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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
WTF? You pulled this assumption from where? Is it possible he could have done BOTH? Being kind as well as not wanting to sit in court all day? Because I will tell you something, from my experience, people fight tickets/enforcement action a lot less when they have been given a break.
It has been explained numberous times. If it were not like this then police would have to stop EVERYONE going over the speed limit no matter the speed and hand out tickets. Is that what you want? No discretion for police officers?
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Ok I agree with most of your last post, kept the rest above. I'll also acknowledge that this is all based on one side of the story.
I explained where I got my assumption from two posts ago. As soon as the cop came to the house, asked if the OP was gonna fight it still, and gave him another ticket, any illusion of kindness evaporated. A true act of kindness does not demand a reward. This guy did just that, he had his own interests in mind. And I already acknowledged that "people are less likely to fight a lower ticket", in fact, that statement supports the fact the lower ticket was not kindness, but in the officer's own self-interest.
As for the second paragraph above, I have no idea how it applies to my loophole issue. I guess all I mean is, if we assume an officer is competent, why does he have to write a ticket twice? Maybe I skimmed the thread but I haven't seen an example of two tickets being written like this for a legit reason.
EDIT: And let me point out that yes, an officer giving a lower ticket has many benefits. But if the driver maintains he is innocent and, when he declares his intention to fight, the officer says "fine, deal with this even worse ticket"... that's a dick move, the cop had nothing to gain from that.