Comments on: Judges http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/judges/ Because Every Bicyclist Needs a Good Lawyer. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:06:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Eitan189 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/judges/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Eitan189 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:31:00 +0000 http://www.pushingbuttonsaz.com/tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=17#comment-7 I got a ticket for doing the exact same thing at a stoplight down in Virginia. I made the mistake of giving the cop my drivers license instead of some other form of ID and the ticket was written up as a standard traffic violation as if I had been driving a car $156 bucks! I went to traffic court and when the judge asked me how I plead I said guilty but asked for lenience. He said "im feeling very lenient today, what are your reasons for asking." I informed him that (A) I had a clean driving record and (B) at the time of my moving violation I was riding a bicycle. At that point the entire courtroom erupted in laughter. The Judge quickly waved the ticket and I only had to pay the court fee $56.<br/><br/>I actually don't know if the infringement was removed from my driving record since I had an out of state license, but I guess the lesson is that this kind of thing is completely arbitrary depending on the judge. I got a ticket for doing the exact same thing at a stoplight down in Virginia. I made the mistake of giving the cop my drivers license instead of some other form of ID and the ticket was written up as a standard traffic violation as if I had been driving a car $156 bucks! I went to traffic court and when the judge asked me how I plead I said guilty but asked for lenience. He said “im feeling very lenient today, what are your reasons for asking.” I informed him that (A) I had a clean driving record and (B) at the time of my moving violation I was riding a bicycle. At that point the entire courtroom erupted in laughter. The Judge quickly waved the ticket and I only had to pay the court fee $56.

I actually don’t know if the infringement was removed from my driving record since I had an out of state license, but I guess the lesson is that this kind of thing is completely arbitrary depending on the judge.

]]> By: n8 http://www.tucsonbikelawyer.com/judges/comment-page-1/#comment-6 n8 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:35:00 +0000 http://www.pushingbuttonsaz.com/tucsonbikelawyer.com/?p=17#comment-6 Keep doing what your doing. Keep doing what your doing.

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