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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GorillaG" data-source="post: 4360212" data-attributes="member: 49083"><p>When I was a teen and still idealistic (you get over that with age) I was ticketed for running a stop sign. The stop sign was entirely obliterated by a large overgrown tree that needed trimming. When I pointed that out to the officer he replied "if you wanna argue about it I'll give you another ticket for not using your turn signal when I pulled you over". I was idealistic like I said so I thought I'd go to court and fight it, since I fought it the officer showed up too. When I explained to the judge that the stop sign was entirely covered by the tree, the judge turned to the officer and asked him if this was true. The officer said it was not, the judge then ruled against me and when I asked why his testimony was automatically excepted as true while mine was not, he said "the officer is sworn by his oath to uphold the law and his testimony is deemed to be truthful". I learned a valuable lesson that day, after that every time I was pulled over I kissed ass like crazy and went fifty years with only warnings but no more tickets. The truth is that along with a policeman's higher level of privilege should come a higher level of accountability.</p></blockquote><p></p>