Ticketed for "Improper Start"
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '08-'11-'12
Ticketed for "Improper Start"
Apparently "improper start" means leaving a red light, getting up to 3000RPM and letting the car wind down before the next light...
I didn't spin tires or anything a normal driver wouldn't do...He heard my exhaust and assumed I was hualing a$$...
I plan to fight this ticket in court...but does anyone have any suggestions or experience with this type of "violation"??
This same local city cop has been eyeing my Torch Red Z since June...and I guess he thought he could give me a ticket this time..
I dont know if it makes a difference or not, but the officer failed to write his name on the ticket!? I'm not sure what this means, but I'm sure it may help me get this ticket dropped...
Hopefully. lol
Any comments would be appreciated!
I didn't spin tires or anything a normal driver wouldn't do...He heard my exhaust and assumed I was hualing a$$...I plan to fight this ticket in court...but does anyone have any suggestions or experience with this type of "violation"??
This same local city cop has been eyeing my Torch Red Z since June...and I guess he thought he could give me a ticket this time..
I dont know if it makes a difference or not, but the officer failed to write his name on the ticket!? I'm not sure what this means, but I'm sure it may help me get this ticket dropped...
Hopefully. lolAny comments would be appreciated!
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0-3000 in how many 1/10th of a sec.?
Your word against the LEO. You loose.
If you do fight it. Win or loose you my be just asking for more unwanted attention.
Just do traffic school and be over it.
Your word against the LEO. You loose.
If you do fight it. Win or loose you my be just asking for more unwanted attention.
Just do traffic school and be over it.
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I'd say fight even if what VegasVette comes true.
Hmmm, improper start and accelleration......can you get ticketed for going to slow? Say limit is 55, you go 50....and you get puulled over for "blocking" traffic. Can that happen?
Hmmm, improper start and accelleration......can you get ticketed for going to slow? Say limit is 55, you go 50....and you get puulled over for "blocking" traffic. Can that happen?
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How many times have you seen a police car making an improper start? It's ok for the LEO to do but not you. A little hipocritical?? I don't know how many times a state trooper has passed me on the interstate far exceeding the speed limit with no emergency to go to but "that's different", they're cops. It's 
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I agree...but doesn't he have to appear in court for his word to be used? ...And with no name on that ticket, what does that allow??
And what is the traffic school all about? I've heard of it, but have no clue what it's all about...?
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Doesn't take much to get to 3K rpm in first or second. I'd say go to court and take your chances.
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I saw it happen a few years ago on US41. An elderly gentleman with his wife driving about 5mph under the limit in the left lane. The State Trooper sat behind him for awhile, then lit him up for a couple of miles, then siren and it still took awhile for the old guy to pull over. 
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No name on the ticket....fight that sucker. A ticket has to be filled out properly and fully for it to be legal. Same as if he had not written the license number on there. Sounds like a win to me. Good luck! 
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I got the same type of ticket from a regular unradar cop.He said I took off to quick but couldn't tell me how fast so he gave me reckless endagerment.Went to court explained my case' kept my wits and argued and actually proclaimed their is no law that says you can not do 0-55 in 4 seconds with no wheel spin or out of control.I WON.
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Mistakes on tickets do NOT mean that they will be thrown out. If the cop shows up to court, the judge will have him clarify things and you're back to square one. Go to court, be polite, plead it down.
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I saw it happen a few years ago on US41. An elderly gentleman with his wife driving about 5mph under the limit in the left lane. The State Trooper sat behind him for awhile, then lit him up for a couple of miles, then siren and it still took awhile for the old guy to pull over. 