I got a speeding ticket and a failure to produce license on demand citation in Southern Maryland for which I am clearly guilty. I don't want to dispute the ticket, because the trooper wrote me up for 64 in 55 when I was clocked at 89, but I would like to try and get probation before judgement. Do I have to stand in front of the judge for that or can I make a written statement of guilty with an explanation?

Damn, you got lucky with that one.

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.

Yeah. It just isn't classy to use currency.

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.
:lol

You still have to show up.

Never plead guilty w/ explanation. At least if you plead not guilty you have a chance the cop wont show. If you plead guilty w/ expl. the cop is not req. to show up.

If the cop is there that day, when the judge asks you what do you plead, THEN you plead guilty w/ expl.

Is this your first ticket? If not, dont expect PBJ as the cop has already reduced your offense. The judge will ask the cop this and the cop will confirm. They almost always write down on their notes that they reduced your speed on the ticket.

(above from my courtwatching experiences)

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.

:biglaughb

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.
:lol

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.
:biglaughb

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.

:rofl

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.
PWNED!!!

:rofl2

Do this many people read off-topic?

I think you mentioned it in this forum too.

I was gonna laugh at the joke too, but I was way too late.

I have no idea about the ticket though. No ones answered your question yet. What exactly is it youre asking?

I think you mentioned it in this forum too.
Don't think so.

Don't think so.
Behold...the beauty of the intarwebnet...

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4335167&postcount=21

Behold...the beauty of the intarwebnet...

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4335167&postcount=21
Oh, wow, didn't see that. Like I said, I didn't mention it.

Besides, the entire thread was misinterpreted. It was really about carrying cash in those free bank envelopes rather than paying for things with cash, per se.

Besides, the entire thread was misinterpreted. It was really about carrying cash in those free bank envelopes rather than paying for things with cash, per se.

Wow...how you come up with material like that is beyond me.

I use plastic bags, does that mean I'm rich?

Well, see, the problem is that you're just being a smartass and you don't actually use plastic bags to carry around money. Besides, we covered in the OT thread that class and money are not neccessarily related.

I'm not an elitist or an idiot, I just view what goes on in the world with curiosity.

Edit: What is your problem anyway? First of all, this thread isn't about my Off-Topic threads at all. So you're trashing my thread with your moronic babble. Second of all, you apparently have some kind of vendetta because you're the "spark behind the fire" - you've made three posts in this thread referencing the OT cash thread. There are a lot of other ":rofl" replies but you're the only one who is being an asshole.

That said, enjoy your time-out.

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.
:lol

Make sure you pay the fine with a credit card...court clerks don't like poor people with cash.
Your comment is irrelevant because I don't have a job nor money so I can't afford to pay with cash or credit.

Simmah down children. It's the internet, no need to have paper thin skin around here.

Your comment is irrelevant because I don't have a job nor money so I can't afford to pay with cash or credit.


Calm down.. everyone is just having fun with you.. It wouldnt be Bimmerforums if you didnt get flamed every once in awhile. You have to be 100% clear when you post anything because there is always that person or People in our case who will run with it and make you look like a tool. Just laugh it off man You have to admit its kinda funny. BAck to topic. I doubt you should go to court. Pay the fines, If you go the officer has every right to bring up the fact that you were going faster then he said. Pay up and move on is my advice

I don't have a job nor money.

But, you drive a BMW - that is all that matters ;)

Do you have ANY other tickets on your record? (think in the past 3 years). If you do, then just pay the fine and do not go. If you do not, I would goto court then. Plead guilty and just act contrite.

If you use these words, I will bet you get PBJ, "Your honor, I plead guilty with explanation. My explanation: there is none. I was speeding and no matter how bad of a day I had, that is not an excuse for speeding. I am sorry. I am here before this court to respectfully ask for clemency. If possible, I would like to be eligible for a PBJ if your honor is so inclined to grant it. Thank you."

Simple. Short. Sweet. You still may not get PBJ -- but, the judge will respect your honesty and not some B.S. excuse of you going to hospital, having a bad day at work, rushing to the airport, etc. Good luck.

YEa I got a ticket and told the judge that my gf was sick and I didnt want her to throw up in my car errrrrr wrong answer 2 points full fine+court costs

That said, enjoy your time-out.


I didn't ralize you were a moderator? :dunno

I didn't ralize you were a moderator? :dunno
You have no authority here. :stickoutt That said, no, I'm not. But it also doesn't seem like there's any moderator here, since no one in the "MAR clique" ever gets censured for anything they do.

