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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Really? In Nova Scotia we're taught and told to go with the flow of traffic. It's safer to go with the flow of traffic than faster or slower. In part that's one of the reasons for having to have your hazzards on if you're going slower than 75 in a 100 zone. Cars behind you are making the assumption that you're going on par with the cars around you.
I can't believe I'm the first to call B*LL SH*T on this. If you get a ticket it's your right to fight it. You're not clogging the courts at all, if anything it would be the police officer.
If I get a ticket I have a RIGHT to my day in court over the infraction
If I get a ticket I have a RIGHT to face my accusor in a court of law
If I get a ticket I have a RIGHT to defend myself against what I feel was wrong
To argue that you're wasting the courts time is foolish. If you feel the court has more important things to do, then the police officer should NOT be handing out these tickets, and focusing on the crimes that the court has time for.
'if you can't do the time, don't do the crime.'
'if the court's too busy, don't give the ticket.' (doesn't quite sound as rhymey though)
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That is where you are wrong. You have the RIGHT to plead not guilty based on an error in the law, an error in the way the ticket was written, an error in the signage or if there was a legitmate accuse for breaking it. Not because you feel the other cars should have been pulled over and certainly not because you simply didn't know. But that's that attitude that people have- it is my RIGHT to plead not guilty, despite having no legitmate reason. Maybe I will change the court date and generally make a nuissance of myself. How is that not abusing the system?
As far as the Nova Scotia thing and being 'taught' to go the speed of traffic. I find that hard to believe. Just to confirm though, if the speed limit is 50 and everyone is doing 80 or even 100, thats totally fine? Or is there some maximum? And if so, what would it be? What would be the line where the speed of traffic is simply to fast and too dangerous for the public good? And who decides? You? Me? You see where I am going with this?