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Subject: Re: Help me fight unfair speeding ticket
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Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 08:33:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 19 08:33:00 1986
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Re: I needed help with a speeding ticket

To those of you who responded by mail or postings with constructive
suggestions or advice:  Thank you.  Unfortunately, I had to either pay
by mail within ten days (about 1/2 average USENERD settling time :-) or
commit to an uncertain court fight.  It was uncertain because I could
not morally fight the clocked speed, only the reasonableness of that
speed under conditions (sorry for asking about how to obviate the
radar).  I decided to pay up, then try to get the speed limit raised to
something reasonable.

The constructive suggestions were mainly to either plea-bargain or try
to get off on a technicality concerning the radar, e.g.  was it
licensed, recently calibrated, recorded, operator trained, etc.  Well,
that didn't seem satisfactory; I felt (and still feel) I did not
actually commit a crime commensurate with the punishment, and should
simply be able to establish same to an impartial judge.  But after
hearing a number of horror stories, I "got real" and gave up.

To those of you who saw this as a wonderful opportunity to get on your
high holier-than-thou horse and moralize to the aggrandizement of your
own egos:  You can shove your soapboxes where the sun don't shine.  If I
ever want that sort of abuse, I'll still go elsewhere for it.  Meditate
on the letter vs. the spirit of the law, and how wise and mature it is
to condemn without knowing the facts.

To those of you who quoted large amounts of material before responding:
Please don't do that!  Nobody wants to reread all the guff.

And this response will probably go out as a damned orphaned response,
too.  Sigh.  "You just can't fight the system."

Alan Silverstein