Derf and Dave

[derf]

The worst part was is that I told the tow truck guy where we would be waiting and that he should drop off the bikes there. After liek 10 minutes of waiting he drove right past us so I started to chase him, but he was just heading back over the bridge.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by derf

We rode across a bridge that the cop saw some dude die on last year so he was pissed at us. After he finished writing the tix he explained that last year he chased a guy who ran off the side of the bridge andf he was angry at us and decided that since we pulled over right away he would drop that ticket. The cop came out right in the beggining yelling at us, then after he was in the car for a while after he wrote the tix he calmed down and told us when we go to court it will be dropped.

All in all we just got hosed

I have been in similar situations where the cops get all pissed at you, usualy if oure cool with them and see you werent doing stupid stuff they may calm down and it wont be as bad.

But thats not always the case unfortunatley.

Tom

[derf]

Originally Posted by snigg

you rode across the bridge on one or two wheels? He has no choice but to throw it out. You rode across a bridge, albeit significantly over the speed limit, but that does not constitute a wreckless driving ticket.

Two wheels, and we were not going any faster than the rest of traffic

[derf]

Yeh, last post then off to bed.

Anyone see that reality show called parking wars about where folks get towed and have to get their cars from the impound lot and there is always something missing so the people get pissed, and they show how many hours it takes for people to get cars out? Yeh thats where we need to go tommorrow!

http://www.aetv.com/parking-wars/

[snigg]

Originally Posted by derf

Two wheels, and we were not going any faster than the rest of traffic

ok well in that case the only advice i can offer is....you shoulda ran.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by snigg

you rode across the bridge on one or two wheels? He has no choice but to throw it out. You rode across a bridge, albeit significantly over the speed limit, but that does not constitute a wreckless driving ticket.

Oh yea it does if they were doing 1 1/2 times the speed limit! Heck, I had a cop write me a careless for crossing a double yellow. I believe it's mostly up to the cops discretion what HE considers to be reckless. Of course the judge can throw it out in court but the cop has the "right" to write the ticket.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by snigg

ok well in that case the only advice i can offer is....you shoulda ran.

Yea I kinda thought that myself....

[derf]

once the reckless is thrown out and the insurance is proven I am going to try and plead the speeding tix to a lesser charge, I'll prolly have to pay more, but hopefully it wont count against me as a moving violation

[derf]

Originally Posted by snigg

ok well in that case the only advice i can offer is....you shoulda ran.

Ummm there were multiple cop cars and a helo flying around, no way we could have ran, even if we wanted to. Over the course of the stop we saw 5 different cop cars.

[derf]

And scott since you prolly saw it, where did that cop car come from? its a mighty long bridge