So I am sitting at a red light, and it's raining like p**s out of a bucket, and the light turns green. I have these really bald tires, and they spin, not much, maybe 10 feet, almost 11 mph, and then they connect and I go on, not thinking anything about it. Two miles later, I pulled into a McDonald's and got out, and the cop pulls in and turns on his lights, and proceeds to write me a reckless driving ticket for the "Donut" that I did. I told him that if I was doing 140 in the wrong lane drunk, that would be reckless driving, but he wouldn't budge on it. I was very polite and cooperative until after he had already written the ticket, too, I wasn't being smart with him. This is crap!

 

Definately fight it. Explain to the judge that you never was in danger of losing control and that it wasnt reckless driving. Besides, it was raining. If he's fair he'll throw it out, especially if the cop wrote "donut" on the ticket.

 

Looks like that cop was behind and had to write a tickete so he could meet his quota for the month since its almost over. Now go search the web and get all the info you need to arm yourself when you go and fight it in court also bring weather info of the day you got the ticket to prove it was raining just in case there is a lack of memorey of rain on that date in the area and good luck to you.

 

It says on the ticket that it was raining, and he admitted that he wasn't even in his car, he was on a different street and just heard it and he looked up and saw me and his 'superior' said that he had to give me a ticket. I would even settle and I wouldn't b***h about a defective tires ticket. At least that wouldn't make my insurance go up. I hate my rates anyway, and I think it's a bunch of crap that they just pull me over. I found out today that two different people witnessed me at the light and they said they would go to court with me and explain that I have not done a donut. I don't even do donuts in the snow! At least not on the road....

 

Be careful in court, understand what your 2 whitnesses are up against....all cops are certified expert witnesses when it comes to dougnuts.

 

If you have 2 witnesses that can testify that you did not endanger anyone or anything of that sort, I wouldn't give it a second thought. Plus, if the cop puts on his deposition anything that says he did not SEE you do a donut, then there is no case.

-Flea

 

LMAO
(probably why he was out of his car "Hey look at that, I'd recoginse a donut anywhere" wiping the powered sugar off his belly as he waddles to his car)

 

what is it with cops and doughnuts...lol...they got it on there minds all the time.

 

Join the club. Got a weak case ticket last week. And the police wonder why the public has lost respect for them!

 

So another cop stops me today, just one of my friends, and he tells me not to worry about it, because it was raining and he says that there's not much they can do about it in the rain, and it probably won't even be a defective tires ticket because my truck just passed state inspection less than two months ago. I am still going to keep my fingers crossed, anyway.