Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!yale-com!leichter From: leichter@yale-com.UUCP (Jerry Leichter) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.legal Subject: Re: radar report Message-ID: <2902@yale-com.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 18:17:59 EST Article-I.D.: yale-com.2902 Posted: Thu Feb 9 18:17:59 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 05:32:30 EST References: ulysses.766 Lines: 20 Another recommendation, for what it's worth; this one comes from Roy Cohen (in his book "How to Fight For Your Rights (and Win)": The cop you are dealing with also deals with many other similar cases all the time. He will have trouble remembering the details of any one case unless something about that case makes it stand out. (It will be a while before the case comes to trial.) So...make your encounter with the cop as short and "usual" as possible. DON'T argue, don't apologize; just accept the ticket and get out of there. When your day in court arrives, there will basically be two stories: Yours and cop's. If yours is specific and has a lot of details, it will be more believable than a vague tale of non-specific wrong-doing on the cop's part; you will have a better chance of carrying the day. This advice is NOT meant to encourage anyone to lie. (Cohen is quite explicit in stating this, but then he has to; if he were to encourage perjury openly, he'd be disbarred. Me, I am under no such legal constraint; I don't encourage lying because it's wrong. It is just a fact of life, however, that the best strategy for the innocent is often also a helpful strategy for the guilty.) -- Jerry decvax!yale-comix!leichter leichter@yale