First 'Major' ticket

One of the last tickets that I got about 15 years ago. I was passing a dump truck. There was a cop off to the side of the road with a radar gun in his hand. His back was towards traffic as he was walking back to his car. He turns around and sees me passing the dump truck. He points to me and makes a motion for me to pull over. I get past the truck and pull over. I should have kept on going with all the traffic and side roads to turn down he would have never caught me.

Now here in Ontario, according to the Canada Safety Council (these are the people the police call when they are unsure of how to lay charges), there is no speed limit when passing another vehicle. So I'm pulled over and when the cop comes up to me he states that he's going to give me a ticket for 100km/h in a 80km/h zone. I asked him how he knows how fast I was going since he didn't have me on the radar gun. He tells me that he clocked the dump truck at 85km/h and since I was passing it, I had to be going faster.

I go to Pointts to see about fighting the ticket. The lady at the office told me that I don't need to use them because the officer didn't check off a box on the ticket where it states that he gave me the ticket. She told me all I have to do is go down to the courthouse and tell the Justice of the Peace and the ticket would be dismissed. I head to the courthouse and show the J.P. The lady there tells me the ticket will be tossed but I have to go see the Judge. She gives me a date for traffic court.

The day comes and I'm in front of the judge stating why it should be tossed. The judge looks at me and says, "I don't care what the law or anyone else says. You're guilty!" I guess he doesn't like guys with long hair wearing leather jackets. :dontknow: Then he makes the mistake of asking me if I have anything to say. Do I?? I tell him in a very loud and pissed off voice, "Maybe YOU and the Justice of the Peace should get your acts together as not to waste my damn time or the courts time!" The judge just sat there with steam rolling out of his ears for a couple seconds and then told me I should leave.

Since then I've got no belief in any justice system. Especially when I see what's happening on the 6 o'clock news.


Wylde1.