>It appears to me that you are ASSUMING that any tickets written, are
>written
>against guilty people. Doesn't that seems strange to you? Here in the
>part
>of the US, one is considered innocent until proven guilty--at least most of
>the time, and that's certainly why you get your day in court--to contest
>what the officer said. I recognize that with traffic tickets it is often
>hard to prove the recipient not-guilty, but it does happen.
No, not at all. I just assume that most people don't bother trying to fight
a traffic ticket whether they are truly guilty or not.
Because:
1. Its your word against the cops, and in your in front of a judge whose a
part of the money making machine. Unless you have a witness to back you up,
chances are you'll loose, guilty or not.
2. In many cases its cheaper to just pay the ticket than spend a day in
court to fight it.
I think most people who do try to fight are just hoping that the cop doesn't
show and the case is dismissed.
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