Top 5 Myths About Traffic Tickets & How to Beat Them! 

Back in the 80's when I was a teen, when I got tickets from out of state I'd just write deceased on the envelope and send it back unopened. It worked back then before everything was computerized.

I think what we can conclude from this is that people are dealing with the biggest gang in America.

I was in a not at fault wreck on a gas powered Scooter. Just after escaping death, the state trooper still gave me 1 charge : No Motorcycle License. So I went to judge trial and showed the judge ; nobody can get a State motorcycle license on a non clutch ( automatic transmission ) bike : it's not allowed. ( My air cooled scooter doesn't even use water and dose 40mph at 60-70mpg ; it's a county road bike ) Well I floored the whole court room . Even the judge looked across the whole court room openly and said " I'll fix this later, defendant not guilty ". What made me mad is the young posturing state trooper wore his sunglasses the whole time and the " public pretender " charged me $50 representation for only announcing my name. Last thing she said openly to me as everyone was leaving the court room was " I couldn't of done that ". It still cost me court cost even dealing with them. I don't feel like I won anything and have had an attitude towards the system ever since. They're crooks.

I was arrested and released a few times because I was a long haired surfer 🏄, stripped searched, bend over and spread ‘um … then released. They were always on a fishing expedition with young people. I grew up in “America’s safest city” what a farce !!😢

The thing about not signing the ticket is true but you do have the right to read the entire ticket, because you have the right to know exactly what you're signing. Take your time, It means that officer cannot give another ticket to somebody else while you're reading that ticket. They want to pull you over give you a ticket and search your vehicle as quickly as they possibly can so they can move on to the next poor doing sucker. So if you slow them down by taking your time to read and fully understand what you're signing. Then that officer cannot give another ticket until you're done.😂😂😂

What if the officer purposefully misquotes me in his report, to try and make me sound like a jerk. He even used quotations. The conversation was on 3 body cams, my phone, and my ring doorbell. I said "I choose to use my 5th amendment rights to not answer any questions". He added to it and quoted me calling them names and saying smart alec things.

Always record EVERY interaction you have with cops

The fact that a traffic violation is a criminal offense is ridiculous. They should only be a civil violation. The idea that you can be stopped, detained, jailed, etc for a simple violation is absurd.

About 10 years ago, I went to court to fight a traffic ticket! The day in court when I went to fight the ticket, there was 50 other people fighting their tickets! The judge found everyone guilty and fined them! Even if I was guilty! It is mathematically impossible that 50 out of 50 people were guilty! It was all about the money! The courthouse was less than a year old and the city needed to pay for it! Even my 10 year son who was with me knew! As we left the courtroom he said dad that was just about the money wasn’t it! 😮😮

Removing "Qualified Immunity" would benefit the law abiding citizen and force corrupt police & judges to follow the law or face consequences.

You don’t have to do anything wrong for the police to investigate you. Sometimes the police will lie and make up a traffic violation to pull you over for.

Being arrested for resisting arrest is the most ridiculous illogical thing I've ever heard of. Just shows the mentality of our legal system. Common sense has left the building.

It should be law for cop to tell you why they pulled you over.

I'm a long haul trucker from Cali. I got a speeding ticket in upstate NY back in 1987. I forgot about it. My Cali DMV report never reported it. As far as I knew I had a clean driving record regarding that ticket. 25 years later I was pulled in to a weight station in Gestapo Maryland. My truck passed the inspection. No violations. They ran my license. I was almost arrested for the ticket in NY from 25 years ago. They wrote me 3 different driving on a suspended license ticket. I had a copy of my current Cali DMV report. Showed valid. No tickets nor accidents. Cost me $1000 for an attorney and $800 for all 3 cases to b dismissed.

They share info between states for a traffic ticket but a cop gets fired for agregious crime and another stare or county will not care about sharing that information,

Remember...you are fighting a criminal organization.

In the 1960’s my brother got a speeding for going 29 mph in a 25 mph zone. However, there was a line on the citation where the officer was to enter what a safe speed would have been. He wrote 30 mph would have been safe. That ticket was thrown out by the judge.

Courts/justice department,law enforcement have been operating illegally unconstitutionally for the past 100 years.

The law enforcement industry was originally designed to protect and serve the public. Today their goal is to generate revenue for the government.

I defended myself in a Mississippi courtroom in 1984. I won my case, but it was a kangaroo court. The judge realized I was not going to stop at his court. I was prepared to appeal as far as necessary. I pointed out several irregularities to the judge. The police chief was lying to cover up his officer’s incompetence.

