Riding vs Flying -- How many here ride?

in article , Matt Barrow at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:47 PM:


"Philip S." wrote in message
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in article , Matt Barrow at
wrote on 7/3/06 7:08 PM:


"Philip S." wrote in message
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in article , Matt Whiting at
wrote on 7/3/06 5:58 PM:

Philip S. wrote:

This is funny, and it reminds me of a guy I used to know whom I
christened
"F***in' cops". He'd storm into work at least once or twice a month
muttering "F***in' cops!". And yes, as you've probably already
guessed,
he
got one or two traffic tickets a month. Naturally, it never dawned on
him
that driving the speed limit might be the answer to his troubles.

What state was that? In PA or NY, you do that for about two months and
you'd no longer have a license.

Sounds like an urban legend to me...

Matt

Washington State. And I can assure you, it's no urban legend. I have no
idea
whether the guy in question ever had his license revoked, though.

My one time in traffic court, I listened as the rap sheets of other
drivers
were read out, and some of them ran on for a considerable time. And they
all
had valid licenses. For the moment, anyway.

Hmmm...when I had jury duty (twice...we don't have a lot of potential
jurors
around here) the bailiff read the charges, but no one EVER read the rap
sheets. AAMOF, a persons record is NOT admissible in court, and that
would
only be a points summary if the judge was going to revoke the drivers
license.

Try again.

Umm...try again with *what*, exactly--somebody else's personal experience?
Sorry, Matt, I can only give you my own.

And my particular traffic court didn't have a jury. Perhaps it's different
where you live.

My experience wasn't traffic court, it was judicial court. That court had
jurisdiction for an traffic offenses that were classified as misdemeanor or
higher.

Well, that certainly explains why you felt qualified to comment on my
experience in traffic court.

IAC, a subjects record is _not likely_ to be read into the record for a
traffic court. In our area, a license cannot be revoked by a traffic court,
only a judicial court.

I don't live in your area.