Topic: 因超速被罚50刀，无点，值得 go to the Court 吗？ @枫下论坛 The Rolia Forum

50块钱.. 如果你花几个小时准备, 几个小时到court, 几个小时在路上.... 你真有精神... 如果和你的理想和信仰没有关系, 我看官司就免了吧...写得清清楚楚违章还要去, -expertune(CreateObject("专家")); 2002-2-24 (#378422@0)
50块还打？认了吧，也算不辜负人家警察叔叔的一片好心 -x86(叆疴灬魃飗(会念不？)); 2002-2-24 (#378468@0)
GO TO TRIAL!! PLEAD NO GUILTY!!! -pitbull(硬颈); 2002-2-24 (#378480@0)
Why should you plead not guilty? Because: -pitbull(硬颈); 2002-2-24 {402} (#378481@0)
1. if you appear on trial, the cop might not show up, and the ticket is automatically dismissed;

2. if the cop does show up, with some preparation, you have a chance to win the case;

3. in the worst case, if you lose, you still don't pay more than if you have just pleaded guilty. Court costs are already tagged onto the prescribed fine. (Often fines are reduced if you put up a good defence.)
Technically speaking, pleading not guilty is merely exercising your right to question the prosecution's evidence. You are innocent until your guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt. -pitbull(硬颈); 2002-2-24 (#378482@0)
If everyone fights their tickets then cops either will have to get off the streets or miss trials. -pitbull(硬颈); 2002-2-24 {127} (#378483@0)
At least, if you fight your ticket, the cop has to go to court and there is one less cop out there writing tickets for the day.

does this also mean that there are more chance to have more accident or maybe one more people get killed in that day? -scorpio(scorpio); 2002-2-24 (#378485@0)

No, it implicates that would be less traffic tickets distributed on that day. -pitbull(硬颈); 2002-2-24 {622} (#378487@0)
Police forces are already wasted by running speed traps in the middle of a highway, unable to respond to emergency dispatch quickly enough. Imagine if your house is being robbed, or your car is being stolen, or your daughter is being raped, and all police officers are too tied up running speedtraps hidden behind a bush, with a radar gun and a cup of coffee in his hands and a donut in his mouth, unable to assist you. By abolishing the ridiculous speed limits police forces can then be restored to do more useful tasks, such as... you guess it... catching real criminals. Please, do everyone a favour, fight your ticket.

If my memory is right, car accident is the No.1 killer in north america. people have much more chance to get killed by car accident instead of murder or robber. What's REAL criminal? -scorpio(scorpio); 2002-2-24 (#378499@0)

Bury this in mind, it's the drivers on the way that take the responsibility of safer driving and less accidents, not the police issuing traffic tickets. -itmad4u(没劲); 2002-2-24 (#378489@0)

你过几天正好有事要去？？？在温哥华，好象如果你要DISPUTE上法庭，是等法庭来通知上庭时间的，难道在TORONTO，上法庭时间可以自己定？ -jacky2001(beyond); 2002-2-25 (#379537@0)