tickets advice is worth what you paid i can t think of another subject that generates as much contradictory advice as traffic laws and their enforcement everybody s got an opinion and is dead certain they are right yet acurate information is extremely difficult to come by the dmv doesn t know cops don t know your traffic school instructor doesn t know the vehicle code only tells part of the story judges choose to interpret the laws in a wide variety of ways and the public at large i seldom hear any advice that doesn t disagree with something i ve experienced if you don t believe me i suggest you get a copy of the vehicle code study it and then sit in on a day or two of court and see what really happens read fight your ticket too but don t miss the little section at the end where it says your chances are lousy and you re basically screwed as you may have guessed i m pretty down on the system here in california i ve carefully prepared for court bringing witnesses and revealing serious holes in the officer s story only to be slapped with the maximum allowable fine plus assessments of over the message clear that the judge does not appreciate john q public trying his own cases so here s my advice when you find yourself with a ticket take traffic school if you can if it s a serious matter get a lawyer a lawyer can present the exact same case as you the difference is the sentence paul thompson apple computer
