Got 5 tickets today in NH, please help!
09-12-2003 | 12:33 AM
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thinking for oneself
Go for it Warren!
You know, if someone passed a law that said it was illegal to think, some people would walk around in a fog not thinking, hoping and praying that someone, ....anyone, would beat them up so that they would no longer be responsible. They would then be in Nirvana.
You know, if someone passed a law that said it was illegal to think, some people would walk around in a fog not thinking, hoping and praying that someone, ....anyone, would beat them up so that they would no longer be responsible. They would then be in Nirvana.
09-12-2003 | 08:28 AM
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From: Boxford, MA
Sorry Warren, just got myself wound up on that one. My next speeding ticket in NH over $250 will not be my first and yes, I may also have some tendency toward dumbass from time to time. Despite the reciprocity agreements between MA and NH, my insurance hasn't suffered from NH tickets.
Loud, red Porsche profiling almost certainly exists among law enforcement officers everywhere. Tax-free, live-free-or-die New Hamster is not an exception. Mostly, I've found the police there to be very reasonable. After the last time I got ticketed, the officer said "be careful", not "slow down". And I am careful (radar detector, eternal vigilance) without going under 100 except when absolutely necessary (through the tolls).
As for my political leanings being Massachusetts democrat-like, I resent that! My friends consider me a libertarian, others consider me a right-wing zealot. I could go on, but this is already off topic. Suffice it to say that I consider railing at the system over traffic tickets to be akin to tilting at windmills. Time in traffic court could be better spent changing my fully functional fuel pump (another current thread).
ted
Loud, red Porsche profiling almost certainly exists among law enforcement officers everywhere. Tax-free, live-free-or-die New Hamster is not an exception. Mostly, I've found the police there to be very reasonable. After the last time I got ticketed, the officer said "be careful", not "slow down". And I am careful (radar detector, eternal vigilance) without going under 100 except when absolutely necessary (through the tolls).
As for my political leanings being Massachusetts democrat-like, I resent that! My friends consider me a libertarian, others consider me a right-wing zealot. I could go on, but this is already off topic. Suffice it to say that I consider railing at the system over traffic tickets to be akin to tilting at windmills. Time in traffic court could be better spent changing my fully functional fuel pump (another current thread).
ted
09-12-2003 | 10:08 PM
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I called the New Hampshire Highway Patrol officer today. Kind of funny because I always remember the CHiPS TV show and never thought they existed in NH but I guess you learn something new everyday.
Anyhow I talked to him and I was truly apologetic, not really incriminating myself any further but I did mention about this menacing white truck in my rear view mirror. He said, "well I am trained in evasive driving and could have stopped or avoided you had something happened in front of me." Obviously I didnt know he was a cop or I wouldnt have passed him in the first place and certainly wouldnt have sped up to get away from a potentially crazy driver, and he finally came to terms with what I was saying ot him.
So I made a plea bargain offer, its not set in stone but its starting to take shape. He said "I cannot drop the 100 MPH charge altogether, so maybe he'll negotiate to 75 or 80 since that is what I originally passed him at. The other tickets were not taled about but the 100 stuck out in his mind. Anyhow I tried to make peace in hopes of a decent agreement when I talk with officer Mc Carthy of the NHHP and his prosecutor.
I also talked with a lawyer and he said the judges dont like stories or excuses, only plea bargaining. Sometimes a lawyer can actually irritate the prosecutor more, and if a judge will side with the law and I guess its really a game that has to be won when talking with the prosecutor.
Anyhow I talked to him and I was truly apologetic, not really incriminating myself any further but I did mention about this menacing white truck in my rear view mirror. He said, "well I am trained in evasive driving and could have stopped or avoided you had something happened in front of me." Obviously I didnt know he was a cop or I wouldnt have passed him in the first place and certainly wouldnt have sped up to get away from a potentially crazy driver, and he finally came to terms with what I was saying ot him.
So I made a plea bargain offer, its not set in stone but its starting to take shape. He said "I cannot drop the 100 MPH charge altogether, so maybe he'll negotiate to 75 or 80 since that is what I originally passed him at. The other tickets were not taled about but the 100 stuck out in his mind. Anyhow I tried to make peace in hopes of a decent agreement when I talk with officer Mc Carthy of the NHHP and his prosecutor.
I also talked with a lawyer and he said the judges dont like stories or excuses, only plea bargaining. Sometimes a lawyer can actually irritate the prosecutor more, and if a judge will side with the law and I guess its really a game that has to be won when talking with the prosecutor.
