a major “WHEW” just happened here!

I’m sure that you guys remember me talking about my kid getting in a wreck back at Xmas; and my anger over the cops writing him a ticket;
well court came today; (well 2nd appearance but the 1st was just “guilty/not guilty”) Thank God the cops did not even show, so it was dismissed;
I have never ever had a cop “not show” on me before; hopefully this means the kid’s “luck” is better than mine. No traffic school. No $300 fine. (well “face value” is $75 but that is only if you pay before the court date; go to court and that $75 becomes $222, plus being my kid is 16 so that means he falls under the “under 18=mandatory 4-hr traffic school” rule– at MY added expense of ~$70. as well as the new “parents MUST APPEAR with the kid, law. (which I would have anyway)

but we had talked about it ad-nauseum the last week or so, in case they said this or that, so that hopefully he would not get in there and “freeze”
I even gave him all my cash out of my wallet, in case they blew my gasket and cuffed me; (would not be the 1st time, I am just “that tired” of getting the shaft;) and told him what I wanted to say in there, that he would have to say for me, if they would not let me do so; thank GOD it was all-for-nothing; easiest court appearance I have ever had; and I have to say that I walked out of the County Courthouse for the 1st time ever, not “mad at the world”

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My biggest issues with this (were) 2;
1) the cops never talked to him at the scene; he told me what happened (I wasn’t there/ didn’t see it) and I told the cops what Nick had told me while we were waiting for them to show. and I repeated the info to the cops. so they issued it on “hear-say” basis.
they never “investigated” (blown tire? what did the tracks in the unplowed snow look like? any suspension parts hanging) nothing. just off of what I, a non witness, had said.

and 2) within a couple days, one of Nick’s buddies flipped his Cherokee as well; and the cops didn’t give him a ticket; and a 2nd buddy didnt flip but spun out and went off the road, also needing a tow and a call to the cops. they didn’t get tickets but my kid did. I was really “hot” about this part of it.
(but being dismissed, now it’s like he didn’t get one either) the only “bad thing” (never in a kid’s eyes though) is that I had to take him outta school early. I hope he learned something from it though.

I'm sure that you guys remember me talking about my kid getting in a wreck back at Xmas; and my anger over the cops writing him a ticket;
well court came today; (well 2nd appearance but the 1st was just "guilty/not guilty") Thank God the cops did not even show, so it was dismissed;
I have never ever had a cop "not show" on me before; hopefully this means the kid's "luck" is better than mine. No traffic school. No $300 fine. (well "face value" is $75 but that is only if you pay before the court date; go to court and that $75 becomes $222, plus being my kid is 16 so that means he falls under the "under 18=mandatory 4-hr traffic school" rule-- at MY added expense of ~$70. as well as the new "parents MUST APPEAR with the kid, law. (which I would have anyway)

but we had talked about it ad-nauseum the last week or so, in case they said this or that, so that hopefully he would not get in there and "freeze"
I even gave him all my cash out of my wallet, in case they blew my gasket and cuffed me; (would not be the 1st time, I am just "that tired" of getting the shaft;) and told him what I wanted to say in there, that he would have to say for me, if they would not let me do so; thank GOD it was all-for-nothing; easiest court appearance I have ever had; and I have to say that I walked out of the County Courthouse for the 1st time ever, not "mad at the world"

---------- Post added at 03:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:18 PM ----------

My biggest issues with this (were) 2;
1) the cops never talked to him at the scene; he told me what happened (I wasn't there/ didn't see it) and I told the cops what Nick had told me while we were waiting for them to show. and I repeated the info to the cops. so they issued it on "hear-say" basis.
they never "investigated" (blown tire? what did the tracks in the unplowed snow look like? any suspension parts hanging) nothing. just off of what I, a non witness, had said.

and 2) within a couple days, one of Nick's buddies flipped his Cherokee as well; and the cops didn't give him a ticket; and a 2nd buddy didnt flip but spun out and went off the road, also needing a tow and a call to the cops. they didn't get tickets but my kid did. I was really "hot" about this part of it.
(but being dismissed, now it's like he didn't get one either) the only "bad thing" (never in a kid's eyes though) is that I had to take him outta school early. I hope he learned something from it though.