What is the name of your state? New Jersey
Hello all,
I live in Ridgefield in New Jersey, I have never had a moving violation of any kind, nor too many tickets at all, i'd say maybe 5-6 parking tickets, in about 8 years of driving.
one evening as i was driving home, coming north on bergen blvd, which is a two way main street, with a third lane in the center for turns only, i was behind a vehicle who was going about 15 mph in a 35 zone with his right signal light on, which from my perspective is the curbside, i drove slowly behind him, dropping speed to allow for space, the vehicle seemed to pull to the side of the road finally, but in a sort of crooked fashion, so i went and passed him, followed by the other 20 some odd vehicles that were lining up behind this guy, bing bang boom a cop comes rushing out of a side street, pulls me over and approaches the car,
when she gets up to my window, i have the window down, license and reg. in hand,
and the following is said:
PO: license and registration, do you know why i stopped you?
ME:No officer.
PO: you passed multiple vehicles where there is no passing, and crossed the double yellow line
ME: officer, I don't want to argue, but I believe I passed one vehicle, that was pulled over.
PO: wait right here.
about 10 mins goes by, multiple police vehicles pull up and around
she approaches the car again.
PO: I could have given you a reckless driving ticket that would have been 4 points, but I'm giving you this careless driving ticket instead, pay the fines, or go to the courtdate.
ME: Ok.
So to further complicate things, I'm currently enrolled in EMS training in bergen county, and I'm pretty sure that you arent allowed to ride in an ambulance when you've got moving violations, plus, my class is state mandated, i have to appear for each class, and it happens to fall on the only evening that Fairview, the town i received the ticket in, has traffic court.
i called to set a date, and they told me i could explain my case to the public defender, what should i do, i'm truly feeling desperate, i feel like i got this ticket for absolutely nothing, and now i'm staring down huge fines, and possibly losing a career i was training for, and also spent money on..
thank you for any help kindly and sincerely
steve.
Hello all,
I live in Ridgefield in New Jersey, I have never had a moving violation of any kind, nor too many tickets at all, i'd say maybe 5-6 parking tickets, in about 8 years of driving.
one evening as i was driving home, coming north on bergen blvd, which is a two way main street, with a third lane in the center for turns only, i was behind a vehicle who was going about 15 mph in a 35 zone with his right signal light on, which from my perspective is the curbside, i drove slowly behind him, dropping speed to allow for space, the vehicle seemed to pull to the side of the road finally, but in a sort of crooked fashion, so i went and passed him, followed by the other 20 some odd vehicles that were lining up behind this guy, bing bang boom a cop comes rushing out of a side street, pulls me over and approaches the car,
when she gets up to my window, i have the window down, license and reg. in hand,
and the following is said:
PO: license and registration, do you know why i stopped you?
ME:No officer.
PO: you passed multiple vehicles where there is no passing, and crossed the double yellow line
ME: officer, I don't want to argue, but I believe I passed one vehicle, that was pulled over.
PO: wait right here.
about 10 mins goes by, multiple police vehicles pull up and around
she approaches the car again.
PO: I could have given you a reckless driving ticket that would have been 4 points, but I'm giving you this careless driving ticket instead, pay the fines, or go to the courtdate.
ME: Ok.
So to further complicate things, I'm currently enrolled in EMS training in bergen county, and I'm pretty sure that you arent allowed to ride in an ambulance when you've got moving violations, plus, my class is state mandated, i have to appear for each class, and it happens to fall on the only evening that Fairview, the town i received the ticket in, has traffic court.
i called to set a date, and they told me i could explain my case to the public defender, what should i do, i'm truly feeling desperate, i feel like i got this ticket for absolutely nothing, and now i'm staring down huge fines, and possibly losing a career i was training for, and also spent money on..
thank you for any help kindly and sincerely
steve.