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Re: So I was pulled over by not one but three State Police cruisers.
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Originally Posted by Mrs. M
Okay, here's how my son got out of a "following too close" ticket...When he went to court, he asked the judge to let him ask the officer a question, which he did. He asked, "When you pulled me over, did you suspect me of drunk driving?" The officer answered "yes" which invalidated the ticket and the case of dismissed. Now, you just ask that officer, in front of the judge, "When you pulled me over, was it because you noticed I wasn't wearing a seatbelt?" When he answers "yes", you get to turn to the judge and tell him that that's legal in your state! (Or you can just pay the $25 fine and not have to spend a day in the courtroom!!!!)
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It sounds like your son had one of the 'good guys' on the bench who has little time for pretextual stops and wanted to send a message to the cop to relax on the pretextual stops. The hardliner judges I've experienced would have simply said the following too closely was a legitimate vehicle code violation to stop a car regardless of whether he was really fishing for a DUI and/or was a reason forming his reasonable suspicion for stopping the car for DUI.
Last edited by O'Sullivan Bere; 04-29-2008 at 05:39 PM.
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