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Nanotech9
07-13-2001, 06:54 PM
i'm either sooo stupid, or something.

so I'm leaving work, and getting on the highway, and i gun the bike a little cause its running rough... cop sees me. Pulls me over, says "ya know how fast you were going?" me, "No". him: "your were doing at least 45 in s a 35 zone". me: "yes sir"... blah blah blah. writes up the ticket and it says 40/30. The dummy didn't even clock me on his radar... it was just a visual estimate. :rolleyes: He was nice about it atleast. I was speeding though ( i think), so i'll eat that one. $80.

i get on the highway... go 5 miles or so, my exit to go South on Meridian has JUST been blocked off. - no apparent reason, no accident, no road damage. just blocked... it being blocked caused a mile long stack of cars trying to get in there and realizing that theres no exit... ok, so i go to the next exit. I needed to deposit my paycheck anyways. I deposit it, get back on the highway on the opposite direction to try to take the southbound Exit to Meridian. I wait in line again... to find out its blocked. This tiem, theres no exit for like 4 miles off the highway. I'm on my bike right?... so i slip around the barriers, and go down the off ramp. I stop and ask the workers if theyll let me through. They say sure, but if the cop on the other side of the street sees me he might give me a ticket... they say its like $300... like 15 secs later, the cop pulls up (on a motorcycle). Hes one of theose up-in-your face / offensive kind of cops. Starts chewing me out etc. writes me a ticket, won't say how much it is (i'm sure he knows too, he just wants to let the poor ladies that I have to call get bitched at instead of him when i find out the amount.) So i ask him why the roads are blocked... STUPID FUCKING GAY HOT ROD DAY!!!!!!! F.F.F.F.F.F.S.F.F.F.F!!!! I HATE HOT RODS NOW!

WHY SHOUD THE DAMN hot rods be allowed to cruise up and down the street, backup traffick on the highway, and make me get a ticket?... I fucking LIVE on Meridian! All they are doing is driving up and down the street! Damn the City officials for being sucked in by the money that these DAMN cars bring to the city.

at least they could have put signs on the barriers saying that BOTH exits were blocked on the highway going eastbound and westbound. and put up some FUCKING DETOUR signs!!!!! goddamit, i didn't hate cops until now, but NOW I DO! DAMN ALL YOU STUPID ASSED COPS that cover each others asses, and do 120 on the highway at night w/o headlights, and hit other peoples cars and don't pay for them, and give out stupid tickets, and think your above the GODDAMN FUCKING LAW!

thats all... no i don't feel any better. not until the STUPID ladies come to work tomorrow? or monday? and i can find out how much the stupid ticket will cost me. If i can get a ticket at 6pm or midnight, whay cant I pay it or at least find out how much it'll be right then and there? I think those damn "call centers" should be open 24/7.

chrissy
07-13-2001, 07:39 PM
Nano,

Do you feel better after venting?


:)

It could have been worse... maybe?

Nanotech9
07-13-2001, 10:34 PM
so i go to a movie tonight... coming home, and they have northbound Meridian blocked off, adn they're routing traffic through a freaking gas station!... so i follow everyone else. I'm watching the intersection. A truck turns and realises its baricaded going NB, slips around the barricades, talks to the cops a second, and the let him on through... so, he basically did the same thing i did a few hours earlier, except this time its "accidental", and he got away with it. now i'm even more mad. I wonder if i should show up at court and fight this?.... any opinions?

LPMiller
07-13-2001, 10:39 PM
yeah, I'd fight it. #1, you live there. #2 the workers said ok. And for the other one, you weren't even clocked on radar.

Leon
07-14-2001, 01:03 AM
Hey guys. Please chill on the cursing. I don't want to reapply the censors because it wasn't a big deal in the past. It's starting to get out of hand now.

Got Apex Moderator
07-14-2001, 01:04 AM
Take it easy on the profanity Nanotech9. Else the censors go back on.

Kim
07-14-2001, 08:19 AM
yeah...my town just had a hotrod day too. SO annoying! They shut down main street and divert 4 lanes of traffic to my little residential street. It took me 1 1/2 hours with hungry grumpy kids to go get some chicken for dinner. Normally this trip takes 10 minues tops! Damn hotrodders! I couldn't cook because dh has my kitchen torn up while he remodels (oh wait, maybe I should post about this in S/NSS) Sorry about your tickets...hope the judge throws them out. Good luck! Kim

Y2J
07-14-2001, 11:30 AM
http://www.ticketassassin.com

Nanotech9
07-14-2001, 11:52 PM
Originally posted by Leon
Hey guys. Please chill on the cursing. I don't want to reapply the censors because it wasn't a big deal in the past. It's starting to get out of hand now.


i didn't know the censors were ever applied... odd. oh well, i admit i probably have never talked like that even 2 months ago... darn job (the old one) and the stupid stuff going on lately has kept me kinda upset for the last two months and i've become increasingly hostile in my language... sorry.

Blu
07-16-2001, 08:39 AM
Originally posted by LPM
yeah, I'd fight it. #1, you live there. #2 the workers said ok. And for the other one, you weren't even clocked on radar.

I don't think you'd get away with it. The Judge is likely to say the the rodders live there, and they have a right to do their thing. Espcially if it's sanctioned by the township. And the workers thing, they aren't the law, they're only workers. The judge most likely laugh you out of the courtroom.

Lastly, just as a side note on cops. I think cops get a bad rap b/c they ruin people's day. I've said it before, and I'll say it again; it's their job. They don't really have anything against bikers or rodders or anyone. And I think the reason the 'cycle cop was so upset was b/c you blantantly disregarded the setup of the traffic. While it's nice to have a bike and slip in and out of traffic jams, it's also dangerous (I know you know that Nano) and pisses everyone else off. Remeber that the cop doesn't know you personally, and just thinks you're another jerk with a sport bike. Those are the people that give bikers a bad name. Be careful, ride safe.


Blu

IntegraTypeR
07-16-2001, 11:01 AM
either way i think it is still worth a shot at fighting it

Nanotech9
07-16-2001, 11:15 AM
yer right Blu... i know. I just wish that they had put up a little sign on the other side of the highway saying both exits were blocked...

up, i know cops arent all bad... i know 2 personally, and even go to church with one. I also know that if you piss them off, just a little, they get revenge... i think that shouldn't be.

um, i also think that a cop shouldnt assume that since im young and on a sport bike, that im a punk or ass-h. or whatever. i resent that.

I know it was my fault both times, and i do believe in personal responsibility, so i would have a very hard time trying to "get out of it" or "fight it".

i called, and both tickets are $80 each. (what a relief on the second one). the first is 10mph over, so only 1 point. the 2nd is 2 points. i think i can live with that... after all, i was the stupid one that pulled the stunt :(

oh well, and leon - again - sorry about the swearing....

Burzhui
07-16-2001, 01:35 PM
damn the points suck, go to one of those safe driving classes you sit there for 6 hours but they will write off up to 4 points i think