He will reap what he has sewed. One day, someone is going to seriously hurt him. He gives policeman a bad name. He is a not a good person.Originally Posted by Luminaire
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He will reap what he has sewed. One day, someone is going to seriously hurt him. He gives policeman a bad name. He is a not a good person.
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Chris or Brian? I think one of them quit to do sales. I did see a sign for a the Davis Brothers Lawncare the other day, so maybe both of them will have a career change. I have probably been pulled over 6 times in Ruston, and 5 of those times were by one of the Davis Brothers. This was the case for the majority of my friends too. I never understood why they had such a power-trip...It was like they just sat around and looked for a truck with a Tech sticker and dual exhaust or tinted windows. If you were driving past midnight through Ruston, you could almost guarantee that you were gonna get followed by one of the Davis duo.
Yea... ok rookie. Now the important question. Had you pulled up on that. How would you handle that situation??
Rookie? I'm actually pre-rookie, not quite a Cop yet.
If I was in that situation, and if someone was in the car, I'd tell them to move from the handicap spot. If they argued I'd warn them that I'll give them a ticket. If they still refused I'd issue the ticket.
I think he should fight it if he wants to, he certainly has the right. It just depends on Tech's definition of parked, I guess. I would think if the car is in park, you're parked whether the engine's on or not, so in my mind the officer wasn't really in the wrong but I would've warned him first.
What if he has a manual transmission?
Parking break in use. I wanted to avoid saying if you're not moving you're parked because then you could say you're "parked" when you come to stop sign or light, etc. Like I said, it probably just depends on whether the board hearing the appeal feels he was parked or not, I would say he was.
Its a slushbox, but I understand your question is meant as a hypothetical.
Jordan Mills on choosing Tech:
“It’s a great experience seeing them play. It was a good atmosphere. The fans stood up the whole game and never sat down. They have a great fan base.”
That's my point. We don't know if he committed a violation or not. It doesn't matter what a board "feels" is a violation. All that matters is what the statute or regulation says in black letters what a violation is. If parking is not defined, the charge should be dismissed. You feel stopped is a violation. I feel leaving the car is parked. My dad would say it would be "necking" with your girlfriend. That is why criminal violaitons must be spelled out.
You threw me a curve. What is a "slushbox?"
Slang term for automatic transmission.
Jordan Mills on choosing Tech:
“It’s a great experience seeing them play. It was a good atmosphere. The fans stood up the whole game and never sat down. They have a great fan base.”
Comes from the "slushy" feel of applying power through a torque converter. Or perhaps because it is a fluid coupling. I guess I am not very sure about the etymology.
Jordan Mills on choosing Tech:
“It’s a great experience seeing them play. It was a good atmosphere. The fans stood up the whole game and never sat down. They have a great fan base.”
In this case, it actually does matter how a board feels. When you appeal a ticket at Tech you state your case in front of a board and the officer, and the officer states what happened from his point of view (in front of you as well). Then the board decides amongst themselves and lets you know. I appealed a ticket a couple years ago, the officer felt I "failed to use due care and caution" when pulling into traffic. I felt I did, we both stated our case, and the ticket was overturned. The lines were fuzzy as to whether a violation actually occured. In my case I could understand how the officer viewed what happened as a violation, and I hope he could see my side as well. It's another case of not being wrong, but not using great judgement either.
Also, I never said stopped was parked. I said I wanted to avoid saying that because it would be argued against by the stop sign/light argument. By your definition I could stop in a handicap space, leave my car on and sleep in it overnight and, as long as I don't leave the car, not be guilty of parking in a handicap space. Is that correct?
Good man
I don't know if it would include it or not. Parking is not defined. With your definition, if you don't put on the parking break and leave the car is that parked? The point is, we can play games with our feelings on what parking is all we want. That is exactly why the regulation has to spell out clearly what parking is.
As for the feelings of the board, that is the first appeal. That's not the end of it if you didn't want it to be. It might not be cost effective to continue, but one could appeal the ruling of the board. Personally, I would like to see it appealed and the regulation be found unconstitutionally vague and all parking tickets at Tech be thrown out. It is a tax, and I hate taxes.
If you leave your car running without the break on, you'll probably have more things to worry about than a ticketSomeone living in UP did that a few times while I lived there, luckily the parking lot sloped so that the car only blocked traffic instead of hitting someone.
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