Generally, your advice is spot on; however, consider the following clarifications (Texas): Signing the citation is "promising to appear" to dispose of the citation. If you refuse to sign, it will result in your arrest due to the refusal to promise to appear per the terms stated on the citation. Under these circumstances, the officer is instructed to present the defendant to a magistrate in order to dispose of the citation. Another clarification is that some smaller cities in Texas do not broadcast failure to appear warrants beyond their own jurisdictions, i.e. statewide or beyond. This is because they would rather pick you up in their city so they can preserve right to revenue from the citations. When picked up outside of their jurisdiction, they have to share that revenue with the apprehending agency, as well as a general fund. Last clarification is in errors on the citation. Material errors that could get your citation dismissed were based on the days when tickets were hand written. If the date was omitted, for instance, the citation became an invalid instrument for prosecution. BWC's and handheld electronic citation devices are making this a very unlikely occurrence now. Just thought I'd toss that in for some light thought.

Road pirates, enemies of ALL living things.

from personal experience, I was once charged for letting my dog run loose (I didn't have a dog, my rear porch was being repaired and the ticked should have been for not having a porch), the judge yelled at the prosecutor for having the wrong charges so the prosecutor quickly changed the charges and tried to prosecute under the corrected charges. I told the judge that I couldn't be prosecuted under the amended charges because I wasn't given the proper advanced notice of a court date and time to prepare my defense. This time the judge exploded at the prosecutor and read the riot act to him and dismissed all charges against me. Bottom line, even if the charges can be amended, there are still due process laws to prevent last minute changes in the court room. Once the officer presents the charges to the court, he can't change it. I answered the incorrect charges and after that it was too late to add new or amended charges.

In NY and MA, if you go to court for the initial hearing on your traffic ticket, ANY officer from the same jurisdiction can be present to attest to the facts of the ticket for the prosecution. At your trial, it’s the officer who stopped you who has to be present.

I was a passenger in a car that got pulled over. I thought it would be funny to get out of the car and start doing the Charleston, but it didn’t go well. 🤦‍♂️😂

It's now the law in California that police have to tell you why they pulled you over first thing. But if you have a flat tire they will stop and demand a sobriety test.

I spent a couple hours in jail after being arrested for refusing to sign a speeding ticket. Only after being in jail did I find out signing doesn’t admit guilt only that I acknowledged an officer wrote it out in front of me. My wife came in and I can hear her say, “I’m here to bail out the prisoner “. It was a small town, I was the only prisoner.

"Following you around waiting to see if you will commit a traffic violation" sounds a lot like harassment. If you don't think so then just reverse it. What if a bunch of news reporters followed around a police officer waiting to see if everything he did was appropriate and within the scope of his authority. I've seen youtube videos of private citizens recording a traffic stop and the police officer walks over and orders them to turn it off. Some of the citizens point out they are in their right because they are on their own property and the events taking place are in public with no expectation of privacy. The police officer still harasses the person recording. When the stop takes place at night the officer will shine a flashlight directly into the camera forcing the camera white balance to turn everything black but the light. "Following you around waiting to see" should sound wrong to any reasonable person, including law enforcement.

In conclusion, the system is rigged again you from the beggining

I once knew a guy that left his dogs hiking baggies in a trash bag and threw it away weekly. His car was searched and the pig was seriously triggered 🤣

I’m a retired Florida Prosecutor and Judge and I’d like to compliment you on your excellent advice and video. I use to preside over traffic hearings early in my career. Later on, I only handled the appeals from the traffic Court. If an officer failed to appear in Court without any communication with the Court of some good reason, I would dismiss the case. When a person failed to appear without some prior communication with the Court, their license was eventually suspended if they didn’t pay certain fees associated with failures to appear. Either party was freely granted reasonable continuances and given new dates as conveniently to each party as possible. I hated traffic Court with a passion and was so glad to move up in jurisdiction. For the Judge it was a no win situation as the numbers were crazy and people who came to court were very adamant about their innocence, but had little but their insistence to prove it, whereas the cops had things like radar that were regularly tested and certified as to accuracy. I was so glad to handle the worse horrible felony over speeding tickets.

In the early 90s I got a ticket in NY. Since I didn't live there I didn't pay it. 5 years later I got pulled over in GA and went to jail for a suspended license.

In states like Oklahoma, a cop will stop you because your seatbelt is "loose". In certain cities in Oklahoma, cops can take you to jail for dumb stuff even if the infraction doesn't warrant that and you are not being beligerent. In certain cities in Oklahoma, the police really need to be investigated.

