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Another Victory! Red Light Camera Ticket TOSSED in CA
This particular ticket involved turning right on a red light. A lot of these red-light camera tickets are issued to motorists who allegedly do not make a 'complete stop' before turning right on red. Paul was driving his mom's car, but the ticket was issued to his mom because she was the registered owner. She showed up to court and the judge dismissed it because the driver in the photo was not her, but then the court scanned their records and found that a male was listed as having lived at the same address and mailed another ticket to Paul (I don't know if that is even legal).
He got the maximum number of extensions, used the discovery process in preparation for the case, and printed out the list of questions from the free site HelpIGotaTicket.com/. These are the questions that the defendent will ask the witness (cop) in court during trial. If you use the system's own b.s. 'laws' and minutia against them, they will most likely, in my experience, LOSE. They're 'law enforcement', after all, so surely they love it when we use their 'law' against them, right? ;-)
Here is the e-mail I recieved today from Paul:
Paul's Red Light Ticket It was dismissed. After a long practice of extending my court dates and being prepared for my defense it came down to a clerical error. I was supposed to go to trial on Friday February 18th but I went in prior and the clerk extended it until Monday May 11th. When I went yesturday the judge wanted to set up a trial date and the sheriff wasn't there. I told him "no" that I was here today and today was my trial date because I had already been arraigned. I asked for it to be dismissed because he didn't show. The judge was pissed and angerly asked me for my paperwork. He said you couldn't extend a trial but the court clerk said that an error had been made. He then told me "I am giving you the benefit of the doubt" case dismissed. It took 11 months and 4 days from the "alleged" infraction and saved me $379.00 plus any traffic school or payment plan fees.
Great work Paul. I hope everyone uses this as yet another lesson and encouragement to fight what I refer to as traffic ticket revenue tyranny. Related Links:
RED LIGHT CAMERA TICKETS DEFEATED IN CALIFORNIA How I Beat A Cell Phone Ticket In California [Video] Martin Hill on GCN Live with 2004 Libertarian party Presidential Candidate Michael Badnarik 1/28/09 discussing fighting traffic tickets
Audio here. See also [Show Notes 1/28/09- A good resource]. Martin Hill with Christie Czajkowski of TruthBrigade.org 3/11/09 discussing fighting traffic tickets Video: IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO FILM COPS. RESIST ILLEGAL ORDERS- ASSERT YOUR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS
Watch a kook cop try to tell me to turn off my videocamera. Change of Venue: An Easy Way To Beat A Traffic Ticket (Great Preemptive Measure)
The article below is one that The Press Enterprise interviewd me for. Unfortunately it had a grossly misleading & innacurate headline:
In Inland area, more accident-reducing red-light cameras on the way
August 3, 2008
My explanation of the above article and interview is here:
Opposition to red light cameras: a personal view CONSTITUTIONALIST BEATS SEAT BELT TICKET IN CA The Fraud of Seat Belt Laws:
Traffic Deaths Decrease 10+ Percent For Those Not Wearing Seat Belts. (Govt Report) CHECKPOINTUSA.ORG (Excellent site!]. COPS ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PROTECT ANYONE. Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/28scotus.html] CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Police have no obligation to protect any individual from harm POLICE ADMIT PLANTING GUNS AND DRUGS IN CARS, LAUGH ABOUT IT The Brett Darrow Case
Brett Darrow is a 20 year old from St. George Missouri, who decided to mount a video camera in his car after getting some traffic tickets. Watch the bizzare series of events that unfolds in September 2007 when Brett politely invokes his God given rights to privacy and Constitutional protections. Sgt. James Kuehnlein became outraged and began screaming like a lunatic, berating and threatening Darrow, saying he would find '9 different charges' to lock him up on. Darrow later posted the video online where it got international attention, and Sgt. Kuehnlein was promptly fired. Darrow had an eerily similar incident happen to him in December 2006, when he politely invoked his rights and told a cop at a checkpoint that he did not want to discuss his personal life. Both these are must-see videos. Kudos to Brett Darrow for standing up for his unalienable rights and privacy. We can all learn from him.
"Traffic rules account for most of the contact by average citizens with law enforcement and the courts. Enforcement of laws which are widely perceived as unreasonable and unfair generates disrespect and even contempt toward those who make and enforce those laws." The Appellate Department, in People vs. Goulet But he said: Woe to you lawyers also, because you load men with burdens which they cannot bear and you yourselves touch not the packs with one of your fingers.
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