Quick question before court...

lildonkey · #1 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Can a cop give a ticket for running a red light purely based on a witness statement????

this fucking cop wasn't even there... but based on a witnesses statement.... he gave me a ticket for running a red light.... will it get dismissed?

neoh · #2 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Yes, it will be dismissed. Not enough evidence to convict, unless the officer saw with his two eyes, you running a red light - it's not admissable in court, it will be thrown out.

I've won every court case i've been in since I started disputing them - any I get a lot of tickets. (I'm an unlucky bastard) - You wont be charged, if you do - appeal it, because that is downright bullshit.

They cannot convict you based on terms of the word of mouth. It doesen't pass as evidence, even if the witness is there - no proof.

Dont worry about it, it's just a waste of time to goto the court to fight something like that. Punch the witness out, then fight that in court - it will give you something to do.

exotica · #3 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

if anything say it was unsafe to stop in time. and if you do get charged (which you most likely wont) plea unfinancially able to pay the ticket or something like that and they will reduce the amount of the ticket.

exotica · #4 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by neoh

Yes, it will be dismissed. Not enough evidence to convict, unless the officer saw with his two eyes, you running a red light - it's not admissable in court, it will be thrown out.

I've won every court case i've been in since I started disputing them - any I get a lot of tickets. (I'm an unlucky bastard) - You wont be charged, if you do - appeal it, because that is downright bullshit.

They cannot convict you based on terms of the word of mouth. It doesen't pass as evidence, even if the witness is there - no proof.

Dont worry about it, it's just a waste of time to goto the court to fight something like that. Punch the witness out, then fight that in court - it will give you something to do.

Neoh you should be a lawyer!

Mc*Phee · #5 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

the cop wasnt at my accident either and she still gave me a tix. I called the cops too!

Dean · #6 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

every traffic court case i've been to the cop hasn't showed up... except for a red light camera ticket but they just reduced that by half....

lildonkey · #7 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

just got back... before i even made it to the stand the cop said hes withdrawling due to lack of evidence...... haha everyone else in the courtroom was so jelous... :)

pwned.

Dean · #8 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

sweeet deal

thats why you dispute stupid tickets!

M!SKA · #9 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

haha awesome.

Dr. Doom · #10 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by lildonkey

Can a cop give a ticket for running a red light purely based on a witness statement????

this fucking cop wasn't even there... but based on a witnesses statement.... he gave me a ticket for running a red light.... will it get dismissed?

Did you actually run the red light though?

TELL US!

lildonkey · #11 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

pfft.. obviously.... "i was street racing, and i didn't want to be too far behind so i just ran the light"

neoh · #12 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

^^ see what I mean? no evidence. I read up a lot of traffic laws because, well, I get a lot of speeding tickets. One of the beautiful things about living in the abbotsford area is - the court system is so backed up, that there's a year and a half waiting list to get into traffic court - and speeding tickets are thrown out of court after 8 monthes. :) SPEED AWAY, FUCKERS! I've lost my license for 3 monthes for unecessary noise and 1 month for blowing a 0.00001% on a breathalizer, I now dispute my tickets.

Here's a document on how to fight your traffic tickets:

http://users.resentment.org/neoh/fyst0499.doc

enjoy.

- neoh