PLEASE HELP 😭 an officer told me to get into his car and it was midnight and as a young woman I felt unsafe getting into a car with a man I didn’t know, officer or not. So I stood next to the passenger seat inside the open door and asked “is it ok if I just stand right here because I’m feeling a little unsafe getting into the car when I’ve heard stories of men impersonating officers before.” The officer threatened to arrest me if I didn’t get in 😭 I was even more scared now and asked if I could call his department first just to verify he was legit and he just threatens to arrest me and it got so scary. 😭 I promised I wasn’t going to run I just wanted to feel safe before I got into the car. He was so aggressive and started talking like I was hiding something. I just wanted to call someone before I got into his car alone in the middle of the night …. I was left severely traumatized … thank God he didn’t try to arrest me because the more aggressive he became the more I wondered if he really was an impersonator and I was going to be murdered if I got in his car 😭 is it within my right to ask for verification for safety before I put myself in a vulnerable position like that ? Or could he have arrested me just because I was too scared to sit down ? 😭 He also refused to tell me how fast I was going and that was so weird. He threatened to give me a ticket instead of a warning if I asked again how fast I was driving. And I was very polite as much as possible. I had never in my life heard of anyone being asked to get into an officer’s car before. So I felt so unsafe. I didn’t know that was something they do sometimes. So I was so scared to get in and when he threatened to arrest me, it made me feel less safe … I didn’t know what to do to protect myself

LOL You will love this one. First I have not had a ticket for 40 yrs. But 53 yrs ago when I was 18, me and another guy was drag racing in Alton Bay NH. Early evening no one around Nov. Some resident called the cops. They never saw us doing it. We denied it. He took the word of the citizen. Remember small town of 8000, 4-6 cops on the force two cruisers. He writes in the OTHER line on the ticket: SPINNING TIRES. We signed the tickets. Two wks later we r in court. Trial case put to the end. Only 4 cases including ours. I had a week before court went to the police library and looked up laws. No laws for SPINNING TIRES inNH. Case was read. I call the Sarg to the stand. Ask him a couple general questions. Then i present the summons ticket as evidence and exhibit one. I then ask the cop what is the NHRSA for spinning tires? CRICKETS. The Archy Horn the judge says well George, to (the cop) you need to brush up on basic laws. Case(s) dismissed. We won BUT he finally got us for speeding at a later time.

I was in law enforcement for 30 yrs. Your advice is GOLD! I never liked sleazy co-workers. I fwd'ed this and many of your other videos to friends. Many won't listen to just me. Thanks for the backup! I had a buddy get pulled over as I was talking to him on the phone. He was going to hang up and I told him to leave it on car phone. First thing deputy starts yelling at him and ordered him out if the car "you're going to do some tests for me to see if you're OK to drive " I'm yelling over the phone at him not to do any tests...he did...the deputy said that he'd work with him...sound familiar?

The last speeding ticket I got was in Elmodel, which is exactly the kind of SW Georgia hick town the name suggests. A motorcycle cop at least 80 years old was waiting around a corner were the speed limit drops suddenly from 55mph to 35mph before you have a chance to slow down. He had the Southern hospitality schtick down pat. "We catch a lot of folks doing that, you know. I once had to write a tick to myself." He was quite a civics booster. "As long as you're hear why don't you enjoy yourself at the diner and then visit our town museum." As I lived 300 miles away, I wrote a letter of objection to the judge, but it didn't do any good, so I paid the $94.00, which I was told if I paid, there would be no ding on my driving record. That sounded shady, but I paid it by mail. I wrote the Georgia Bureau of Investigation about the speed trap, but never found out if it did any good. I never travelled that part of Georgia again.

I got ticket in the pouring rain for following too close after a woman pulled in front of me and slammed on the breaks on a congested highway. It was on a slick bridge with no shoulder. Having never been to court before, I hired an ex-cop to help me out. Luckily, I was first up and there was a little trial since I pleaded not guilty. The cop explained about the "slick" roadway and the lack of shoulder, then the woman explained that she had just pulled in front of me. At this point the judge asked the prosecutor "Is that all you have?" When she replied in the affirmative, he said "there's no evidence of following too close. You're free to to." Then he looked sternly at the prosecutor and told her that he wanted to have a talk with her in his chambers. I can only imagine what he said to her for bringing such a weak case.

2:50 My brother went to court over a ticket for this very reason. This was a really long time ago, we were both teenagers I think…he might’ve been early 20s. The officer only spelled out the first two letters of our last name on his ticket instead of writing out the whole last name, which is much longer than that. So he went to court and fought it, and the judge threw it out. Guess the prosecutor didn’t notice it before trial 😂.

This happened to me, I showed up the cop didn't and the judge was willing to reschedule, I ended up working with the prosecutor to lower it to a non moving violation

Being a resident of Ft Worth I love this channel! Curious if you'd weigh in on the Caroline of Ft Worth police beatdown: 1A auditor doing her thing then officer Matthew Kruger bodyslams her into the pavement, knocks her out cold, then says quit refusing. Its a pretty f'd up situation...

That always gets me... Being arrested for resisting arrest... How am I being arrested for resisting arrest when I wasn't being arrested in the first place???

Great info ! You are probably saving someone's life w your competent advice ! Thank u

Got a ticket in Montana once. As I was signing, the officer told me that his state did not participate in reciprocity, so it wouldn't show up on my record, nor be reported to insurance. I am generally law abiding, so I paid the fee by mail, but I could have easily just ignored it.

