True. One afternoon at a five way intersection, each way with a stop sign, I had stopped. As I turned right a car was running the stop sign. He had crossed the stop line, I slowed down almost to a stop, then the car stopped. I proceeded along. Next thing I know I'm getting pulled over by the car which was a cop! He claims that I did a rolling stop and I get a ticket. He said he could see tha never stopped. He must have had great vision because it was a chain link fence on both sides of the road. When we are in court the liar, um cop, denied his crossing the stop line before he stopped, he also denied having said he could see my tires. End result was a paid fine. I did point out to the judge that truth didn't enter into the decision. I also told the cop that he was a liar outside the courtroom. Luckily I haven't crossed paths with either of them since. It is too bad that you usually remember the asshole cops and not the majority. John
Patrick Schmidt wrote: > Dave and Gang, > > While the mentioned activity is quite tempting at times, I would > recommend against it. Being that the officer is there for > public safety, the courts generally over look fault on their part. I think > if you brake checked a cop, and he did end up rear > ending you, at the very least he would not be found at fault, and in the > worst case scenario, you would be held responsible. > Remember, the courts will generally take the officer's word over yours, being > that they are a "trained professional". > I finally got back to my computer after a couple of days. All of this > talk about the vigilante-rear-ending being excusable. > WTF? *sue this asshole* Taking the law into his own hands created a > potentially more dangerous situation than if he had let the > misdeed pass. If the offender was flying through stop signs and the like, > what does the vigilante have to do in order to keep > up? He's the one at fault. > > Cheers, > Pat > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
