Today I was driving on road where construction is going to convert this road with signals to highway. Posted speed limit is 45. I was driving in 50 - 55 speed in left lane with cars ahead of me also driving same speed. Then I saw white car standing in shoulder( This was police car. With no sign that it was police car.) I thought in my mind maybe this car wants to merge on the road. There was no car behind me. So I thought maybe if I went into right lane he will be able to merge. There was truck in right lane driving at 40/45 so I thought to overtake it from left lane & increased speed. & Police cought me. I know & God knows I was trying to help somebody to get merged on road. When he was writing down my ticket another cop came to chat with him & both were talking there. I am just feeling these cops or system expects everybody to be so perfect does anybody like that exists. Don't these cops do something wrong (like this cop was talking on duty & wasting my time.) maybe cheat spouse ...
2007-09-20 03:37:59 · 19 answers · asked by SH 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I like Ricky D's suggestion that best way to let anybody merge is slow down.
I want to ask Consul of Rome, Raicha Says, Renny, doing the two week wait & scredawg do that behave perfectly in there lives no back talking about people, no manipulation, following there all promises... commitments to employer.....most important driving with less than 45 in 45 speed limit ALWAYS?
2007-09-20 05:07:47 · update #1
I can understand your feeling..Most of the time bureaucracy acts like machine..less consideration and no heart..
2007-09-20 03:44:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen, you broke the law.
I'm not at all surprised that you were ticketed for speeding in a construction zone - sometimes fines will *double* for speeding in a work zone. You should be *more* careful when driving through a work zone because of the workers about and what they're doing.
In any case, you were going fast enough that if you had left well enough alone, the person would have been able to merge right behind you - unfortunately it turned out to be a cop.
This isn't about ticket quotas or profiling or anything other than the fact that you were caught breaking the law. If you had only been going 5 miles over, okay, then it's extreme. But you already admit to going 10 over and then speeding up more.
The best way to "stick it to 'em" is to follow the laws and be a respectful citizen.
2007-09-20 03:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by renny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, first of all, you were in a construction zone, so no matter what you were thinking, speeding is a major offense. Second, since nobody was behind you, the "merging" car could have waited 2 seconds for you to pass. Third, if there was nothing signaling the white car's intent to merge, you should not assume a standing car is ready to merge. You were trying to be nice, but broke the law while you did it. Sorry. And, cops chat...deal with it.
2007-09-20 03:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by Mark 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Explain all this in court. However, it would have been difficult for the police to know what you were doing from just seeing it - visibly, you would have looked like a dangerous driver driving too fast, in a place where overtaking was probably not allowed. A better way to allow someone to merge might have been to slow down. And how did you know hey wanted that, was the indicator flashing? Just say what you were doing and hope the court takes a lenient view.
2007-09-20 03:48:31 · answer #4 · answered by Always Hopeful 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father once got a ticket for respecting the speed limit, the officers and judge excuse was that since the other cars were going faster of what the speed limit allowed my father was going against the traffic circulation speed.
So I understand you.
(The law is written by hand and erased with the elbow)
2007-09-20 03:46:40 · answer #5 · answered by Sorry deleted 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cops don't care about good deeds, they care about their ticket quotas. They claim there isn't such a thing, but there really is an unspoken amount they should meet. At any rate, it is their job to drive around giving people bad days, and often times being very rude in the process. I suppose that is the way it is when we have a system in which we are policed by our undereducated and power hungry.
2007-09-20 03:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Bigglesworth 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You were already speeding, in a construction zone. Then you sped up to make an unsafe lane change, even though you saw there was another dangerous condition--the car on the shoulder.
From your own words, you so deserved a ticket.
Nice has nothing to do with it.
2007-09-20 03:53:19 · answer #7 · answered by raichasays 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds as though you're correct. I would strongly present your case in court, with diagrams, if it's possible for you.
I had a very similar situation once, and I don't feel the cop had a very good spirit.
If the judge you get is reasonable and perceptive, and if you are sincere, it might go in your favor.
2007-09-20 03:41:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always, always go to court when you get a ticket. I was told this by a state trooper. If you explain your side of it, many times the Court will lower your fee, or even dismiss the ticket. (If you do not have a bad record, that is.)
2007-09-20 03:47:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be careful about changing lanes in a construction zone. It's dangerous.
2007-09-20 03:43:27 · answer #10 · answered by samans442 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is there job to ticket you for what was done wrong. No, they don't have anything better to do that is their job. It all depends on perception. To the police officer that wrote you the ticket you looked like you were driving unsafely. Don't fault someone for doing their job according to the law.
2007-09-20 03:41:48 · answer #11 · answered by bonstermonster20 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