Regarding #2, I got a ticket thrown out decades ago because the officer wrote down the wrong circumstances that warranted him pulling me over. I had cut through a gas station parking lot to avoid a light, but the officer said I went West instead of East out of the gas station. It got dismissed (or whatever the action was) by the judge and that was that.

Pro Tip: In the last year, because I do a lot of driving, I’ve managed to occasionally exceed the speed limit, was “camping” in the outside lane, and once I was accused of not coming to a full stop at a stop sign. 2 of these offenses were at night. On both occasions, upon being pulled over, and since I had nothing to hide, I pulled over, careful to leave my seatbelt on, then rolled down the car windows completely, and turned on the interior light. I also put my hands on the steering wheel at 10 & 2, as suggested by defensive driving classes. Why the elaborate display? Well, I have a friend who’s a Texas Ranger, and he told me the great fear of every officer during a stop especially at night, is that they cannot see your hands and they cannot see who all is inside your car. Upon being asked for my license and registration, I ask them “May I go ahead and reach in my back pocket?” You’d say, this is really too much. What’s the point? Well, in my experience, it works, because I have been pulled over 7x in the last 10 years, once when I was exceeding the speed limit by over 26 mph and I haven’t gotten a ticket on any single one of these occasions. Offering a little bit of professionalism, a bit of respect, a willingness to show the officers you’re aware of their safety and you want for them to know you both appreciate (most of them) their safety and their families…Will go a long ways towards avoiding a ticket. Seems a small price to pay. Works for me, give it a shot.

I got a ticket in California in 1984. I was there for the summer and came back to Texas, without disposing of the matter in the California court system. TEN YEARS LATER, I got a letter from California saying I owed them over a thousand dollars in fines, fees, and interest, and had an oustanding warrant. I still ignored them. Pretty sure it's off the books by now, as I have traveled to California since without any problems.

So glad that the guy that wrote me a bogus ticket got paid over-time to be there, while I had to miss an entire day's worth of pay to be there. Seems fair.

Back in the 90s and early 00s while living in NYC, any error on a moving violation and/or parking ticket was 90% of the time is dismissed. That was when all tickets were always handwritten.

If you try to fight a ticket in Oklahoma, it’s a $200 court fee that is nonrefundable, if the judge rules against you.

I like to tell people "Anything can be use AGAINST you in court, and Nothing will be used FOR you in court."

Hurry up officer, my wife's getting pregnant tonight, and I'd like to be there.

When I choose what to entertain a speaker, this RU-vid Creator is on my personal preferance list with recommendation to all others.

I got a warning instead of a tix as my answer to the police why I chose to have a living violation: “sir, I was reminiscing my small town from the 80s when you could cross this street safely in any direction” with bon Jovi playing softly on my stereo. 😂 I also handed him the information from a pretty silver envelope that I keep it in. He said he’s never seen such organization.

Cops should not be paid over time for going to court

The worst part is the fees and surcharges that turn a $50 ticket into a $250 ticket. In some states if you fight the ticket and lose they add a court fee.

Thou shalt not lie. Exodus 20:16 No exceptions for the police.

That's funny that you mentioned Pennsylvania. I unfortunately live here and I can vouch that Pennsylvania is one of the most money hungry States in America. They want every last penny you owe. There is a saying in Pennsylvania. "Come here on vacation and leave on probation!" It's no joke. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. My brother has robbed me several times. He's broken into my home and robbed me. He has stolen about $ 400, 000.00 of of my parents, out of their bank accounts. But they concider him, " The golden Child " He's never had to face any consequences in his entire life. He got his 17th DUI and a few year's ago, my parents were friends with a neighbor, who work's for the Driver's license place. She is one of the head bosses. My parents paid her $10,000.00 to scrub his record clean. So when he got this 17th DUI, it appeared like it was his first. He got a slap on the hand, and I'm so aggravated. He managed to delay his hearing 8 x's. Which, was all on his side. I thought an Attorney could only get a total of 3 Continuance? Rather than get in trouble for this at home, my Dad left the couple year old, Dodge Ram where it got towed to and took him out and bought him a brand new one. I just think my Dad probably paid off the Judge, like he's done before. Is this sort of thing usual?? Thank you.

The attorney I used for over 20 years used to go to trial and fight, typically ending in a dismissal. The last time I hired him, his traffic ticket strategy changed. He would let the lower court convict, then appeal. The problem was that it ended up going on my record as a conviction, then as a dismissal on appeal. Sure, the outcome is the same. But having it visible on my record is still not a good look. I prefer the deferred disposition now.

Those states that allow cops to arrest you for not signing a traffic ticket are like those countries with friendly-sounding names that I avoid at all costs.

