Get this; I was picking my friend up from the airport, and I was stopped at a stoplight with a crosswalk right in front of me. My friend walks down the crosswalk, gets in my car, and after the light turned green, the cop asked me to pull over!
I had to ASK him why I got pulled over! He never even said 'do you know why you got pulled over' rather just asked for my registration and license. After he gave me a 3 minute jabbing away (without giving a definitive answer) on why someone shouldn't get in a car from the crosswalk, he spent another 20+ minutes writing the ticket only for me to finally see what the 'official' reason he pulled me over for written on the ticket. Turned out the official reason was that I was '22400 (a) cvc minimum speed law (blocking traffic)'....while stopped at a red light! I simply was as kind as possible, because if there is anything I know, it is that the place you argue about it is in the courtroom, otherwise if you piss an officer off they can really screw you over.
Grr.....
Does anyone have any advice or insight?
I had to ASK him why I got pulled over! He never even said 'do you know why you got pulled over' rather just asked for my registration and license. After he gave me a 3 minute jabbing away (without giving a definitive answer) on why someone shouldn't get in a car from the crosswalk, he spent another 20+ minutes writing the ticket only for me to finally see what the 'official' reason he pulled me over for written on the ticket. Turned out the official reason was that I was '22400 (a) cvc minimum speed law (blocking traffic)'....while stopped at a red light! I simply was as kind as possible, because if there is anything I know, it is that the place you argue about it is in the courtroom, otherwise if you piss an officer off they can really screw you over.
Grr.....
Does anyone have any advice or insight?
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