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#992 of 1005 Re: La Mesa Can't Defend or Prosecute Its Underposted Limits [andres3] by elias

Oct 11, 2012 (5:27 am)

Replying to: andres3 (Oct 10, 2012 11:24 am)
NICELY DONE, ANDRES3.
  
please continue your responsible & safe motoring and contesting whatever unjust citations happen your way.
 
also please keep ignoring the naysayers who would seem to prefer that you CONFORM to be one of the sheeple!
 
ANDRES3 FOR PRESIDENT (of the NMA.)
[ Are you active in your local NMA chapter? you would be a great resource for local drivers who aren't as well-informed as yourself.) ]

#993 of 1005 Re: La Mesa Can't Defend or Prosecute Its Underposted Limits [elias] by andres3

Oct 11, 2012 (4:20 pm)

Replying to: elias (Oct 11, 2012 5:27 am)
ANDRES3 FOR PRESIDENT (of the NMA.)
[ Are you active in your local NMA chapter? you would be a great resource for local drivers who aren't as well-informed as yourself.) ]
 
This should answer your question regarding activity in my local NMA chapter:
 
There's a local NMA chapter in CA??????
 
I don't think the CA chapters in the NMA are very alive, but they should be!
 
As to a great resource for drivers, 85% of what I know about fighting and winning tickets should be credited to David Brown's NOLO PRESS publications.
 
The NMA does have the best cross examination question booklet I've ever seen on radar though. You get to be a regular Johnny Cochran.

#994 of 1005 Re: calling perry mason [andres3] by ronsteve

Oct 12, 2012 (1:52 pm)

Replying to: andres3 (Aug 14, 2012 8:44 am)
Are those night courts for actual trials, or just simply arraignments where you plead guilty, or not guilty?
 
Overland Park, KS has (or at least in 1999, had) a traffic court that convened in the evening.

#995 of 1005 No New Traffic Cases to Report by andres3

Dec 22, 2012 (9:25 pm)

Just got my insurance renewal for the following year 2013. They have my record as follows:
 
Accidents: 0
Traffic Citations: 0
 
Ahhh... the wonders of traffic school erasing one, and having another thrown out of the courtroom and dismissed all in one year. Of course, the citation date on that dismissal was from 2010.
 
That's another great reason stalling and delaying your traffic ticket case is a good idea. If you can delay the conviction for a year and a half, then the 3 year window insurance companies are allowed to know about it (look up the record) is shortened, and hence, the amount of time they can wrongfully upcharge/surcharge you for it.

#996 of 1005 Re: No New Traffic Cases to Report [andres3] by elias

Dec 23, 2012 (12:31 pm)

Replying to: andres3 (Dec 22, 2012 9:25 pm)
Good Driving, Andres3, and nice job handling the traffic 'events'.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !

#997 of 1005 2013 by andres3

Jan 02, 2013 (9:32 pm)

Let this be the year that everyone does their fair share of light flashing and honking at LLC's.
 
Let this be the year where everyone learns to merge at full speed so as not to impede traffic.
 
Let this be the year where law enforcement actually earns their paycheck and actually seeks out dangerous drivers rather than waiting and hiding behind a bush (while eating a donut and reading the newspaper) for the first person to ignore an underposted limit.
 
Let this be the year where red-light and speed cameras are outlawed by the Supreme Court.
 
Let this be the year where all the bad roads in the USA are re-paved.

#998 of 1005 Inconsiderate Traffic Laws by andres3

Jan 04, 2013 (3:58 pm)

I find DUI checkpoints highly inconsiderate. I've wasted over 20 minutes getting through my last one, and that didn't even include being pulled aside (which I wasn't).
 
They are inconsiderate for the following reasons:
 
1) The courts erred in ruling them Constitutional. They trample on several fundamental rights.
 
2) The ends don't justify the means.
 
3) They waste time, waste gas, increase pollution (from tailpipes idling), and create congestion.

#999 of 1005 . by fintail

Jan 31, 2013 (9:47 am)

Here's a nice enforcement tactic
 
Yeah, respect them, right. Animal Farm...

#1000 of 1005 Re: . [fintail] by andres3

Feb 04, 2013 (12:28 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 31, 2013 9:47 am)
There was a story of charges brought against 9 Philadelphia traffic court judges recently. I'm sure that city isn't alone with a corrupt traffic court and enforcement system.
 
In good news:
 
San Diego Mayor Filner lived up to his election promises, and had the illegal and unconstitutional camera's brought down. All red-light cameras and required associated (red light photo enforced intersection) signage was removed as well (at taxpayer expense) the other day.
 
So San Diego is now free from the oppression that was REDFLEX or whatever other scam artist run corporation that works in red-light cameras.
 
So the taxpayer paid to put up the signs and cameras, and now the taxpayer pays to have them removed and thrown away. My big question is what scum sucking idiot no brain people thought this was a good idea in the first place?
 
He cited several reasons for removing them:
 
1) increased accidents or lack of evidence showing any reduction in accidents.
2) bred contempt and disrespect for law enforcement
3) bad way to welcome tourists to the city, and say thank you for visiting, here's a $500 fine in the mail.
 
The unsaid final reason was that I believe San Diego was no longer making a profit on the camera's, and was barely breaking even.
 
In other good news, my favorite quote from this story:
 
An analysis of crashes that occurred during the ICC’s first full year of operations, from December 2011 through December 2012, also found that speeding was not to blame for most of these accidents.
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2013/02/04/icc-speed-limit-go- ing-up-to-60-mph/?wprss=rss_local
 
Speed limits going up, what's not to like? Albeit painstakingly slowly and incrementally.
 
Some here might find it blasphemy that most accidents weren't related to speed. With greater speed comes greater risk, or so some in the dark ages still say.

#1001 of 1005 Re: . [andres3] by fintail

Feb 04, 2013 (12:45 pm)

Replying to: andres3 (Feb 04, 2013 12:28 pm)
"Speed kills" is one of the greatest lies ever perpetrated against a populace.
 
The crony capitalist camera operators should be treated as other corporate criminals. More of our market oligarchy at work.
 
1) increased accidents or lack of evidence showing any reduction in accidents.
2) bred contempt and disrespect for law enforcement
 
Exactly. Some people need to prove their side, and if they want respect, earn it like normal people.
 
About the local corrupt irresponsible should be imprisoned or hanged LEOs, no TV news story carried it on their site or on the air. Only a print media site carried it. I wonder why.

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