Husband got 2 tickets on top of Grapevine in CA- question? Please read!!?!

For a ticket on grapevine or anywhere in the LA area, I have experience with and highly recommend Attorney Carla Weisner, phone (213) 632-1889 or link to http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail.aspx?x=146657
Do not expect much in the way of mercy from the courts, but this attorney can at least advise you of what to expect, and she is very capable and professional. And she does some political advocating for truckers, which makes her extra special in my point of view.

Another legal service I have used and recommend is Interstate Trucker, phone 800-333-DRIVE or link to http://www.interstatetrucker.com/

 

I forget now whether it was in one of his many magazine articles, or the satellite radio program, but Attorney Jim Klepper who heads Interstate Trucker reported (to the best of my memory) that when the economy crashed and the various state, county, and city budgets were accordingly suffering shortfalls, he said the number of tickets to truckers that come across his desk did approximately double in number. The point here is that, without a doubt, the Iceman Biker is correct, trucks are being targeted and revenue is the motivator.

You can listen to Attorney Jim C. Klepper discuss trucking legal issues every Tuesday morning at 7:00 am Central Time on Sirius Radio Channel 147. This guy is hot !!! He's the best thing to happen to truckers since biscuits and gravy.

 

Too lazy to draw a line in the log book? You are SO wrong Jumpstowrongconclusionsbreath !!! You have the jumped to the wrong conclusion about lazy, you have FAILED. Try another wild guess. I will let you know if you are getting warm.

Is this even close to a proper sentence? Make some sense first, so we can debate. Your grammar FAILS.

Duh, you get one right. Attaboy !!

Objection, drawing conclusions of facts not in evidence. Powder Joints FAILS his argument, but scores high for comedy.

Wrong again Jumpstowrongconclusionsbreath, I was in the far right granny lane, at about midnight, and no other vehicles around. Your conclusion FAILS.

Whoa, you are starting to sound reasonable. I liked you better when you were humoring me with your wild guesses/conclusions. Go back to being funny in your Homer Simpson kind of way.

Your reading and retention skills FAIL, because I did certainly state that I am staying out of CA. Repeat after me, "The Duke Of Earl never runs CA anymore" over and over until you comprehend that I don't run CA anymore. And your "7mph over" idea is not good enough, Jumpstowrongconclusionsbreath, because I know a retired Greyhound driver who still drives busses at the age of 70, and after approx. 45 years of professional driving, the only ticket he has had in his life was for 32mph in a 30mph zone as he entered a small town in CA driving a Greyhound bus. I think he should have fought the ticket, as radar is not without inaccuracies but, at any rate, the point here is that even 2mph over can get you in trouble in CA. So you might argue now that only Jesus should run CA, because Jesus is the only person that ever walked this earth who was perfect. But what if Jesus is falsely accused of speeding due to radar inaccuracy or false testimony? And what if Jesus then has the best attorney but is tried in a Kangaroo court? Then what? I'll bet Jesus would wish he had stayed out of CA, because crucifiction is nothing compared to what CA does to condemned truckers. (please do give me a comeback here, I need some humor).

Your reading and comprehension skills FAIL again, as I was making the point of draconian punishments and Kangaroo courts, not innocence. But now that you mention it, I do dispute the speed I was accused of.

You were speeding 10 over in CA? I keep reading in the news where CA keeps trying to make 10 over a felony, and I will bet all my chrome that they will accomplish this someday. They may grandfather your offense, or not, but even if they do, in the spirit of the CA law, you will be a felon when the law passes. Reasonable people would consider this draconian. The definition of Draconian from Wikipedia: A rule as being of great severity, deriving from Draco, an Athenian law scribe under whom small offenses had heavy punishments.


Your defense of Draconian CA FAILS.

 

i always drove the speed limit never bothered by the cops....

 

I go over that pass several times a week as a average, It is well posted, even posted early. The CHP sits next to the bridge on the nb side near the fire station (still 55 here) 3 mile up they sit at the Lebec school entrance (is 35 ). Trucks make it a habit to travl in the #2 lane (out of 4) #3 or #4 they leave you alone. Over 2 1/2 miles to drop you from 55 to 35 before the drop off.

The produce drivers are probably hit the most, unload in LA in the am then try for Central Valley and Salinas in the PM.

Where all the local trucks are slowing down might be wise to find you whats up before jumping into the #2 and snagging a 600 to 900 dollar ticket. Its marked for 2+ miles.....

 

Why are they lazy again? Because they do their job and give tickets to people doing 51 in a 35?

If you don't like speeding tickets then don't speed.

 

My 2 cents, if you dont know that the grapevine goes north and south on I-5 like melanie asked, then thats a problem. The fines can be as high as $2500 in Kern and LA counties for 15mph or more over the speed limit, the chp considers that stretch of road a safety corridor and the judge is not going to give you or anyone else, not to mention someone who has repeated violations in that area a break. You could lose your license and need a ride home or bail money. Its very very serious lawyer up buddy

 

Brainwashed. LMAO

 

Brainwashed? Please explain, I'm not following you.

 

Speed is not a major factor in road safety, states and counties use it as an excuse to write tickets. It is way easier for the police to sit on the side of the road and catch speeders than it is to actually watch for unsafe drivers. Without going to the trouble of checking information, I believe it was Montana?? that did away with the speed limit on interstates, they didn't reinstate them because of safety, they reinstated them because of a loss of revenue. So anyone who believes that the police are sitting on the side of the road writing tickets to speeders and doing it for safety, are brainwashed.