go to court and explain the circumstances.  The Judge will probably throw it out if he has a heart.

[Deziner]

If I "Take one for the team", I'm good with it.

[maxtog]

Go to court and explain the circumstances.  The Judge will probably throw it out if he has a heart.

Agreed.  Although what he did is illegal and ticketable, he certainly had a good reason and it would have been EXACTLY the same effect if a police bike did it for a funeral procession.  I doubt a judge would let the ticket stand.  The police really should have something better to do.

[Pilgrim]

 
 How much is it $?

[maxtog]

 How much is it $?

Also curious, but of course the main thing is that it is a moving violation (ironic that he wasn't actually moving).... so it will likely affect insurance.

[Deziner]

$31 plus court costs. For that much money, I'll frame the ticket and pay it.

[maxtog]

$31 plus court costs. For that much money, I'll frame the ticket and pay it.

Yes, but as I mentioned, you might end up paying much more than that if your insurance goes up.

[Nosmo]

This "lawmaker" says "Just burn it".

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/politics/legislator-burn-your-red-light-camera-tickets-33c26513-bdd3-126b-e053-0100007faa35-381036031.html

[MAN OF BLUES]

I say show up in court, dressed nicely, and with all respects address this judge...

if you did not violate a traffic signal (I.e. running redlights) nor did you fail to yield or move for any oncoming "Emergency" vehical, and I stress that term, as if there were none present, visible, or even heard aproaching..(which I'm sure there were none) there is simply no reason for the citation....
I would pose this to the judge with due respect, then add, as a.participant in the procession,  "I was to follow this procession" in order to maintain safe distances behind it..... stress this point..... the Officer prevented you from doing so, by his actions, therefore commited a violation as well, and that violation has a HIGHER level of penalty.... which he needs to be responsible for....

I think the judge will appologise, drop the ticket, and reprimand the officer for this... even if it doesn't transpire that way, this officer will be forced to attend this fourt hearing, and be subject to the eyeballs, and opinion, of the peers involved in the respectful procession....
don't pay and forget, that will never do, and the next person, and the next after that, will dish out money, sickly levied by some dupa, and it won't stop...

now, I will say, I've actually seen people cited for roadside memorials here, and forced to remove them, and also forced to "public service road cleanup" over erecting a single cross and potted plant on a road....

Karma....
just know,
Karma.....

http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2014/07/03/251323.htm

pick a state...
I think the officer needs a wakeup call.

besides, he wajealous of your bike....
and you cost him time away from the doughnut shop, where he was hoping to chunder down a bakers dozen, and a couple Red Bulls, and watch some donkey porn on his cellphone...he could only eat 9, and it pizzed him off... greedy bastiche...

[Rick Hall]

$31 plus court costs. For that much money, I'll frame the ticket and pay it.

I would too! But it was blocking traffic, therefore against the law :-/

Hans Ove Gortz from Sweden (sister GTR club) got a ticket for parking his SWE registered scooter on the sidewalk at the Las Vegas airport 10-15 years ago. They do it ALL the time in EU (park on sidewalk). Providing they don't block pedestrians and/or vehicular traffic, it's quite acceptable and normal.

He never paid, and has the 'certificate' on display somewhere at his home. I mean, what are the feds gonna do? Fly over and pick him up for a $20 ticket? Revoke his passport? Put him on a no-fly list?

They only want your money.

Rick

[Eupher]

I would too! But it was blocking traffic, therefore against the law :-/

Hans Ove Gortz from Sweden (sister GTR club) got a ticket for parking his SWE registered scooter on the sidewalk at the Las Vegas airport 10-15 years ago. They do it ALL the time in EU (park on sidewalk). Providing they don't block pedestrians and/or vehicular traffic, it's quite acceptable and normal.

He never paid, and has the 'certificate' on display somewhere at his home. I mean, what are the feds gonna do? Fly over and pick him up for a $20 ticket? Revoke his passport? Put him on a no-fly list?

They only want your money.

Rick

I was on my way over to Germany for what promised to be a very long tour (at least a decade) and decided to cruise Manhattan in my car. Picked up a parking ticket before shipping the car out of Bayonne, NJ.

Meh. Ignore it. I won't be back.

Those bastiches in NYC were STILL after me, 7 years later.  Letters out to my home of record (from the plate), but by this time I was safely ensconced in Europe and had even gotten rid of the car by that time.

I haven't been back since. 

[maxtog]

I haven't been back since. 

NY has that affect on lots of people, actually...

[B.D.F.]

I agree with you about paying it but I have also seen what others are saying about insurance rates going up because it was a 'moving violation'. It may well be worth a trip to court and the likely dismissal of the ticket, or at least rolling it over into some 'not' moving violation violation that your insurance co. will not care about.

Sometimes the actual ticket costs are a tiny fraction of the cost of a ticket.

Brian

$31 plus court costs. For that much money, I'll frame the ticket and pay it.

[Deziner]

I called a retired State Trooper I know and he said to go to court. He also had a few choice words about any cop that would cite someone given the circumstances.

[maxtog]

I called a retired State Trooper I know and he said to go to court. He also had a few choice words about any cop that would cite someone given the circumstances.