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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 9cobra7: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by andyman_2k01: [qb] Regardless of the ticket, if you have the time, take it to court and plead guilty / no contest. The judge will almost always cuts off 25%-%50 of the fine amount from what I have seen. On another note, I just did a 12 hour ride-along with the CHP 2 weeks ago. For almost the full 12 hours we were looking for cars with tint, tailgating, speeders, no seat belts, and no front license plates. They give out these tickets because they are looking out for the safety of you and the safety of others. In particular, the CHP give out tint tickets because they are looking out for themselves. When they approach a car with tints on the side windows, they don't know what the hell is going on in the car, and that is unsafe. Some info you can use: The only time a ticket goes to the state department is when it is related to car registration. If a CHP gives you a tint ticket, speeding, and no front plate in Oakland...the fines go to the City of Oakland. If he gives them to you in Fremont...they go to the City of Fremont, etc. So don't think the state is getting all the benefits from you breaking the law. He was doing his job. I'm sure you didn't speak up to let him know you had modified exhaust. ;) [/qb][/QUOTE]It all sounds real good and thanks for the post. If they really cared for our safety and we all did the right thing and didn't speed etc etc, what would happen to the dept.? They'd be outta business. Do they really care if we buckle our belts? Really? Does the government really care about you? Really? No, your just a number. I was actually going to be a CHP in 1997 and know a lot about it. Went through the testing process and everything and fortunately I didn't become one. I went on to start a business and found out your just a robot. Like I said before, I tinted the windows in back dark and the sides light so I wouldn't have to go through this exact thing and be ticketed for it. I only tinted them for UV protection from the sun like I did all my construction trucks and all the other cars I own. How is the front plate gonna make us safer? So scratch that one too. The only thing I did wrong was speed up to pass the car and got caught and the fines are now outta hand is my complaint. Yes the money goes to all different counties and such but that makes up the state, doesn't it? Now look at all the new charges. DNA fees, a sur charge of all things and the new amounts for everything else. Seems theres only a handful of people who get what I'm saying so I'm almost done with this but there have been a lot of different points and some very useful which I'm going to look into as other people should too. Like I said before, if all of us really obeyed the law and didn't, tailgate, tint, drink+drive, etc etc etc they would be outta busines. Yes the CHP is a business like Safeway and Burger King. So I ask you all again, do they really care about your safety because then they don't work? Hmmmmm, probably not! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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