I WON!

I hate traffic cops. I hate their attitudes, I hate their demeanor, I hate their power trips and their egos. I can see why most people have a bad taste in their mouths about these people who are there as public servants who wield their badges and pretend they are "all that," when they are just normal citizens who are there to help people in need. But when you combine that with our criminal justice system, and you give them the license to stop drivers at their whim, it gets a bit more ridiculous.

I got a ticket for not wearing a safety belt a couple months ago, and the cop stated on the citation that when he stopped me I admitted that I wasn't wearing one. I called him a liar, and told him that he misconstrued my statement to him when he stopped me. Within 24 hours of that traffic stop, ANOTHER cop from the same agency pulled me over as I drove out of my driveway, and asked if I was the guy who called his colleague a liar. When I told him I had, he issued me another ticket for some bogus traffic violation!

So then I go to contest the ticket in court, and the Assistant State's Attorney decides he is going to dismiss the ticket for the seat belt violation. This of course, leaves the officers who made the original stop not have to appear for the other case, so I had to subpoena those officers so they would testify that they had, in fact, discussed my case with their colleagues and that was the reason for the second officer's stopping me. It cost me $46 for the subpoenas and I had to drive 40 miles each way to have the county sheriff's office deliver the subpoenas where the police station was. In the meantime, none of the officer's appeared in court on the trial date and the second was dismissed for the fact that there was no witness against me. Now I feel a bit vindicated. I don't have a stain on my driving record. But it was inconvenient for me. The judge said he couldn't award me with the compensation for the cost of the subpoenas AND he agreed with me it was ridiculous that they could bring a charge, and I could be inconvenienced, and I could not recover that cost. But such is life.

At least I am done with that idiocy. Cops are corrupt. I live in a small town, and instead of patrolling the state highways, or helping people as they are hired to, State troopers in Illinois are stopping people for their own ego-maniacal chances of strutting their stuff, with their large brimmed brown hats and their puffed up heads.

This one didn't go on my record. I have not had any moving violations in over 10 years, and now I don't have to pay any higher insurance premiums due to their idiotic show.

I fought the law, and I WON!