Anyone Ever Get Out Of a Cell Phone Ticket?

I got nailed for being on my cell phone while stopped at a light. In all honestly, I picked up the phone while stopped at the light and I was the 2nd car in line. Motorcycle cop passes by me and goes to the front of the line. I couldn't get off the phone as my company was giving me information that I needed to do for research at the court. Light turns green just as I hang up and the cop turns on his lights and pulls me over.

Now this was in Vista where I know almost all the court Sheriffs. So the guy asks me if I know why I was pulled over and I tell him I do. He says, "Cell phone" and walks away from the car. I never get a chance to tell him all the Sheriffs that I know and that I'm a "friend" of the DSA..Deputy Sheriffs Association. I donate Padres tickets to the Sheriffs auction every year. But this guy just walked away and wrote the ticket.

When he got back to my car, I told him the light was red and how could I be distracted? He told me it didn't matter. I told him I would look it up in the Law Library.

Meanwhile, when I went in to plead not guilty, it turns out that a Deputy that I know real well is working the traffic court. If you plead Not Guilty, there is always a chance that the Deputy won't show up in court for whatever reason.

So, today, I bumped into the Deputy that I know and asked him if there was anyway to beat the ticket. He told me a bunch of nonsense about as long as you were driving and the key was in the ignition you were liable. However, if the Deputy didn't have his notes, or didn't show up, I could get out of it! He told me these motorcycle guys like to show up in court at the last minute so you think you're safe. Turns out this Deputy happens to know the guy that gave me the ticket. He said he would see what he could do.

He said if he sees me being friendly with the other Deputies, who I know personally, he might just "forget" his notes and I'll get off!

I have to go to the Law Library to read what the law says just in case!

Bagiant, good luck. These kinds of cops are called ticket whores.

I'm from a law enforcement family. I got a ticket once for not coming to a complete stop at a blinking red light.

Motorcycle cop had me stopped ticketed and was gone in a blast.

I fought the ticket, postponed a couple of hearings, and finally he did show up and he was fucking pissed off at the fact I would challenge his ticket. What a POS. I still lost.

The judge reduced the fine in half which was cool. I got to cross examine him and he was fucking livid.

I spent 20 mins. trying to break him but couldn't. This happened in the friendly city of El Cajon.

If I had to do it all over again, I would hire an attorney. I wouldn't think twice.

Give him Sharlene's phone number...case closed.

Well, technically you broke the law.
Did you ever think of hitting the speaker on your phone and drop it in your lap when you saw the cop?
Or maybe Bluetooth? You know, since you have such an important job that requires you to answer every call the minute it rings.
You may not think this law should exist and chances are you are not distracted while talking and driving, but there is a good reason for this and texting laws.

Ticket whores huh? Yep, how dare a cop give you a ticket for breaking the law!!

I work in upstate NY where they get every dime they can from traffic law fines. You'll quite often see the same County Sheriffs that give out the cell phone tickets talking on their cell phones while driving around town. You'll never completely get out of one of their tickets, the best you can do here is a reduction for points against your license, but the fine will stay the same.

Officers have always used radio contact while driving. So now they can use cell phones.
Seat belt laws are new to those that drove before wearing them was enforced.
Laws change and usually for the better.

Should of told the cop you were just calling him in a box of Krispy Kremes

Why is it when one gets caught breaking the law they look for a way to weasel out of punishment? Apparently they think that laws do not apply to them but only apply to others. Quit your scumbag scheming ways, suck it up and be a man and pay your fine, after all, you knew the law and chose to break it.