oneangrybeaver
Junior Member
-- Maine.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
A locally-infamous officer pulled me over for a 'seatbelt violation,' although I was definitely wearing my seatbelt. It's all very he said/he said. I'm going to contest that ticket -- hopefully without going to court, by talking to the guy's supervisor next week.
I got a second ticket because I'm required to wear glasses when driving, which I wasn't at the time. Now I wonder -- he wouldn't have been able to *know* I'm not supposed to be driving if he hadn't pulled me over on false pretenses. I've absorbed via pop-cultural osmosis and police procedurals that 'chain of evidence' is important to criminal cases, but I don't know if it would apply to civil cases, or this case.
Basically, since he had *no reason* for pulling me over, he had no valid way of learning that I deserved that second ticket...unless, it's legal for cops to pull someone over and ask for their license for no reason. Which it might be; I don't know. But if not, would this be enough grounds to dismiss the second ticket?