Thinking back on it, I pit that cop.

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Sure.

Ha ha! If you’d like to know about my personal experiences, I would like to inform you that I’ve *watched *them *with my own two eyes *do this many times. I’ve seen them finishing up their tickets as the person drove away. I’ve seen them ticket a taxi for dropping someone off in a No Stopping zone, even though the total stop was, what, 20 seconds? I’ve seen this twice!

I wouldn’t circle a meter with 3 minutes left, waiting for the very second for it to expire.

K:

Back to you now…

I’m pretty sure the cop asked her where she was going, as cops seem to ask where you’ve been and where you’re going every time they pull someone over. I’m guessing her answer wasn’t “To the deli.” And if someone said, “To my mother’s for Ramadan,” it would be the same thing.

All three brake lights? Not so much. One? Not a big deal. People can still see the bright red that indicates you’re breaking.

I’m nice to people on their birthdays. Sort of like giving them a gift without having to spend any money. Maybe I’m doing this whole “human being” thing wrong. Maybe I shouldn’t give a fuck if it’s anybody’s birthday or not, and if someone commits some negligible infraction, fuck 'em and fuck their birthday. We’re not talking about letting people get away with murder on their birthdays here.

Agreed.

I don’t think the OP literally thinks the cop will burn in hell. I do think the OP believes the cop behaved like a dick. I agree with that assessment.

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Can you prove it? No, I didn’t think so.

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That’s not what I asked.

How big is their vehicle? And why can’t you answer the question? This one was about when the person shows up after she has started writing the ticket.

None of those quotes advocate your wildly hyperbolic assertion that all rules must be strictly obeyed at all times or there will be suffering.

If we’re inventing conversations we could be here all night. Why not just stick to the story we have? But kudos for coming out and admitting that in your belief, people who celebrate certain holidays don’t need to obey traffic laws.

Three? On a twenty plus year old car? More likely she was left with one, which in a snowstorm would look like a turn signal if she tapped the brakes, or a motorcycle if she pressed them. Not a very safe thing to do. But maybe the Baby Jesus looks out for all his followers on his birthday.

We’re also talking about public policy, not your own personal behavior. Not the same thing at all.

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meanoldlady, I see I am going to have to repost something I said upthread

I doubt you can do that.

Yes, I can prove it. Here is the historic footage of the cat’s demise,

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Nobody said she was scarred for life. It’s a stupid fucking question.

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It’s not?

[QUOTE=You]
How often, in your experience, has this actually happened?
[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Me]
If you’d like to know about my personal experiences, I would like to inform you that I’ve watched them with my own two eyes do this many times.
[/QUOTE]

How big are the vehicles of people parked at expired meters, being ticketed as they’re leaving? I don’t know, of varying sizes? What should the meter maid do if she begins writing a ticket and the driver shows up? If she’s [del]a bitch[/del] just doing her job, tell the driver “Tough shit.” If she’s [del]nice[/del] bad at her job, she’ll void it and tell the driver “Have a nice day.”

There’s a difference between “there will be suffering” and "suffer the consequences. I don’t see how it’s wildly hyperbolic when one post --that’s all you asked for, right?-- says: "Don’t want a ticket? Don’t fucking violate the law.

Got a ticket, where there is no dispute that the law was violated? Pay it and learn your lesson."

Follow the rules at all times, or suffer the consequences.

Fine, a lady was driving her kids to a celebration with her family, and the cop couldn’t let it slide because he’s got the law on his side, and no one ever gets off with a warning for anything, no matter how minor. No one.

Cops don’t have to give out a ticket for every single violation they see. In fact, they don’t. Ones that are on a mission to ticket every failure to signal are douches.

I’m going to defer to Jack Batty.

[QUOTE=Jack]
Fuck Christmas cheer. If it were St. Swithen’s day he still would a been a dick to whip this on some poor single mom in the freezing cold trying to get her two small children to a family outing.
[/QUOTE]

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Counterpoint.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/27652/the_cat_came_back/

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Those of you arguing that driving with one taillight is OMG-OH-SO-FUCKING-DANGEROUS are aware that motorcycles are generally equipped with one taillight, right?

Also, “fix it” tickets are written on the same citation form as any other ticket in my experience. If the pig didn’t explain to her that it was a fix it ticket (which, if this is the case, means he wasn’t doing his job very well), she may have had no way of knowing that.

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Thank you for broading the Horizons of not only New Yorkers, but those from Daytona (and places in between as well).
On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d rate that car a 2.2.

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I love that short film.

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By the by, my opinion has calcified somewhat

If she was so broke that having to pay this ticket, or taking a half day off from work with the corresponding risk of a job loss or foregone income, would be such a financial hardship to her
she probably wasn’t going to fucking fix the taillight, ever
this is substantiated by her apparently driving some rusted-out POS 20 year old car. so what is is; she’s too broke to pay this ticket, but she’s going to take the time and money to be compliant with the highway code for the next time she comes within sight of a cop? :rolleyes:

in short, I still think he maybe should have shown leniency - but then again, maybe leniency is best reserved for those who have a bona fide “d’oh, I didn’t know it was out - i’ll get it fixed” moment instead of those who drive heaps of shit on public throughfares and stick their tongues out at everyone else spending money to properly maintain their vehicles in a roadworthy state.

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If I had a million dollars, I’d buy you one.

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I regularly use store windows to check if my taillights and signals are working. That’s my one man method.

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It’s called exercising the letter of the law, not the spirit of the law. He was in the right, she was in the wrong, but he could have been charitable. That he wasn’t doesn’t make him psychopathic.

As to the “cost” of the ticket, you don’t have to pay the cop the ticket when he issues it, so it’s not as if she was out any money on the spot. And as others have said, unless the laws are different where the OP’s friend got the ticket, generally it’s no charge if you fix the violation. Most fixit tickets can also be waivered for time at least once. That is, you go to the cop shop and ask for more time. In my neck of the woods (it’s been at least a decade since I last got a fixit ticket), you can get up to a month more. Lastly, tail lights aren’t all that expensive, depending upon the car maybe a few bucks to somewhere around 10 bucks. Nor are they difficult to fix, even I can do it and I’m not all that bright. A screwdriver pretty much does it.

The OP doesn’t say what the end of the story is, so it’s hard to say how “badly” the woman was actually treated. Without knowing that, it’s hard to work up any real ire toward the cop.

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1.) People who keep complaining about this woman allegedly having to take “half a day off of work”, um what? This isn’t the DMV she’s going to, she could have gone to any waystation or regular police station to have the car inspected. It’ only takes a few minutes.

2.) People too ignorant to educate themselves regarding facts that are ON the ticket and located in the driver’s education booklet are too stupid to be driving, let alone breeding. How do you get to child bearing age and be completely unaware of what a “fixit” ticket is? I doubt this woman was that dumb. Come on, that’s a silly argument.

3.) The “she’s a poor single parent and can’t afford the responsibilities connected with the privilege of driving” argument is likewise silly. What average normal person HASN’T gone through a tough financial spot? You really think a freebie ticket and a 15 dollar DIY fixit job is going to completely sink her financially? You all act as if this ticket is the entire ball of wax standing between her and survival! Good grief.

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Ah the first real asshole of the thread. Not even worth any more of my time to point out why the quoted post could only have been written by pond scum.

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great success! :cool:

because i was going for the mirror image of the OP’s over-the-top assholeish assertions about this cop being psycopathic and going to hell.

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