Got a ticket for one hour....

[bohuslav]

So, I am sitting at this stop sign and a car in front of me (am second in line) pulls away very slowly and keeps its slow speed through out the intersection and even after. I think this lady was going like 10mph. After I get through the intersection as well, i simply pass her (still way below the speed limit since she was really going about 10mph) and I take off. It is at the edge of a small town, and I know right past the village sign is a nice left turn and since the road is decent I open it up and go. Yes, at that point I was speeding, but not that much. Maybe 70 in 55. I go through the corner, mind my own business, do not really care that much whats behind me and just keep going. After about 2 mins I get a cop on my ass. So I stop and immediately give him my license and all the other documents. Me being a polite person, I tell him I apologize for hitting the corner little faster but since the road is so nice I could not resist. He looks at me and says: that is not why I pulled you over. Now I am pretty puzzled so I again politely ask why he pulled me over and he said that back at that stop sign, there was a double yellow where I passed that lady. I did not want to argue with him about the fact that the paint is so washed away no one can really see there is a double yellow so he just wrote me a ticket for that (I was glad it was not for the speeding) and went my way. I rode around for another 45 min and on my way back I stopped to see if the double yellow is really washed out that badly. Sure enough, the same cop is there, sitting in his car watching the traffic around. So I get off my bike, pulled out my iphone and took a picture of the road. He sees me and comes by and says: So, what do you think? You see that double yellow there and there, pointing before the stop sign and way pass the stop sign, but where I actually passed that slow car it is really really washed off and you just can not see it. So I point that out, the officer looks at me and says: you know what, just give me that ticket back! I looked at him and asked if he was serious and he says it again. So I handed him back  the ticket, thanked him for being so kind and took off. He even gave me a smile. Nice guy.

[Grifo]

Good story

[1FastFox]

I was under the impression that once and office writes a ticket there is nothing that can be done about it other than pleading your case in court. I thought all numbers on the ticket pad had to be account for or something along those lines.

Am I mistaken? Mario?

[Grifo]

If its an electronic ticket yes.  Old school tickets the officer has total discretion.

[1FastFox]

I didnt even know they issued electric tickets... Im only used to getting these:



 

(This was my fault though, I was still jacked up on adrenalin after skydiving and wasnt watching my speed on the way home. DOH!)

[geoffduc]

Blimey I wish we had cops like that...

The one that stopped me for having the letters and numbers on my reg tag 59mm instead of 64mm booked me...

and then went on to tell me he was also a biker...

Geoff...