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<blockquote data-quote="TomT" data-source="post: 802221" data-attributes="member: 55397"><p>TJR. The job of a peace officer is to protect you, not hassle you. That is why I say look at the intent of the law. Let me give you another example: In Texas they passed a law saying your license plate cannot be obscured. The intent of course is to allow LEO's to be able to ID your plate when necessary. An over-zealous cop gave my wife a ticket last year because her car had the traditional dealer frame that barely covered the top of the T in Texas. It in no way hampered the ID of the plate. You say it should be handled by a judge and it was. Never-less, it cost my wife a day off from work to go to court and get it dismissed. So you can say we still lost money because of the citation. I'm saying that it should not come to that. Our courts are overburdened enough. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>BillV. The cop was a long way behind me. I saw him but did not pay any attention to him since using my turn signal had absolutely no effect on his driving. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not saying I wasn't in the wrong but there are enough people out there not using turn signals properly that are causing real problems. The way the law reads, you can't give a person a ticket for one of my major pet peeves, which is using your turn signals AFTER you have already applied your brakes. That chaps my ass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TomT, post: 802221, member: 55397"] TJR. The job of a peace officer is to protect you, not hassle you. That is why I say look at the intent of the law. Let me give you another example: In Texas they passed a law saying your license plate cannot be obscured. The intent of course is to allow LEO's to be able to ID your plate when necessary. An over-zealous cop gave my wife a ticket last year because her car had the traditional dealer frame that barely covered the top of the T in Texas. It in no way hampered the ID of the plate. You say it should be handled by a judge and it was. Never-less, it cost my wife a day off from work to go to court and get it dismissed. So you can say we still lost money because of the citation. I'm saying that it should not come to that. Our courts are overburdened enough. BillV. The cop was a long way behind me. I saw him but did not pay any attention to him since using my turn signal had absolutely no effect on his driving. I'm not saying I wasn't in the wrong but there are enough people out there not using turn signals properly that are causing real problems. The way the law reads, you can't give a person a ticket for one of my major pet peeves, which is using your turn signals AFTER you have already applied your brakes. That chaps my ass. [/QUOTE]
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