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From: ciciora@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Ciciora; Steven joseph)
Newsgroups: rec.autos,sci.electronics,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (Ka band) ...
Keywords: radar, cops, Ka, X, K
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Date: 16 Feb 89 17:10:35 GMT
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In article <343@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
>seems like it would be easy to avoid paying a remote ticket such as this.
>the driver is responsable for the speeding violation, not the owner of the
>car, right?
>
>how can they prove it was you who was driving? innocent unless PROVEN guilty.
>
Simple.  Cops can do ANYTHING they want, who's gonna stop them?

I was driving my mom's car and incorrectly got a parking ticket (long
story...) in boulder, co.  I was going to ignore it, but they looked
up her address, and sent her about 6 letters, first from 'please pay
this ticket' to 'its now tripple to what it would of cost' to 'your
car is now on our tow list' to 'if you don't pay soon, we will put
a warrent out for your arrest'.  After this I gave up and returned
the one that says 'please pay $20', called them up and found out that
that shut them up.  I guess they assumed that since she owned the car,
she is responsible for any one who drives this.  Hey, this is starting
to sound like a topic for rec.autos....