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brookelea
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What is the name of your state? WA
Is there anywhere in Federal law that requires you to have a valid driver's license to operate a vehicle? And if you are given a ticket on a National Forest Service Road that is maintained and owned by the Federal government, not the state, is there any defense to get the ticket thrown out? I once had a neighbor that was one of those anti-government people (dont pay taxes, etc. etc) that got a ticket thrown out that he was given due to being on a federal highway, not a state highway.
Im not that extreme, I do pay taxes, etc, but my husband happened to drive for about 3 miles along a forest service road in which he was pulled over for speeding, 10mi over the limit (never seen a forest ranger pull someone over before in my life, maybe just lucky up to that point though). He does not have a license, and I do. He was driving because I was trying to take care of my son in the back seat and we had to get home on time for visitors, we were going to switch back to me driving just before the state highway. However we did not see the ranger and my husband was cited for dwls3. He had his arraignment this week, plead not guilty and is now set for trial next month. I need any information someone can provide as to help with this matter.
As a side note, at the arraignment before the federal magistrate entered, the prosecutor seemed to be having a slight discrepancy over the paperwork the federal forest agent filled out, he sat down at her desk and wrote something, then sat back in his seat. This was the same agent who gave the citation. How can we get a copy of the file the prosecutor has? Federal court here is held all over the place and I dont know that they have one court clerk or place they keep the records for you to view. Do we just call the prosecutor and request copies?
Sorry for the lengthy explanation, but I wanted to cut out possibly some of reasons for flaming I seem to receive anytime I post on this website. I tend to get responses of those sort rather than actually helpful information. But Im sure there are a few out there that can come up with some to post anyways. Please only post if you have actual factual information. Thank you!
Is there anywhere in Federal law that requires you to have a valid driver's license to operate a vehicle? And if you are given a ticket on a National Forest Service Road that is maintained and owned by the Federal government, not the state, is there any defense to get the ticket thrown out? I once had a neighbor that was one of those anti-government people (dont pay taxes, etc. etc) that got a ticket thrown out that he was given due to being on a federal highway, not a state highway.
Im not that extreme, I do pay taxes, etc, but my husband happened to drive for about 3 miles along a forest service road in which he was pulled over for speeding, 10mi over the limit (never seen a forest ranger pull someone over before in my life, maybe just lucky up to that point though). He does not have a license, and I do. He was driving because I was trying to take care of my son in the back seat and we had to get home on time for visitors, we were going to switch back to me driving just before the state highway. However we did not see the ranger and my husband was cited for dwls3. He had his arraignment this week, plead not guilty and is now set for trial next month. I need any information someone can provide as to help with this matter.
As a side note, at the arraignment before the federal magistrate entered, the prosecutor seemed to be having a slight discrepancy over the paperwork the federal forest agent filled out, he sat down at her desk and wrote something, then sat back in his seat. This was the same agent who gave the citation. How can we get a copy of the file the prosecutor has? Federal court here is held all over the place and I dont know that they have one court clerk or place they keep the records for you to view. Do we just call the prosecutor and request copies?
Sorry for the lengthy explanation, but I wanted to cut out possibly some of reasons for flaming I seem to receive anytime I post on this website. I tend to get responses of those sort rather than actually helpful information. But Im sure there are a few out there that can come up with some to post anyways. Please only post if you have actual factual information. Thank you!