James, I don't have any Maryland speeding tickets on record. I do have a no front plate ticket in Maryland from a year ago, a non-speeding moving violation in Florida in March that carried no points, and a speeding ticket in Alabama in March that is in the court system.

The "MAR Clique" would throw a fit if any of us were put in TO. :D

You have no authority here.

Technically speaking, none of us have any "authority" here -- in my case that point has simply been reiterated for clarification. :stickoutt


FYI - telling someone to "enjoy timeout" when they are not actually about to get a timeout is teh lose ( :( ) and is bordering on self-induced pwnage ( :eek: )

But it also doesn't seem like there's any moderator here, since no one in the "MAR clique" ever gets censured for anything they do.

Chris is cool like dat.....yO!! :cool

The "MAR Clique" would throw a fit if any of us were put in TO. :D
Jailbreak! :cop

FYI - telling someone to "enjoy timeout" when they are not actually about to get a timeout is teh lose ( :( ) and is bordering on self-induced pwnage ( :eek: )

All I can say is that I have never reported a post to a moderator in the past where the offender has not gotten time out. I guess things work differently in a forum where the clique and the moderator are in bed together :dunno


I mean come on guys... I don't want to be "that idiot who got his panties in a bundle over the stupid cash thread"... but I won't be the next e36dj either. I don't act like a stuntaz on this forum or make stupid on-topic posts or trash your forums. All I ask for is a little mutual respect. Can't we all... just get along? :kiss

All I can say is that I have never reported a post to a moderator in the past where the offender has not gotten time out. I guess things work differently in a forum where the clique and the moderator are in bed together :dunno


I mean come on guys... I don't want to be "that idiot who got his panties in a bundle over the stupid cash thread"... but I won't be the next e36dj either. I don't act like a stuntaz on this forum or make stupid on-topic posts or trash your forums. All I ask for is a little mutual respect. Can't we all... just get along? :kiss


I really have no idea WTF you're tralking about -- but sardil's post wasn't that bad -- certainly not enough to warrant a TO no matter what forum it's on. I'll give you 10 to 1 he doesn't get a TO from your 'reported thread' :stickoutt

certainly not enough to warrant a TO no matter what forum it's on.

Administrator's Rule on Polluting Other Peoples' Threads (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4240428&postcount=1)
Administrator's Rule on Off-Topic Posts in Regional Forum (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2593557&postcount=1)

I'll agree at this point he won't get a TO - they either get thrown on with the quickness or not at all.

I'd like to end this conversation - at this point I sound like a whiney bitch, even to myself. :)

well done.. Bowing out graciously lol let us know what happens to the ticket!

I think the problem is that you are spending too much time on the Internet....seriously!!!

Uberbimmer has the best attitude towards it. He was new, we made fun of him, he showed he could take it, end of story. :)

I think the problem is that you are spending too much time on the Internet....seriously!!! ...
That's possible? :confused

How much time is considered too much time? :help

---Eric

Lol

A 9mph ticket when you were going 34mph over...you won't be getting PBJ. The front plate ticket and your Alabama speeding ticket will show up on the judge's computer. If you were squeaky clean, then the judge might have shown leniency.

I don't want to be "that idiot who got his panties in a bundle over the stupid cash thread"... but I won't be the next e36dj either.

:nutz: :lol

A 9mph ticket when you were going 34mph over...you won't be getting PBJ. The front plate ticket and your Alabama speeding ticket will show up on the judge's computer. If you were squeaky clean, then the judge might have shown leniency.



:nutz: :lol


LOL best quote evar!!

I think the problem is that you are spending too much time on the Internet....seriously!!!

No argument ;) I need a damn job.

No argument ;) I need a damn job.
You should be a waiter.

You should be a waiter.
:lol

You should be a waiter.
Awesome!

Sorry, waiters get tipped in cash. I don't touch the stuff.

:rofl

Matt

The "MAR Clique" would throw a fit if any of us were put in TO. :D nobody threw a fit when I was put in TO :(

Were you put in TO from something said or done in the MAR forum?

Awesome!

Sorry, waiters get tipped in cash. I don't touch the stuff.

:lol :lol :lol

:lol :lol :lol
;) I can play too.

Were you put in TO from something said or done in the MAR forum? well it was something I did in all the forums. At the time I thought I was being clever. The admins didn't.

I thought I was being clever.


Was it that trick where you pretend to pull the tip of your thumb off? That one gets me every time.... :rofl

;) I can play too.


Ahhh...welcome home, son! :stickoutt

Was it that trick where you pretend to pull the tip of your thumb off? That one gets me every time.... :rofl
:lol

well it was something I did in all the forums. At the time I thought I was being clever. The admins didn't.
sounds like teh drunk posting.