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I got pulled over this morning (OT Lawyers mount up)

Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:55 am
Posted by SouthMSReb
Member since Dec 2013
4423 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:55 am
I was running a bit late going in to work so I decided to run a red light so that I didn't have to sit through another cycle. (I live in Atlanta so those can take +3 minutes). Officer was on the other side of the turn and got me.

He also said I was using my cell phone. While, technically, he was right, I wasn't texting or browsing. I was listening to music on youtube and was picking the next one. He said to me that I ran the red light because of use of cell phone. That was not true. I ran the red light because I was late. When I told him this, he began to raise his voice to me. Eventually I just quit talking and started nodding.

He gave me two tickets. One for failure to obide to traffic control devices and one for failure to use due care. My question is, can I get out of the failure to use due care one? I never admitted to using my cell phone. I don't think there's any way he can prove it either. Also I hadn't texted anyone at all this morning.

Do I have a chance?
This post was edited on 1/20/17 at 9:00 am
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
21618 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:56 am to
Good summary, I think we have a case.
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52148 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:56 am to
CSB
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:56 am to
:stopbreakingthelawasshole.gif:
Posted by LSUSoulja08
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:56 am to
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solid defense
Posted by Honky Lips
Member since Dec 2015
2828 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:57 am to
Open and shut case
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
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Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:57 am to
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This post was edited on 1/20/17 at 8:59 am
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65712 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:58 am to
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OT Lawyers mouint up
Mouinting up nouiw.
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52148 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 8:59 am to
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got pulled over this morning
that arse too fat
Posted by saint amant steve
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
5695 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:00 am to
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mouint up


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I think you stand a fair chance of winning this case if you defend yourself in court.
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
Member since May 2014
22650 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:01 am to


What do you think your defense is?
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
140462 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:02 am to
tPOS trash ball
Posted by canyon
Member since Dec 2003
18401 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:03 am to
Was the coffee hot??
Posted by Hermit Crab
Under the Sea
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:04 am to
by run a red light do you mean you barely missed it being yellow, or it was obviously red the whole way through and you just went.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35561 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:04 am to
quote:

I was listening to music on youtube and was picking the next one


That's using your cell phone, dumb arse.
This post was edited on 1/20/17 at 9:06 am
Posted by DaBama
Helena, AL
Member since Oct 2011
1631 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:05 am to
quote:

He also said I was using my cell phone. While, technically, he was right,


There's your answer.
Posted by Mung
NorCal
Member since Aug 2007
9054 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:06 am to
Not sure how things work in JawJah, but 1. Cop saw you run red light while holding up,your phone. 2. You admitted running the red light. Then you argued with him while he was writing the ticket. You're screwed. He probably wrote stuff on the back telling the DA not to fix it.
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79234 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:08 am to
"You are incorrect sir! I ran the red light intentionally because I was late for work, thereby purposefully placing my commute above the safety of all the people around me. To allege I was simply negligent and made a mistake, Officer, that is untrue!"
Posted by Isabelle81
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Member since Sep 2015
2718 posts
Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:09 am to
Late or not, you ran a red light.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
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Posted on 1/20/17 at 9:10 am to
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This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 3:11 am
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