Cop pulled me over on my bicycle for riding at night w/o lights😂 He just wanted to run my id to see if i had warrants so he could search my bag. I was coming in from a major city into the suburbs.

i once paid a traffic attorney in LA 2 gran to get rid of a ridiculous charge of "crossing a highway divider". The double yellow lines were actually faded gone or sunwashed out of existence my attorney noticed. No intent at all. Ridiculous cops just out to get people. I also have a perfect driving record. No history of violating anything.

That reciprocity never used to exist. True story: I had my license suspended in CA for a year. During that time, I moved to Montana and applied for a license but was honest on the application re: the state of my license and was denied w/o proof the license was no longer suspended. I then moved to Utah for a few months and applied for a license there, only this time I lied about my CA license's status. They gave me a Utah license which I took back to MT a few months later and traded IT for a valid MT license which I have maintained ever since. Now, this was over 30 years ago but goes to show that reciprocity wasn't always a thing.

I was pulled over by a Highway Patrol for going the speed limit of 70. Told i was going too slow! Holding up traffick!

What if the only statement made to any Officer is, “I invoke my right to remain silent without my attorney present. Am I free to go?”

I’m not a lawyer and I don’t always agree with everything they say but overall, this attorney provides the best advice online than most and I watch them all.

In Georgia traffic violations are criminal violations as of 1990. You sign the ticket in lieu of posting bail so if you refuse to sign, you have to go to jail.

In my state a traffic ticket is a civil infraction. Refusing to sign it elevates it to a criminal misdemeanor and usually ends with the violator in custody, his or her car towed, and booking into jail.

Me and my wife was arrested at a Walmart self checkout, my wife never touched anything they arrested her for being with me. During my arraignment the judge never asked us if we plead guilty or not guilty, he just made us guilty. This was done through video. He released us and we did community service. We wanted to fight it because I was having problems with the self checkout. The Fort Worth police are at my Walmart everyday all day.

I feel kind of sheepish in that I've had three warnings and zero tickets in 12 years. I signal and pull over to the right immediately. I turn the car off and shut the music down. Hands at top of wheel and give them my complete attention and give courteous, short answers to the point. Idk, I'm not especially lucky but maybe that's what it adds up to. "Ah yer getting hosed in every other way, but you'll have good luck with rollers."

This is the best law education channel on RU-vid

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense." What is not said but applies: Anything you say CAN'T and will NOT be used FOR you in a court of law.

Here is a similar but different issue I ran into years ago. I was severed with a summons to go to court over a dog barking issue. I signed the summons that the office brought to me and when I went to court, the judge said "You admitted to guilt by signing the summons." I politely said to the judge, "Are you crazy, signing it for receiving the summons not for admitting guilt". I still lost the case, but and had to pay the court costs, but did not have to pay a fine.

Excellent advice. It helps you be comfortable if you have friends or family who are cops or if a friendly neighbor is a cop. You are less likely to be nervous when stopped. Using a dash cam can be used to prove you were not speeding. The time between landmarks provides a visual evidence of the speed you were traveling. Plus it shows if that light was yellow when you entered the intersection and if you made a full stop at the stop sign. I don't speed, I use my cruise control religiously so I have not been stopped for that but I was stopped for a taillight out and one time a headlight. First thing I do is get the drivers license in my hand. When they come to the window, say, "Here is my license how else can I help you?" That sends the message I'm respectful and willing to assist. They will then ask for the insurance and registration. That gives me a chance to say, "Sheriff Jones told me not to be getting in the glove box when officer is approaching. I wasn't able to get those papers out earlier but with your permission I will get them now". See what that does? It sends the impression the sheriff in my county is a friend and that I have had conversations with the sheriff. That may or may not influence the officer but it's worth a try. If the officer is polite and professional I will answer basic questions because that reinforces the notion I am polite and respectful to police. Where you coming from is a standard question I'll answer. Where are you heading, is another I'll answer. That helps reinforce that I am cooperative. So, if the officer then begins to be intrusive that is when I say, "Officer, I have been respectful and polite. Your request to search my vehicle goes beyond the scope of a traffic stop". I do not consent to searches. Officer: "What are you hiding?" ME: "That is not the issue. I have seen videos of officers throwing items out all over the ground, I'm in no mood to clean up a mess." Officer: "I smell weed." Me: "It must be coming off your uniform.... (pause for effect)... from your last encounter with a weed user". (That sends the message you are not falling for that trick) Then you take this guys advice and insist on using the fifth to remain silent. That should be the end of it since you started out polite then lawyered up. Most cops will realize you are smart, know the law, and will not be intimidated.

