I definitely can....am I told it is almost always worth going to
court...many are either thrown out or at least reduced......hell it aint the
intial fee...its the damn POINTS that stay on my driving record for
6years!!....frikin insurance companies love this state
""kevin reimer"" <kwreimer@msn.com> wrote in message
news:002701c2603d$eeffac80$410def41@kwreimer...
>
> Take it to court and if it doesnt get tossed out, the fine may be dropped
to
> 100.00, but can ya miss work to do this, is it feasable?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: MAGNUM S/T <khoegen@charter.net>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:16 PM
> Subject: DML: MA State Troopers
>
>
> >
> > Got pulled over today after I passed a couple of cars going slow in the
> left
> > hand lane. I'm not much of a tailgater myself, but I do see many folks
who
> > use tailgating as a way of sending a message to the guy to move aside
(if
> ya
> > ask me that's a stupid way to do it)
> >
> > Anyway, when the time was right, I simply went into the far right lane
> > (there was a semi in the middle lane), cruised about 1/4mile, then got
> back
> > into the left lane (never reaching much more than 70mph).
> >
> > Well, here comes a MA Statey...pulls me over and tells me I was pulled
> over
> > for 'aggressive driving'....mind you he said I wasn't speeding...and I
> even
> > used my directional. I ended up getting cited for 'following too close'
> and
> > 'aggressive lane changing'....$200!
> >
> > Honestly, I wasn't tailin the dude...but I suppose from the statey's
> > perspective it may have appeared so (I was bout 2 truck lengths back). I
> > believe this is in response to 'Road rage' type drivin...something MA
has
> > been crackin down on. Although sometimes I do find myself pissed off
when
> > someone cuts me off...today I was simply 'cruisin' home from work. I
plan
> to
> > go to the court on this one....just wondered if anyone else has run into
> > this?...of course if anyone has a good defense I can use it's
> welcome...this
> > is one of those "subjective" type citation...and I never know which way
> they
> > can go. :-(
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kevin
> > http://webpages.charter.net/khoegen
> > Home of the "MAGNUM S/T"
> > This damn Yellow beast gets me pulled over more times........
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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