It is 3 yrs in Washington State..
----- Original Message -----
From: MAGNUM S/T <khoegen@charter.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 5:42 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Re: MA State Troopers
>
> 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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