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Monday, October 19, 2009
Ms. Boyd Goes to Court
Things I have learned from going to traffic court:
1. If cops don't show up, your case is dismissed.
2. If you go to traffic school, as ordered by the court, your case is dismissed.
3. If you go to traffic school before you go to court, you'll get 5 positive points for DMV but still have to pay your ticket because judges don't like you "double dipping".
4. Dressing up for court is pointless. People walk in with ripped up jeans and offensive t-shirts for a continuance, and I walk in wearing a black pin-stripped suit, with AMPLE evidence as to my innocence and pay $142.
5. In Chesterfield, they are faaaaar more organized. Before court even starts, they get everyone out who wants to go to traffic school. They give rules before court starts so the deputies are shushing people every 5 minutes. In Richmond, they still have all kinds of ceremony including, "Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah" following by... a PRAYER?! Yes, they prayed in court. Seems completely and totally foreign to me that the deputy prayed before court began.
6. If the judge is cheery, everyone gets traffic school.
7. If you're an asshole and come back in to contest your case RIGHT after he's given you a ticket fine that was LIGHT because your stupid ass is going to lose your CDL because you drive 90 in a 55... you're going to piss the judge off and make life hell for the TWO people who happen to be last and after you.
8. Richmond needs to fix the heat in their courtroom.
9. The cop who pulled me over was hotttt.
10. Don't speed thru the "speed" pass lanes on 76 coming from Richmond to Chesterfield. I swear that 90% of my cop's cases were folks going over 60 when the speed limit is 45. The speed limit is ridiculous, but it's set by DMV. We should start a letter-writing campaign to get that stupid speed changed.
1. If cops don't show up, your case is dismissed.
2. If you go to traffic school, as ordered by the court, your case is dismissed.
3. If you go to traffic school before you go to court, you'll get 5 positive points for DMV but still have to pay your ticket because judges don't like you "double dipping".
4. Dressing up for court is pointless. People walk in with ripped up jeans and offensive t-shirts for a continuance, and I walk in wearing a black pin-stripped suit, with AMPLE evidence as to my innocence and pay $142.
5. In Chesterfield, they are faaaaar more organized. Before court even starts, they get everyone out who wants to go to traffic school. They give rules before court starts so the deputies are shushing people every 5 minutes. In Richmond, they still have all kinds of ceremony including, "Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah" following by... a PRAYER?! Yes, they prayed in court. Seems completely and totally foreign to me that the deputy prayed before court began.
6. If the judge is cheery, everyone gets traffic school.
7. If you're an asshole and come back in to contest your case RIGHT after he's given you a ticket fine that was LIGHT because your stupid ass is going to lose your CDL because you drive 90 in a 55... you're going to piss the judge off and make life hell for the TWO people who happen to be last and after you.
8. Richmond needs to fix the heat in their courtroom.
9. The cop who pulled me over was hotttt.
10. Don't speed thru the "speed" pass lanes on 76 coming from Richmond to Chesterfield. I swear that 90% of my cop's cases were folks going over 60 when the speed limit is 45. The speed limit is ridiculous, but it's set by DMV. We should start a letter-writing campaign to get that stupid speed changed.
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