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Have you guys heard about this?  Read about it on the Thunderace
list....  

Mark Collett

> Listers
>   This came across the VFR list a few days back. It's
> so sad I just had to share it with the ACE list.
>                                           Be Good!
>                                                   Ken
> > The story below:
> > >> On Wednesday, Oct. 4
> > >> I was riding my motorcycle through Legacy Park
> > Circle.  There are several
> > subdivisions off of the circle, each with a stop
> > sign.  You know how to come
> > to a >> complete stop without having to put feet on
> > the ground.  Well, I am
> > assuming the cop didn't see me put my feet down and
> > thought I ran the stop
> > sign.  I didn't >> see the cop, so I don't know
> > where he started following
> > me.  I leave the subdivision and travel 4/10's mile
> > towards my subdivision.
> > About 50 yds. before my >> entrance I see the blue
> > lights and here the
> > siren.  Well I pull over into my subdivision and he
> > follows me.  I'm
> > thinking oh no, there's been an accident in my own
> > >> subdivision.  I pull
> > over out of his way and he follows me into the pool
> > parking lot.
> > >>
> > >> Two officers step out of the Kennesaw City Police
> > squad car.
> > >> Cop: "Get off Your Bike."  "Put your helmet on
> > the ground."  "Step away
> > from the bike."  "Put your hands behind your head."
> > "You didn't see me back
> > there?"
> > >> Me: "No, Sir"
> > >> Cop: "You didn't see me behind you?"
> > >> Me: "No, Sir"
> > >> Cop: "You didn't see me?"
> > >> Me: "I didn't see you until just before I pulled
> > over."
> > >> Cop:  "You ran a stop sign back there in Legacy
> > Park"
> > >> Me: "I may have rolled through one of the stop
> > signs, but I didn't run
> > any stop sign."
> > >> Cop:  "Why didn't you stop?"
> > >> Me: "I didn't see you."
> > >> Cop: Handcuffs me, "You're under arrest." and
> > then proceeds to put me
> > into the back of his car. Then chunks my $400 helmet
> > into his trunk.
> > >>
> > >> Now, I'm in my own subdivision, 3 new squad cars
> > pull up.  How
> > embarrassing. All of my neighbors watching this.
> > Then the tow truck comes.
> > They take me
> > >> to jail, where I'm photo'd, frisked, and
> > fingerprinted.
> > >>
> > >> They make me take off everything, except clothes,
> > even my boots. Then I'm
> > put into a cold cell.  I can hear them trying to get
> > there story straight
> > and trying to >> decide on what all they can write
> > me up for.
> > >>
> > >> They write me 3 citations:
> > >> Charge #1)  Failure to stop at a stop sign:
> > 40-6-72    $103.50
> > >> Charge #2)  Attempting to Elude Police:  40-6-395
> >    $680.00
> > >> Charge #3)  Too Fast for Condition:  40-6-180
> > $103.50
> > >>
> > >> I call my wife to pick me up.  She brings the
> > $887 bail cash.  I go to
> > the impound yard and pick up my bike for $65.
> > >>
> > >> I've never been so humiliated, violated,
> > embarrassed in all my life. I
> > can't believe that happened to me.  I wouldn't be so
> > stupid trying to run
> > from police.  I
> > >> didn't do anything wrong.  And even if I did roll
> > the stop sign, why
> > would I run for that.  And run not even 1/2 mile
> > down the road to my own
> > subdivision.
>
> --- James Bodtke <jbodtke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Had my arraignment yesterday.  I couldn't afford a
> > trial.
> > Ended up with reducing the "eluding from police"
> > down to "failure to yield
> > to an emergency vehicle".
> > Dropped the "too fast for conditions".
> > Failure to stop at a stop sign stayed as is.
> > Pleaded nolo on the two remaining charges.  Although
> > nolo only reduces
> > points for one citation, I will still receive 3
> > points.  Payed a fee of
> > $690.  They also wanted a Motorcycle Safety Course,
> > which I have already
> > completed back in June.  They want 20 hrs. community
> > service with a
> > non-profit organization.  I have 3 months probation
> > that will be reduced to
> > 1 month if I complete the 20 hrs. of community
> > service within a month.
> >
> > Lawyer    - $1500
> > Impound  - $65
> > Fine         - $690
> > 20 hrs. community service - Pricless
> >
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Mark Collett
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1997 YZF1000R
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