0:18 Well, you better learn to get over it because cops think that you should be happy and enthusiastic when they detain you, and court have actually backed them up by ruling that it is indeed "suspicious" for innocent people to feel stressed, anxious, or nervous if they see a cop, someone whose entire job is specifically to ruin lives. (Remember, courts have ruled that cops aren't legally required to save or protect lives, protect or recover property, or investigate or solve crimes, so therefore, they're not legally required to do any of the things that tax-payers pay them to do, so the the only thing they do is hunt people for fun and profit, looking for opportunities to hurt people and rob them.) If you feel uncomfortable when you see a cop, that's because you must obviously be a criminal. 🤷 0:27 On the one hand, cops do love people begging them, that really gets them off. On the other hand, the only thing that gets them off more then people begging them for mercy is to not show mercy. 0:33 Remember, even if the ticket is dismissed, the court and police-department don't compensate you for your lost time and money dealing with it (not to mention any other COLLATERAL DAMAGES cops inflict, and since they get off scot-free when they do this, there's zero consequence for them to just break the law and drag-fish EVERYBODY, inflicting collateral-harm on everybody, the majority of which are innocent). 1:25 That's what cops want, for people to just bend over out of fear. Do what they say and forfeit your rights and privacy and bodily-integrity because if you don't, they'll make it worse. Just like SAist, just relax and spread for them so it'll hurt less. 🤦 1:44 Be prepared to stand up for your rights… and by doing so, making the cop angry and risking your life. 1:51 This is the one piece of advice that's universal. NEVER BELIEVE A COP. Whenever a cop talks, ALWAYS assume they're lying. No matter what. Courts have ruled that the "good guys" are allowed to lie and commit crimes. 3:00 It's BS that the prosecutor can compensate for the cop's incompetence and illiteracy by just amending the ticket but still hurt you for not showing up in court because the court sent the paperwork to the wrong address because of the cop's mistake. 😠 I've seen numerous cases of this where the court kept sending paperwork to some other address, so the intended recipient didn't get the notice of when they were scheduled for court, or in some cases, even know they HAD a case, and the court didn't apologize for screwing up and actually punished them for… um… 🤔 not getting someone else's mail, or being psychic? 🤷 3:21 The courts going to let the cop and prosecutor fix their mistakes (even ones that cost lives) without any consequence, but if civilians make a mistake, there's zero mercy. You signaled at 99' from a turn at an empty intersection instead of 100'? Too bad! No fix. $300 now! 😒 5:04 The system already has ALL of your information, EVERYTHING is in the databases. There's ZERO reason for physical paperwork. 🙄 It's just a technicality to let them fabricate BS charges. 5:53 And yet, I've seen numerous cases of cops not showing up to court and their BS tickets being dismissed, but their victim still wasted time and money to go to court to deal with it. 😒 6:09 As usual, the system is specifically and hypocritically rigged against tax-payers and for the cops and courts. 😠 6:52 LOL!!! 😂 No, quite the contrary. In fact, cops SPECIFICALLY TARGET out of town plates specifically because they know it would be too much hassle and cost for you to have to stay around for a few weeks or come back in a few months to fight a BS ticket in court, so you'll just roll over and pay it. It's literal highway-robbery. 😠 8:15 Funny how the "united" states are NOT united when it comes to laws that protect people, they'll just make their own laws, but when it comes to laws that HURT people, they're suddenly united. 😒 9:28 * They follow you around like a naïve misguide and USELESS student-loan FOREVER. 9:56 And since there are INFINITE traffic-laws thanks to the auto-industry 😒, it's pretty much impossible to avoid a cop pulling anyone over at any time for any reason to say you did a traffic infraction and then magically being allowed to do a search and arrest. (Especially since cops are not required to provide ANY proof of traffic-infractions for tickets, they just SAY you did it and the court will accept their word; I've even seen cases where their victims had EXCULPATORY evidence like dashcam footage that they didn't, but the court still upheld the ticket! 🤦) 10:07 It's insane that cops are allowed to STALK people, you know, what's a CRIME for other people. 🤦 If you follow someone else around, you'll go to jail, but cops are allowed to drive around all day, stalking someone, waiting for an opportunity to pounce on them for signalling at 99' or touching the line during a turn or their wheel moving an angstrom at a stop-sign. 😠 Or they'll claim you did a traffic-infraction, but instead of pulling you over right away, they'll follow you for half an hour to stalk you all the way home and into your driveway before doing a "traffic-stop" on a parked car after you got out and went home, so they can rip you out of your house. 😠 MADNESS!!! 10:24 What if my car WAS road-worthy but was damage from all the gdmf trash roads‽‽‽ 😠😠😠 The other day, my car suddenly pulled to the left, nearly into oncoming traffic because the gdmf road (that they JUST repaved) was uneven and messed up! 😠 11:28 Cops aren't pigs, they're dogs. They have suuuuuper great noses. They can smell alcohol that doesn't exist. And if you blow 0.00, they'll suddenly smell weed that doesn't exist. And if you offer to do a blood-draw, they'll suddenly smell pills that don't exist! 🤯 (Remember the recent one of a literal gang of tatted-up cops who pulled over the guy and his daughter and covered the bodycams and pretended to find "burnt foil and white powder" in the car, and the cop said the white powder "looks like Xanax"? 😂) 11:52 PFT! How naïve. If you're stressed, the cop will say that's "suspicious". If you're calm, the cop will say that's "suspicious". Remember how they say that anyone who isn't stressed out in the interrogation room is guilty and that only guilty people can sleep while in jail at night? YOU CAN'T WIN. 😒 14:25 Again, I've seen cases where the driver had evidence that they didn't do anything wrong and the court still upheld the BS ticket. 🤦 14:31 No, they won't be impressed, they'll be annoyed that you're not giving them free money. 😒 Governments don't work for people, all they do is try to find as many ways as they can to steal money from people. 15:00 "Traffic-tickets are all about money for the government" - Silly me, I thought traffic laws were about safety. 🤦 Gotta love how the selfish auto-industry completely bought the continent, terraforming it to cater exclusively to cars, propagandizing not being in a car as a bad thing, bribing legislators to criminalize not being in a car and also being in a car. 😠 15:05 WHO is issuing traffic-ticket quotas? The police-department? The city? That should be ILLEGAL!!! 😠 There should be some sort of regular inspection to check if there are any quotas and punish them if they do. 15:13 Yup, you get hurt TWICE, you get the primary damage, AND the COLLATERAL-DAMAGE. 😠 It's like if an SAist violates someone and then leaves them with HIV as well. 😒 15:44 The government is willing to drop it if you give them some money, you know, LITERAL EXTORTION. 😠 (It's basically a traffic version of an Alford plea, the most disgusting thing in the jurisprudence-system, a sure sign that the system has FAILED HARD! 😠 Imagine a prosecutor telling you to take the deal because "would you rather be innocent and go to prison for one year or be innocent and go to prison for 20 years?" 😠) 16:35 If you hire a lawyer and pay their exorbitant fees, they will NOT be reimbursed if the state drops the charges or the cop doesn't even show up in court. One way or another, the cop has inflicted damages on their victim. 😠

