[no subject]

This sort of thing used to bother me too. Then a lawyer friend of mine
explained that traffic court is not about finding out whose fault
something is or justice or anything that complex. It's a money making
operation. And when you go down there and plead innocent and try to
present your case to the judge and ask for a jury trial, you throw a big
monkey wrench into their money making operation. And they get pissed off
and you pay more for wasting their time. My advice is to just send in
your "donation" and avoid the humiliation of going to traffic court at
all cost. It's just a more elegant way of collecting money than, say,
when I was in Mexico and we were pulled over for "too many people in the
car" (4 I guess is too many) and were allowed to pay our fine on the
spot w/ a $20 bill.

Mike


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