04-30-2020, 03:06 AM
(04-30-2020, 02:58 AM)obleo_imp Wrote: Unbelievable I was cited , failure to maintain control. Cop said that was the worst ticket he ever wrote! Told me he would appear in court to argue on my behalf. He called for a traffic investigator , Sunday afternoon 3:15 they wouldn’t come to the scene. Putting bike back together myself ,I figured if I turned it into the insurance company they would total it .blue book value 4250 minus $500 deductible . I couldn’t replace it for that. Parts are about $450 , I know how I kept this bike up, so no brainer for me.
Which begs the question, "why did he write it?"
Sorry for your mishap, good to hear you survived reasonably intact and sounds like a good plan to put Humpty back together again...but still, if the officer is willing to go to court on your behalf, what's the point of writing the ticket in the first place?
Are police so bound by procedures that they must write tickets w/out considering judgement? If that's true, then wouldn't every single traffic accident warrant a ticket for all parties for "failure to maintain control"? Strange.