Lots of this is slightly incorrect. On many points. Unless you have committed a traffic violation, or there's an articulable reasonable suspicion a crime has occurred. Cops can't just stop you to Id you, except for some checkpoints, in some states. Depends what state you got a ticket in, some states reciprocate, some don't. Even in some states the best they can do is get you for suspended driving ticket. They aren't going to extradite you back to Oregon from Texas on a failure to appear for a bench warrant for a 72 in a 55 ticket. Signing a ticket isn't an admission of guilt, but it does literally say that you are technically under arrest till you go to court in some states. Always sign the ticket. He's right about that. You can absolutely get tickets dismissed on mistakes on the citation. For example, LEOs are required to calibrate radar guns as well as calibrations done by the manufacturer. I've seen dozens of tickets dismissed because a single radar gun was overdue for factory calibration on one radar gun. It was no longer "an instrument of the law" Your best bet its hand over your licence, say I don't answer any questions or consent to any searches as soon as the officer walks up. They may say something like "do you mind if I search" that could be a request, or a command under color of law. If the officer asks you to get out of the car ask them if it's a request or command. If they say command. Get out of the car immediately.

When you get pulled over for nothing, point to your closed mouth and mumble 'bloke jaw, wired shut, gotta get home, prease.' Look distressed. Worked for me one afternoon. 😂

The problem is if you follow all these rules, they can still cause you problems... It will cost you money to fight these bogus charges... How do we get that money back? How do we get that time back.

1:22 ask or demand/order though. those are 2 completely different things. I think it should be clarified if it's a "lawful order" then yes, comply. But don't get out voluntarily. 2:48 BUT if they're making mistakes on the ticket then. You can use that to make the police sound incompetent when they issued the ticket in the first place. It won't be a deal breaker but it will help your case. 5:22 It's part of their job and they get paid BUT, it's NOT FUN for them to go to court lol. They HATE going especially if they don't have a strong case against you. Some states they made it illegal for the police to have quotas they have to meet with traffic citation. Everyone knows that. What people DON'T know is that there are still INCENTIVES for them to write a certain amount of citations. If they don't write enough traffic citations then they might not be allowed to patrol certain areas that are more fun than others OR they can get their speedometers taken away and they have to manually catch speedsters with their patrol car. What I'm saying is, if they go to court THEN they have time taken away from them from doing something more fun like meeting their INCENTIVIZED traffic citations. 6:05 for my state, you get ONE freebie to reschedule but you have to do it 1 week before the hearing. You can do it a second time but it has to be legit, like a doctor’s note or something. ALWYAS delay your hearing at least once if you're able to. 14:12 Lol convince the prosecutor to dismiss the case that they're trying to prosecute you for? That doesn't seem right. Only one that needs convincing I thought, is the judge? 14:46 If they refuse to dismiss the case or they try to give you a “deal”, you can actually WAIT to see if the officer shows up before you take the deal lol. If the police shows up, THEN take the deal if you’re shy about defending yourself infront of everyone. If the police doesn’t show up, then the judge might outright just dismiss the case like they did with mine. DO NOT take the deal before the officer shows up lol, that would be dumb because they might not even show up in the 1st place.

