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Originally Posted by anodic
It's the typical sob story of the 16-26 year old male, who believes the world is out to get him, it's just that this time it's an older fellow who admitted to driving aggressively, breaking a couple of laws, and then talking back when it came time to pay the piper.
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Don't think he is saying he doesn't deserve anything at all and it is the severity of the charge that he is objecting to.
I have to agree with him in this case. Based upon his description (yes it could be biased but it is all we have) a stunt driving charge is extremely excessive.
I do agree with you, that based upon the description of what was said, he probably pushed a few of the cop's buttons even though he may not have realized it at the time.
First rule of talking to a cop is to never NEVER try to tell them how to interpret the law no matter how much you don't think it applies or is wrong. Save that argument for a judge.
Second rule is simply don't try to make exscuses. They have heard them all thousands of times. Remember getting pulled over is different for you (hopefully) but the cops deal with it ever single day. Over and over and over. They can have little patience for people telling them how things should be and I can't blame them!
I have been pulled over (was always "guilty") well over a hundred times and have received only 3 tickets. Two of those were thrown out in court and the other was never even registered so technically didn't exist. I attribute that track record to admitting what I did wrong and otherwise keeping my mouth shut. Sure you have to stand through a 5 minute lecture on the side of the road but in the end your record is clear. Ironically enough the longer your record is clear the more things you can get away with since when they check it looks like your first time!