Tesla dashcam saves owner from ticket quota seeking police officer

cops are all fucking monsters

On October 30th, I got towed for parking in a street sweeping zone. However, the city’s website clearly says that for streets scheduled to be cleaned bi-weekly (ex: 1st, 3rd, & 5th Weds of the month), “parking regulations are not enforced on the 5th week of the month”, meaning you don’t have to move your car for street sweeping because you will not be ticketed. I don’t know about the discrepancy.

This is the first year my street is being cleaned and subject to towing. We, the neighbors, used to clean it ourselves. By “we”, I mean me and about 5 others.

So, I got ticketed ($40) and towed ($140). I just got the ticket dismissed, with a city recommendation to refund my towing charge. I am still waiting to hear about the tow refund. I should hear by Jan 15, maybe.

There are mistakes made in good faith and others that are clearly not.

Cop saw a Tesla and decided the guy had money and wouldn't bother fighting it.

The real problem is that there are NO consequences for police who are bad operators on such small and petty issues. Gun someone down and you may - MAY - have consequences. Since the police departments and the municipalities actually benefit from these types of activities, they are not about to do anything to reduce this type of behavior.

All incentives are aligned to promote and reward this type of bad faith behavior.

Unless the police are really right, I’ll contest a ticket. Speeding tickets are usually pretty hard to contest. But the cops often don’t show up in court, so odds are decent of getting out of a ticket.

One time I got a ticket in the mail from a lieutenant! He thought I didn’t yield to him, in his personal car, in a round-about. I thought I had already entered the round-about, like him, but was to his right, therefore having the right of way. Plus, he was on my left and wanted to exit to my right. He wanted to cross my path in front of me, instead of waiting to cross behind me. He made some excited, obscene gestures, from his car. He didn’t show up in court. When the judge asked about the situation, I said “well, people want to go where they want to go.” Case dismissed!