Option 1 - Deferred adjudication (pay a fine, plead no contest, it drops from record if you don’t get another citation in 3-6 months) 2. Hire a lawyer (In most bigger towns lawyers will represent you for the cost of the ticket they get it dismissed almost always. 3. Driver safety course (I’m not a fan of this but it’s better than paying ticket.)

In Ga most traffic citations are criminal so signing the ticket is not an admission of guilt but is basically a signature bond so you don’t go to jail.

I sign and add under duress

Which states are not part of the compact?

Signing a ticket is just a promise to show up in court. If you refuse to sign the ticket then the officer can arrest you on the charges and impound your car!

If I remember, in my State, when you sign a ticket it is a promise to appear or pay the fine. If you refuse to sign you get arrested , take to jail, until you appear before a judge.

Your signature may not be an admission of guilt, but is a promise to appear in court. The legal definition of "appear" means you agree to the court's jurisdiction! If they already have jurisdiction over you(like they insist they do), they wouldn't need your signature! The fact they threaten you into signing against your will in and of itself SHOULD make any contract, expressed OR implied, null and void! But they never follow the law! FTP!

Ty for the knowledge

The legal reason is to comply with the order to exit the vehicle is Pennsylvania vs. Mimms. No other legal reason necessary. Its cloudy on a Tuesday, Cop says get out, you get out.

My funniest experience in court, was back in my 20's. Married, me and the wife went to the drug store for my mom. The parking lot had been resurfaced, and painted. The handicapped parking sots were clearly newly bright blue paint. The old spot next to the new ones, had barely some old outline of paint... Coming out, I found a co blocking my car and writing me a ticket, for parking in a handicapped sot. I told him, "NO< look closer, it was the OLD spot next to the clearly NEW sots marked!" He wasn't having it and gave me the ticket. I told him "Well, guess you will be seeing me in court soon Sir" We drove to my moms, got her polaroid instant camera, went back to the drug store and bought some film. I proceeded to snap about 6 different angle pictures of the handicapped parking spots. I went to court, and once I gave the judge the pictures (cop was there) Case dismissed!!.....Walking out, the cop gave me this ugly pissed off look. I smiled, and said, SEE told ya buddy! hahaha..........Mostly all tickets I got in my youth were "fix it" tickets when you could fix and get CHP to sign em off, no court needed.

Wow, to think that driving is a privilege!! And they have what’s called a “drivers license compact” Yet we have “no concealed carry compact”????? One is a right the other is a privilege!!!!!!

Signing a ticket grants jurisdiction and creates a bond which enslaves you to comply with the frivolous legislative tribunal administrator's whims

Your videos are great! I learned as a 15 year old kid that most cops have a HEAVY attitude, at least for young guys. I spent 52 years getting harassed in San Diego, mostly by cops younger than me. I’m over 70 now- I’ve fought every BS traffic ticket I ever got on principal! I’m sick of being presumed guilty of SOMETHING… like having your Dad follow you around just to kick your ass. Look up CA Traffic Stop (CA v SEAN PENN) a really bad case for jerky cops) Really cannot have the expectation of Respect from Police who 1) Have their lives in danger always 2) Not all Officers are difficult 3) But, cops rarely STOP crime 4) Not stopping crime, they are CONDUCTING enforcement of ‘violations’, which creates REVENUE. Everybody be cool-

I add "all rights reserved" when I sign. Just signing is an admission of jurisdiction.

In communist Colorado. If you ask for a warning you will catch a class four felony. Attempt to persuade a public servant, and the Nazi cops are oh so happy to hand this charge out

Thank you for keeping us informed

It's not a convenience for police to have all cases on one date. Police departments assign officers a court key example key A-Z. I was a C and had traffic court on an average of once a month.

Comply, honest and polite, gets you back on the road the quickest.

Absolutely do not exit the safety of your vehicle for a traffic violation without a justified reason. Makes me wonder how many of these pro cop lawyers giving advice online actually have these kind of encounters with law enforcement.

The only thing that needs investigating is the criminal officer themselves.

I was just pulled over and questioned as to why my lane change was me attempting to hit the unmarked police car coming up behind me. I told him I had no such intention. He took my license, never asked for insurance or registration, went back to his car for maybe 1 minute. Came back, gave me my license back and told me I'd be getting a ticket in the mail and walked away. Never told me what the violation was. The whole interaction was less than 5 minutes. Confused.