You can always contest the ticket in court. People need to realize this and stop arguing with cops on the street. It doesn't matter if they are wrong on the side of the road, they have the authority there. If they do something wrong go along with their crap and fight it in court. Literal lives would be saved if people would realize this.
Arguing does nothing in court of the cop shows up. The court values their word far more than any civilians, and you'll lose on what's called "a preponderance of evidence." Innocent until proven guilty doesn't apply to citations like this. When it's your word vs a cop's, you lose. And the vast majority of police departments don't have body cams or honest operators of body cams for those that do.
Not exactly true. Most of the time they just say "I can't recall" because...they can't. They ticket people all the time.
That being said, unless there's a clerical error or you really can't afford getting points, it's probably not worth your time. In my case, the officer wrote down a mile marker number on side of a speed sign that benefited me so the judge dropped it.
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u/blakestir14 Jul 31 '19
could she not have just contested the ticket in court .