Time To Fight A Serious Ticket
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Dark3
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Lol I do have some footage just been too lazy to edit. A couple weeks ago one of my buddies said that I said "nobody in xxtown can be me" which i did not say at all just to stir poop up. Being that i dont have a FB i was unaware. Around 15 bikes turned out and they all lost so call it what you will lol. My next vids will be of my other passion fast boats and bass fishing. Hanging up the helmet is not simply over this ticket. Its a combonation of mitigating risk of welfare and my career being what I do for a living, and choosing the sport that best fits in my family. I used to juggle multiple passions. MCing and fishing/boating but my recourses couldnt sustain it. So I sold the bike went strictly to fishing, then sold the boat, went back to MC, and now im going back the other way. I have multiple passions in life and know when to quit. Im in my mid 30s and have 3 small children. I also cannot control the need for speed. I will never cruise and therefor never own a cruiser. No interest.
Kevin Jones
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Ive gotten 2 careless driving tickets in my life in FL, both street racing. 1 with a car when I was 17 and 1 with a CBR1k (hurricane) back in 92. When I was stationed at Benning, I don't think I ever got pulled over but on the Chatahoochee they stopped me and looked in the livewell all the time lol. Anything over 30mph from posted speed limit is reckless here in FL according to the cops I work with in reserves. Lots of counties are "no pursuit" and the cops I know could give 2 shits either way. They do not like to do paperwork but you always get that young motivated guy. I do know an attorney who does only traffic. He beats almost every case in his county as the cops never show to court. But, I don't know that you can count on that as there are multiple riders involved and this guy may look bad if he botches it.
TallTom
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Every ticket I have ever received has been in Florida. I moved to a different state, drive the exact same way, own the same motorcycle, and have not received one ticket. With the exception of a parking ticket in downtown Mobile that got thrown out of court. Lucky? Or am I not alone in saying that in some locales, cops jack up certain groups of people. Fla has a problem with motorcycles in some parts of the state, so they try and jack us all up. They take the approach, be as much of a nuisance as they can to the bikes, and they will stop riding.
I also remember a collaborated effort by the cops in I think it was either Tennessee of North Carolina (Smokey Mountains), whereby they used a beat up white van, complete with a bogus construction company sign on it, going slowly in a double yellow zone, to entice people to pass them. When they got passed (it was a set up for motorcycles), they radio ahead to the waiting marked cars, to give them all reckless driving citations.
By the dozens.
They finally pulled over an attorney rider, who promptly hauled them to court, successfully argued entrapment, and got the whole department/municipality popped for it.
The cops argued they were entitled to use any means possible to bring problem motorcyclist under control and nobody forced them to make that illegal pass.
The courts disagreed.
Just a side note on how jacked up things are getting.
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Dark3
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I went without a lawyer. Paid 702 and got 4 points which can be removed with a online class that can be taken once in a 5 year period. Not too bad IMO. One of my buddies that was also charged got a lawyer for 500 bucks amd was then fined 943 bucks in a seperate court proceeding (had to bump my date forward). So 702 and 4 removable points vs 1,453 amd not sure on points.
His lawyer must not have bought the beers the last time he and the judge went out! LoL
Kevin Jones
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I sure fished the hell out of that Chattahoochee. Some beautiful spots and scenic and peaceful vibes but not the kind of flippin and veggies that I grew up fishing. I always wished I was back in FL wearing my hands out with a 1oz weight and a plastic crawdad hitting holes in the mats. It sure kept me out of trouble though.
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