I got one that will be hard to top..
I got one in the parking lot of a private establishment, my car was running, in it’s parking spot in park.
Judge didn’t care. just asked “where you in the car with out your seat belt on?” well ya... “pay the fine” But but but “you broke the law! pay the fine!”
then and there I knew it had NOTHING to do with safety of ANYONE. It had everything to do with collecting $ for the county/city/state.
Isn’t every passenger who sits in a car “there without his/her seat belt on” at least for a moment?
Sounds like legal B.S. which goes unaddressed as nobody takes a ticket to appellate court (the place where legal errors by the initial court can be redressed) which usually costs more than the ticket would. So these petty Napoleons never get their wrists slapped. Unless maybe it’s worth it because that ticket makes the difference between keeping or losing a driver’s license.
They have no jurisdiction on private property. You don't even need a license to drive on private property. Their [already thin] claim to have the jurisdiction to require you to have a license, register your vehicle, etc., hangs upon the idea that the roads are "theirs".
“I got one that will be hard to top.”
I was cutting through the parking lot of Blockbuster in order to avoid a red light. A cop saw me do it, he stopped me, and asked me why I did it, I told him “I am late for work”. He issued me a ticket to appear in court.
I had a few weeks to think about it.
In court the the officer told the judge that I was cutting through a parking lot to avoid the red light.
I plead not guilty, and told the judge that I was only stopping to see what time Blockbuster closed that night. The police officer said “he told me that he was late for work”
I kinda chuckled, and told the judge “I told the officer that HE was MAKING me late for work”
It was thrown out of court, the cop didn’t look very amused.