Kikezilla
Give me the fish!
Firstly, to satisfy to demands of format:
1. I believe I was cited for 22349(a), though It's a little hard to read.
2. In Mill Valley.
3. On the Bike, Honda Blackbird.
4. The CHP officer told be that I had passed him as he came onto Highway 101 at the 131 south bound onramp, at an estimated speed of 95mph. He then paced me for approximately half a mile, to a mile, and estimated my speed to 80 or 85. Then he waited to pull me over till there was a safe place to do so, which was why we were having the conversation in the strange oframp to nowhere in the Waldo grade. (I'm trying to be thorough, bear with me here).
We chatted a while, as he had ridden when he was younger, and he told me that he was not going to write me up for 90 in a 55, but rather 80 in a 65, which I was not inclined to complain about.
He also told me about a previous violation on my record, which surprised me.
5. I told him essentially nothing. I didn't admit guilt, or argue, or any of that nonsense. The only thing I said that wasn't pure small talk was in relation to a previous ticket he mentioned, which is still on my record more than two years later, where I mentioned that I had tried a TbWD, and never been notified of the results by the court, despite multiple phone calls to them. More on this in a moment.
6.This was in rush hour traffic this morning, southbound on the 101 through Mill valley, at ~9:00 this morning. Clear weather, good light, and a bunch of cars on the road, though there were some clear spaces, including the area where he says I was doing ninety.
I wasn't doing ninety, or even eighty. I may well have been doing 75 though, and the speed limit in the area is 55. I'm pretty sure I was speeding, though I did not actually check.
I'm probably going to go to court, in part to see whether the officer appears. The last time I went in they didn't and the bailiff was so gleeful on my behalf I feel I owe it to him to try for the same again. I also want to look into this previous violation, since it apparently included a 30 suspension of my license, which I had never been notified of.
Now on to my question:
I have no intention of contesting the fine if the officer is present (though I may try to get it reduced). I have been told, by CHP officers, that if an officer goes to court over a ticket on which they cut somebody a break, they are obliged to testify to the violation they actually observed, rather than the one they wrote the citation for. Now I know this sounds like nonsense, but I want to be careful here, as i was also told that the penalty for 90 in a 55 is significantly harsher.
I'd also like to know what my chances are of getting my record cleaned up for a two plus year old violation, the handling of which involved some irregularities of which I have no documentation. In Marin County court.
Any assistance greatly appreciated, any razzing accepted as my own fault for being on teh interwebz.
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1. I believe I was cited for 22349(a), though It's a little hard to read.
2. In Mill Valley.
3. On the Bike, Honda Blackbird.
4. The CHP officer told be that I had passed him as he came onto Highway 101 at the 131 south bound onramp, at an estimated speed of 95mph. He then paced me for approximately half a mile, to a mile, and estimated my speed to 80 or 85. Then he waited to pull me over till there was a safe place to do so, which was why we were having the conversation in the strange oframp to nowhere in the Waldo grade. (I'm trying to be thorough, bear with me here).
We chatted a while, as he had ridden when he was younger, and he told me that he was not going to write me up for 90 in a 55, but rather 80 in a 65, which I was not inclined to complain about.
He also told me about a previous violation on my record, which surprised me.
5. I told him essentially nothing. I didn't admit guilt, or argue, or any of that nonsense. The only thing I said that wasn't pure small talk was in relation to a previous ticket he mentioned, which is still on my record more than two years later, where I mentioned that I had tried a TbWD, and never been notified of the results by the court, despite multiple phone calls to them. More on this in a moment.
6.This was in rush hour traffic this morning, southbound on the 101 through Mill valley, at ~9:00 this morning. Clear weather, good light, and a bunch of cars on the road, though there were some clear spaces, including the area where he says I was doing ninety.
I wasn't doing ninety, or even eighty. I may well have been doing 75 though, and the speed limit in the area is 55. I'm pretty sure I was speeding, though I did not actually check.
I'm probably going to go to court, in part to see whether the officer appears. The last time I went in they didn't and the bailiff was so gleeful on my behalf I feel I owe it to him to try for the same again. I also want to look into this previous violation, since it apparently included a 30 suspension of my license, which I had never been notified of.
Now on to my question:
I have no intention of contesting the fine if the officer is present (though I may try to get it reduced). I have been told, by CHP officers, that if an officer goes to court over a ticket on which they cut somebody a break, they are obliged to testify to the violation they actually observed, rather than the one they wrote the citation for. Now I know this sounds like nonsense, but I want to be careful here, as i was also told that the penalty for 90 in a 55 is significantly harsher.
I'd also like to know what my chances are of getting my record cleaned up for a two plus year old violation, the handling of which involved some irregularities of which I have no documentation. In Marin County court.
Any assistance greatly appreciated, any razzing accepted as my own fault for being on teh interwebz.
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