hansai00

going to attempt a trial by written declaration myself. However it's not going to be very convincing....just hoping the officer doesn't give a response.

trainwreck

i got off on allegedly rolling a stop sign from the cop not showing up...

a couple years later i got a bullshit carpool violation for $496. trial by declaration was not an option...

OP, i have a question for you. Did the judge wait to try your case at the very end because the cop was not present when you first got called to the stand? the judge in palo alto did this to me, i got off, but took 2 hours of waiting...i figured the judge was trying to buy time for the cop to show up.

btw, in this economy, and with the state budget crisis...cops are in revenue raising mode (tickets and fines).

be careful out there.

jasonw

According to ticket assasin, cops get overtime for going to court in person but don't get OT for fighting trial by declarations.

And if you lose the TBD, you can get a retrial automatically, giving you 2 separate chances to beat the ticket.

CalBear07

How is this possible? You had a passenger and somehow still got the ticket?

itS2Krazy

i got a ticket a few months ago for running a red light. (it was yellow i swear) but with my luck. i was photographed in the intersection with 4 different angles. i just paid the fine and went to traffic school.

dougyser

Just last month, I found out i ran a red light. But the thing is, i was making a right turn. With my luck they took my picture for not making a complete stop. Such b.s . Any one know of anything i can do ?

jasonw

Look at ticket assasin and the books people already mentioned here.

macr88

Shave ur head, send in a pic and say that's not me j/k