What is the name of your state? Massachusetts
Ok guys. Here is my case. Im nick, im 18 years old.
I drive a manual 2002 honda civic. On occasion, I pick my brothers up from school.
This time, when I was picking them up, I got pulled over right in school zone.
My first pull over ever on April 1st
From time to time, over a couple of weeks when I came to school I revved my engine while slightly losing traction of tires. It was not a long, horrible screeching tire sanding burning peel out, it was a very light one because my car is VERY easy to peel out. (for those who ever drove a standard civic you know what i mean) I'd rev my engine to 3-4k in gear 1, let go clutch do a lil traction, switch to gear 2 and keep driving normally.(Roughly 15mph) There are speed bumps everywhere, the place is packed with other cars, and you can't drive fast, just make noise. At the time, my exhaust was messed up, and my car sounded LOUD like crazy loud, but went nowhere. I'll admit, a couple of times I intentionally peeled out cuz my lil bro asked me, I never thought it was such a big problem for these pissed off school cops.
So around 2 weeks I didnt pick my bros up. But yesterday, after picking em up, the cop was around, and when I went over the speed bump I revved my car 3-4k while letting go of the clutch little by little, BECAUSE THE CAR IS MANUAL YOU HAVE TO REV IF YOU ARE NOT EXPERIENCED. I'm guessing he remembered a civic from 2 weeks ago, and made the traffic patrol stop all cars, walked to my car and made me pull over to the side.
With extreme anger and hatered, he told me that he is 'sick of me comming here every day, revving the engine, burning tires, and making noise with my car on HIS property'. He said I was going 40MPH when there's speed bumps, and a ton of other cars making it impossible to go over 10. After he said that, he realized what he said was extremely stupid, and so did i. He said he tried to get me before, but he was on foot. With huge surprise, i thought he was making an april fools joke. Unfortunately, it wasnt. But I am just amazed of people like that, honestly. He issued me a $135 ticket no warning no nothing.
"Harsh and Objectionable Noise" $100
"License Not In Possession" $35
I understand this is nonsense. But I am taking it to court, and I need your opinion on which points should I include and which shouldn't I.
Here's my thought on this, correct me if I'm wrong.
1. He had no reason to pull me over the day I came. He "remembered" me from 2 weeks ago, when I had a broken exhaust. I changed the exhaust gauge since. At the time he pulled me over, I had a perfect new exhaust gauge, and my car made NO NOISE. My car is extremely quiet now even when I rev. Can he bring something up that happened 2 weeks ago, when he has NO PROOF it was me? For all I know, it couldve been my buddy driving my car, or it was somebody elses car. I honestly doubt he took down my plate # and checked every time I drove by. In fact, I found the SAME EXACT civic, same color, the exact same car, parked in student parking lot. I even parked next to it and took a picture of both of our cars. For all I know, that guy couldve driven like a maniac, and I got all the blame for it!
I need some help, If you need any more information just post here. thank you for your help.
Ok guys. Here is my case. Im nick, im 18 years old.
I drive a manual 2002 honda civic. On occasion, I pick my brothers up from school.
This time, when I was picking them up, I got pulled over right in school zone.
My first pull over ever on April 1st
From time to time, over a couple of weeks when I came to school I revved my engine while slightly losing traction of tires. It was not a long, horrible screeching tire sanding burning peel out, it was a very light one because my car is VERY easy to peel out. (for those who ever drove a standard civic you know what i mean) I'd rev my engine to 3-4k in gear 1, let go clutch do a lil traction, switch to gear 2 and keep driving normally.(Roughly 15mph) There are speed bumps everywhere, the place is packed with other cars, and you can't drive fast, just make noise. At the time, my exhaust was messed up, and my car sounded LOUD like crazy loud, but went nowhere. I'll admit, a couple of times I intentionally peeled out cuz my lil bro asked me, I never thought it was such a big problem for these pissed off school cops.
So around 2 weeks I didnt pick my bros up. But yesterday, after picking em up, the cop was around, and when I went over the speed bump I revved my car 3-4k while letting go of the clutch little by little, BECAUSE THE CAR IS MANUAL YOU HAVE TO REV IF YOU ARE NOT EXPERIENCED. I'm guessing he remembered a civic from 2 weeks ago, and made the traffic patrol stop all cars, walked to my car and made me pull over to the side.
With extreme anger and hatered, he told me that he is 'sick of me comming here every day, revving the engine, burning tires, and making noise with my car on HIS property'. He said I was going 40MPH when there's speed bumps, and a ton of other cars making it impossible to go over 10. After he said that, he realized what he said was extremely stupid, and so did i. He said he tried to get me before, but he was on foot. With huge surprise, i thought he was making an april fools joke. Unfortunately, it wasnt. But I am just amazed of people like that, honestly. He issued me a $135 ticket no warning no nothing.
"Harsh and Objectionable Noise" $100
"License Not In Possession" $35
I understand this is nonsense. But I am taking it to court, and I need your opinion on which points should I include and which shouldn't I.
Here's my thought on this, correct me if I'm wrong.
1. He had no reason to pull me over the day I came. He "remembered" me from 2 weeks ago, when I had a broken exhaust. I changed the exhaust gauge since. At the time he pulled me over, I had a perfect new exhaust gauge, and my car made NO NOISE. My car is extremely quiet now even when I rev. Can he bring something up that happened 2 weeks ago, when he has NO PROOF it was me? For all I know, it couldve been my buddy driving my car, or it was somebody elses car. I honestly doubt he took down my plate # and checked every time I drove by. In fact, I found the SAME EXACT civic, same color, the exact same car, parked in student parking lot. I even parked next to it and took a picture of both of our cars. For all I know, that guy couldve driven like a maniac, and I got all the blame for it!
I need some help, If you need any more information just post here. thank you for your help.
