Here in Missouri they need a better reason to pull you over than just not wearing a seatbelt. The last time a cop popped me, he said I crossed the yellow line while making a left turn (you'd have to make a crazy wide turn to avoid it). I knew he only wanted to bust me for not wearing a seatbelt cus he really couldn't ticket me for that. In MO it only costs you $10 for no seatbelt. The hick town made a dollar a minute off me. COPS LIE.

 

i used to get harrased by the cops all the time when i had the SRT Ram, seems like everyday id get pulled over for somthing, but deff fight that ticket for sure

 

yea i'm definitely going to fight this. i'm not paying some bogus amount for not even being in the wrong.

i'll do everything i can to prove that there is no way of telling if i was wearing one or not.

 

Sounds fishy 2 me.


BUT............. it must have been "National Pull Everyone Over Day" yesterday cause I got pulled over too.

I had to go in to work early yesterday and today. Like 3:00am. So yesterday I'm leaving my drive and just as I'm pulling down a cop drives past my house. He must have seen my brake lights as I do no use any lights when I'm leaving my house. So............ other people can't see me leaving that early in the morning either. The cop does a U-turn in the middle of the country road that goes past my house and flies up behind me. Flips on his lights and I pulled over.

"Morning sir. We had some burglaries in the area and I'm just checking up."
I told him I lived at the house I pulled out of and if he liked I could provide my ID for him.
He told me no that wasn't nessessary and walked off. I asked if I was free to go and he said okay. Which still made me late for work. But that's better then a ticket.

 

the guy on the street corner was an undercover cop. must of forgot to say that lol

 

listen to this... do what my friend did. paint your buckle (the silver part) black then take a picture, bring it to court (you get to cross examine the cop by the way if you plead not guilty) and ask him "so you saw the SILVER buckle hanging there huh??" when he says yes, bring the picture out of you BLACK buckle, i swear it worked for him!!! for me it was easier cause i brought my wife in and she said i was wearing it, so they didnt prove beyond a reasonable dought..

 

You need to speak to a lawyer, legal counsel is free, whether or not you opt to have it is what costs money.

Check your states laws. In some states, it is illegal for an officer to pull you over for a seat belt infraction, they can only get you for that after they pull you over for something else due to visibility, which is what happened to you. However, if your state isn't one of them, then it's your words against theirs, who do you think the judge will believe?

Power goes to some officers heads... $100 isn't a big deal, but I would fight it just over principle.

 

i to dislike cops this is my ticket expierence.when i got my license at 17(3yrs ago) i was taking a back road up to my buddys house.the speed limit is 35mph on one part of the road there is a small rock pit that has a dirt turn off/parking area.he was on the end between a wall and a truck that had a boat attached to it.he was completely hidden to my road of traffic.he clocked me goin 45 in a 35 granted i was.went to court and told the judge all this and he simply asked if i was speeding.i said yes and got stuck with the ticket.

 

What did you go to court for if you were clearly in the wrong and had no grounds to fight the ticket on?