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Old May 14, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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Default Re: first ticket today

Originally Posted by Inc0gnit0
No, it was a great analogy.

Disagree with the analogy to crack. You are comparing apples and oranges. Jaywalking is breaking the law, but you can't compare jaywalking to mugging someone.

The amount of days you were committing a crime should make no difference in whether you get cited. Even if it is a crime as simple as jaywalking, if you were doing it once or 15 times, you were breaking the law and the LEO was doing his job.

Agree 100 %

As for being passively UNAWARE of your crime, that suggests that you are not yet ready for the responsibility of driving a car.

IMHO I don't buy that statement. The kids academics say differently. How many times did you spped and not get caught? How may times do you see police speeding in their police cars on there way home or back to the station! Does that mean they are not ready to be cops.

It's not the responsibility of the officer to remind you with a warning. It's his swore duty to uphold the law. If it were me, I'd have cited it, too. If it were the only reason for the TS, it would have got a warning. But once you are pulled over for a violation, I cite anything else that warrants it.
As you should. Then again, how many times have you let someone off for speeding or other minor infractions. You made a decision. Good bad or indifferent. We are all human.

Hopefully, this will be a learning experience that will produce positive results.
 
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