No court costs in NY and every ticket I've ever contested I've gotten
lowered I've had about five, the way it works in NY is that if its a lesser
charge the town gets the money whereas at a greater charge it goes to the
state so usually they want to lower the charge since its benifical to
them...
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Crumley <mcrumley@airmail.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Yeah, I got Spanked by a state trooper!
> At 08:39 AM 4/15/99 , you wrote:
> >My philosophy is always contest a ticket. What do you have to lose??
>
> Court costs.
>
> >At best it could be dropped but usually it can be lowered.
>
> Dude, where do you live that you can usually get a ticket lowered by
> contesting it?
>
> >If your lucky the cop might piss off the judge
>
> In Texas cops and judges are usually "All in the Family" if you know what
I
> mean. When it comes to choosing between a cop and a civilian trying to get
> out of a ticket, the cop couldn't piss off the judge even if he pissed ON
> the judge. :-(
>
> Mike Crumley 97 V6 Auto
> mail to: mcrumley@airmail.net
>
> If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, ya'll, watch this,"
> stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say.
>
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