I'm just wondering if cops pull over nuns and if they had to show up in court and pleaded innocent, would they judge think they are lying.
I wanted to dress up as a nun once when I had to go to court for being wrongfully accussed. Just wondering had I worn nun garb, would the outcome been different.
2007-03-27 14:59:26 · 23 answers · asked by Debt Free! 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Okay well I doubt cops give out tickets to nuns, they probably feel that THIS won't be the ticket to heaven. Never seen one pulled over, but plenty driving and when I see a cop, I'll ask him or her.
2007-03-27 15:09:26 · update #1
My point exactly:
the law applys to everyone ..he would be able to get away with it
I'm law abiding and was wrongly accussed of driving on the OTHER side of a narrow street and passing a school bus. Impossible if you saw the street. The cop that gave me the ticket wasn't even there, but we had to wait on her to arrive. She was called in by another cop BUT testified against me. You can be innocent and polite but there is injustice and a nun outfit seemed like a good idea. Instead because I am honest, I showed up and still payed a hefty fine.
2007-03-27 15:18:52 · update #2
The court would question your "profession" most likely and it would go bad on you most likely.
I have know a few nuns get tickets for traffic accidents, but in general, no officers don't write them
2007-03-27 15:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well dressing up that way could become a bad habbit
But nuns are subject to the same laws everyone else is .
The best way to avoid that problem is not to break the law and if your wrongfully accused and can prove it then you have nothing to worry about other than legal bills .
And what if the judge wasn't catholic ? why would he care if it was a nun or a playboy bunny ?
Like i said the law applys to everyone .. even the President although I think he would be able to get away with it ...
2007-03-27 15:11:34 · answer #2 · answered by myopinionforwhatitsworth 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all falls under Office Discretion. The Law Applies to all to include Nuns. Our job is to enforce the law, not write tickets. If I pull a Nun over for speeding then I have enforced the law by slowing her down. There is nothing saying that I have to write a ticket. I have a set speed that I write tickets for. My department requires that you have to be speeding by 10 mph over the limit before I can issue a ticket. I give you 13 mph before I give you a ticket. I will Pull you over all day long for 5 to 12 mph over the speed limit and give you a warning.
Attitude also plays a part in the ticket warning process. If you seem genuinely apologetic and sorry for the infraction, you will most likely get a warning even for other crimes other then speeding. If you start off with an excuse or my all time favorite "Don't you have something better to do?" then you are going to get a ticket. Something tells me a Nun will fall into the first catagory.
But there is always the exception to the rule. I have seen and been the backup officer to a disturbance at our local bank. The disturbance was caused by a Priest who was upset at the bank over an error on his account. He was causing a real scene and was asked and then told to leave by the bank staff. By the time we arrived he was out of control and screaming at other customers. My partner told him to leave the location or he would be arrested for trespassing since the bank personnel already asked him to leave. Long story short, my partner had to take the Priest to the ground with an arm bar and take him to jail. The Priest was in his Priestly Uniform at the time of the incident. My partner still gets a lot of jokes played on him for the incident.
2007-03-27 16:01:25 · answer #3 · answered by thanson73 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A nun is a human being who joined an Order, professing her faith and committment to God and the Church. She would not lie to get out of a ticket.
No nun at all, but I have gotten out of tickets by being honest, and all the law enforcement officers I have spoke to through the years say they are more likely to give a warning to honest polite individuals.
So, I do believe a nun would have an excellent chance of getting out of a ticket. There is no such thing as nun garb, They only a few oders still wear "habits."
I suggest you do so, wear your nun garb, and enjoy serving time for fraud or maybe inpersonating a honest, respectable person.
2007-03-27 15:05:29 · answer #4 · answered by itchianna 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If I were a cop, I'd give a nun a ticket.
A judge would probably try to verify your "nun-iness". If "nun", he'll throw the book.
2007-03-27 15:04:42 · answer #5 · answered by Liam M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Could you give a nun a speeding ticket? I mean-wouldnt God kinda look down on that?
2007-03-27 15:02:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, I bet a Nun, in the history of speed limits, at least one would have gotten a speeding ticket.
2007-03-27 15:02:45 · answer #7 · answered by matthaumschild 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nuns must follow the law just as everyone else. if the cop clocks them speeding and has sufficient evidence, they deserve the ticket.
2007-03-27 15:03:03 · answer #8 · answered by math_whiz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, regardless of your position, when you are behind the wheel, you are just a driver, and if yoiu break the law, you get ticketed, or go to jail, depending on the offense. However in real life people of certain stature in the communtity NEVER get ticketed.
2007-03-28 00:47:16 · answer #9 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ask a nun
2007-03-27 15:03:36 · answer #10 · answered by cobdenchick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