The not so tall man
Well-Known Member
Went on vacation in August in Harford county MD I had a vehicle to my right that was there constantly, giant tires about four inches past the wells. When I first got my car five years ago I had a similar situation where I took a shot to the windshield. Went around a corner and suddenly the passing lane was empty as far as the eye could see, I floored it and a couple seconds later saw the police SUV but couldn't slow down in time.
As soon as the lights wherein a breaker hard and pulled over in the center the guy barely had to move. Had my license and registration for him before he even got to my door.
He pointed is radar/laser whatever so I could see the screen and said thats crazy I agreed it said 109 and I was in a 65 zone, really didn't think I got that fast that quick (2013 Taurus SHO performance pack)
A lawyer sends me a flyer saying to fight it, I hire him, day of trial its supposed to be 11:30 guy does not show, sends some other guy I don't recognize with like 5 minutes to go who takes me out into the hall, I tell him what happens he says its up to me to say as much or as little as I want, me thinking hes a professional decides to let him do all the talking.
Mind you I have a certified clean drivers record since 1998.
We get in front of judge and guy basically speed reads the things I told him like hes in a race to beat the clock. Adds nothing.
No value what so ever, Judge says I appreciate you took a defective driving course, and hired representation and knocked the fine down from 534 to 2 hundred and something Lawyer asks if she can lower the speed and she says she doesnt do that. He offers nothing else. Asks me if I can pay today and I say yes, he says good I'll show you to the cashier, tells me to appeal as I pay. (nothing to loose, you can only do better, worst case senraio the appeal guy changes the fine back to the $530.
Offers to give me all my paper work back and I tell him no to give it to my lawyer for the appeal. I get home and email my lawyer "what happened today" He said he got caught it circuit court and couldn't make it so he sent this guy over last minute and that he'd get it appealed.
My court date was the third and He hasn't responded to a single email since the one that said he'd get the appeal filed.
First question, if this doesn't get appealed what happens to me as a pa driver who got caught in MD sign 109 in 65 showed up to court and paid a fine?
Second question why am I being ghosted? When the judge gave me the paperwork and the guy walked me over to the cashier I didn't ready any of it, I was just listening to him about the appeal.
Did he screw up? Should I not have paid, did it end things there?
Can lawyers do that? Take your money, not show up, send someone who doesn't know the case last minute, promise to appeal then ghost you?
Kinda sucks I'm 51, never been at fault for an accident, last time I had a ticket I was basically a kid, I can't say I wasn't going 109 cause I was looking out for blinkers to make sure no one was going to pull in front of me but it didn't seem fast and it was like 8 seconds maybe. And if you factor in that the limit is 65 but the average flow of traffic is more like 75-80 to go from 75-80 to 109 probably comes up a lot quicker then people think.
As soon as the lights wherein a breaker hard and pulled over in the center the guy barely had to move. Had my license and registration for him before he even got to my door.
He pointed is radar/laser whatever so I could see the screen and said thats crazy I agreed it said 109 and I was in a 65 zone, really didn't think I got that fast that quick (2013 Taurus SHO performance pack)
A lawyer sends me a flyer saying to fight it, I hire him, day of trial its supposed to be 11:30 guy does not show, sends some other guy I don't recognize with like 5 minutes to go who takes me out into the hall, I tell him what happens he says its up to me to say as much or as little as I want, me thinking hes a professional decides to let him do all the talking.
Mind you I have a certified clean drivers record since 1998.
We get in front of judge and guy basically speed reads the things I told him like hes in a race to beat the clock. Adds nothing.
No value what so ever, Judge says I appreciate you took a defective driving course, and hired representation and knocked the fine down from 534 to 2 hundred and something Lawyer asks if she can lower the speed and she says she doesnt do that. He offers nothing else. Asks me if I can pay today and I say yes, he says good I'll show you to the cashier, tells me to appeal as I pay. (nothing to loose, you can only do better, worst case senraio the appeal guy changes the fine back to the $530.
Offers to give me all my paper work back and I tell him no to give it to my lawyer for the appeal. I get home and email my lawyer "what happened today" He said he got caught it circuit court and couldn't make it so he sent this guy over last minute and that he'd get it appealed.
My court date was the third and He hasn't responded to a single email since the one that said he'd get the appeal filed.
First question, if this doesn't get appealed what happens to me as a pa driver who got caught in MD sign 109 in 65 showed up to court and paid a fine?
Second question why am I being ghosted? When the judge gave me the paperwork and the guy walked me over to the cashier I didn't ready any of it, I was just listening to him about the appeal.
Did he screw up? Should I not have paid, did it end things there?
Can lawyers do that? Take your money, not show up, send someone who doesn't know the case last minute, promise to appeal then ghost you?
Kinda sucks I'm 51, never been at fault for an accident, last time I had a ticket I was basically a kid, I can't say I wasn't going 109 cause I was looking out for blinkers to make sure no one was going to pull in front of me but it didn't seem fast and it was like 8 seconds maybe. And if you factor in that the limit is 65 but the average flow of traffic is more like 75-80 to go from 75-80 to 109 probably comes up a lot quicker then people think.
