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Realized that the website that I used to store all my pics on. villagephotos has gone out of business. Great. So that means all the pics I've linked to there are gone. I made backups but what a pain in the ass to have to go back through all my build threads and upload them.
 
You can probably thank the Feds for that, since they didn't need SOPA or PIPA to take down MegaUploads. A lot of other cloud services have apparently folded in the last week.
 
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Got him about 5 weeks ago... real card,, lots of fun... not an aggressive bone in his body for other dogs... he is protective of my cruiser to men with beards, hats and big jackets... but everyone else he has been a real sweetheart...


He plays fetch, and will chase and catch a frisbee... but will only return it if I have another toy in hand....

His name... Joker...

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If anyone is in the area, I have an AMAZING singer/guitar player coming to the restaurant this Saturday around 8 pm... Hannah Richardson... about 19 years old and just an incredible voice,,, nice on the eyes too..
 
OK, so I got pulled over in a stop sign sting last week. Complete BS. Cops were lined up on a side street and picking off almost every car that approached the stop sign. They stood on the fact that I did not actually stop where the sign is posted in the ground vs. where the actual intersection begins. The stop sign in question is about 20-25 ft before the intersection.

To make the situation even cloudier, when I approached the intersection, there was a patrol car to the right of the intersection that had just pulled someone over. I didn't know why he was pulled over, but the driver was out of his car waving his hands around - specious behavior at best. I slowed down (at the stop sign) and rolled forward to the intersection, stopped and looked left where traffic typically comes from at that time of day. I then notice a patrol car on the left of the intersection. It's somewhat dark at 7:20am and I barely see his face, but I see him flip on his lights and then wave me through the intersection - or so I thought. I proceed cautiously around the patrol car on my right and onto the next intersection.

At the red light I then see the blue lights in the rear view mirror are right on me. The officer gets out and says I'm pulling you over for failure to stop at the stop sign. He goes back and writes me a ticket over a period of about 15 minutes. All the while I see patrol car after patrol car pull over victims of a misplaced stop sign. They pulled 3 cars in the time I was stopped there. He comes back and explains all the particulars of the stop sign placement and I say there is no way to see oncoming traffic if I stop at the sign. I explained that I have lived right around the corner about 300 yards from this stop sign for over 10 years and that I am very conscientious about this intersection since folks tend to come from the left which has a blind rise in it. His response was, well I suggest you stop at the sign, then stop again at the intersection when you can see better. He then confessed that his dept/precinct had been given orders to generate more "revenue" and that he actually agreed with my point of view. He then said I could take it up with my City Council Person since they handle Streets and Traffic Devices.

I was going to let it go and pay the $50 fine and get on with my life, but I just found out the fine is $132 minimum and could be as much as $194 and carries the same point value on my record as if I was speeding 20mph over the limit. Should I fight this? I gotta pay the fine or show in court next Wednesday.
 
Show in court. Take detailed pics. A satellite view would even be better. State exactly what the officer said. If you are right there should be no reason you get charged. The officer should be miked the whole time and it should be recorded. So if in fact he did say that I'd say something is really messed up.
 
Just noticed he wrote my drivers license # wrong on the citation. It may not show up on my record?
Was curious to see what they would fine me, so I started the online payment process and it can't find my case, so looks like I gotta go downtown anyway. There goes vacation time down the toilet.
 
BMThiker said:
OK, so I got pulled over in a stop sign sting last week. Complete BS. Cops were lined up on a side street and picking off almost every car that approached the stop sign. They stood on the fact that I did not actually stop where the sign is posted in the ground vs. where the actual intersection begins. The stop sign in question is about 20-25 ft before the intersection.

I slowed down (at the stop sign) and rolled forward to the intersection, stopped and looked left where traffic typically comes from at that time of day.

At the red light I then see the blue lights in the rear view mirror are right on me. The officer gets out and says I'm pulling you over for failure to stop at the stop sign. He goes back and writes me a ticket over a period of about 15 minutes. All the while I see patrol car after patrol car pull over victims of a misplaced stop sign. They pulled 3 cars in the time I was stopped there. He comes back and explains all the particulars of the stop sign placement and I say there is no way to see oncoming traffic if I stop at the sign. QUOTE]

BMThiker said:
Just noticed he wrote my drivers license # wrong on the citation. It may not show up on my record?
Was curious to see what they would fine me, so I started the online payment process and it can't find my case, so looks like I gotta go downtown anyway. There goes vacation time down the toilet.
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Was there a line on the road or a cross walk? If not see below

*** Current Through the 2011 Extraordinary Session ***

TITLE 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD
ARTICLE 4. RIGHT OF WAY

O.C.G.A. § 40-6-72 (2011)

§ 40-6-72. Stop signs and yield signs


(a) Preferential right of way may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in Code Section 32-6-50.

(b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways.

(c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall, in obedience to such sign, slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After slowing or stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways. If such a driver is involved in a collision with a vehicle in the intersection after driving past a yield sign without stopping, such collision shall be deemed prima-facie evidence of his failure to yield the right of way.
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Ticket cites code O.C.G.A. § 40-6-20, which is something different than running a stop sign. . .I think he screwed up again. This is for running a red light that has cameras recording the incident.


§ 40-6-20. Obedience to traffic-control devices required; presumptions;
enforcement by traffic-control signal monitoring devices
(a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of an official traffic-control
device applicable thereto, placed in accordance with this chapter, unless otherwise
directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an
authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter. A violation of this subsection shall be a
misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided by subsection (f) of this Code section.
(b) No provisions of this chapter which require official traffic-control devices shall be
enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation
an official device was not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an
ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular Code section does not state that
official traffic-control devices are required, such Code section shall be effective even
though no devices are erected or in place.
(c) Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately
conforming to the requirements of this chapter, such devices shall be presumed to
have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the
contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
(d) Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to this chapter and purporting
to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed
to comply with the requirements of this chapter, unless the contrary shall be
established by competent evidence.
(e) The disregard or disobedience of the instructions of any official traffic-control
device or signal placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter by the driver
of a vehicle shall be deemed prima-facie evidence of a violation of law, without
requiring proof of who and by what authority such sign or device has been erected
 
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informationjunky said:
Was there a line on the road or a cross walk? If not see below

(b) Except when directed to proceed by a police officer, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line or, if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After stopping, the driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways.
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As it turns out there are no markings on the road, so I do have the right to pull up to the actual intersection before coming to a complete stop. I've decided to fight this. There's also the fact that he flipped his lights on and then waved/pointed me through the intersection. However, I did come to a complete stop before noticing him waving me around.

Going to court next Wed morning to basically say "not guilty" (technically this is just a hearing, the officer won't need to be there to refute anything I say). Then they will likely make me wait until the end of the session before telling me what date to come back for an actual trial. If the officer doesn't show for the trial, then it will get tossed, but I think I have a good case against this idiocy.

Here's the intersection. I was traveling west on Rogers. The stop sign is visible (or at least its shadow is) and I marked it with the red line located behind my vehicle. Where I actually stopped is the red line in front of my vehicle. Officer waiting to pull me over was on the south side of the intersection pointing north. The officer that had someone pulled over already was on the north side of intersection.

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Hey Rick the same s*** happened to me in Knoxville. The ticket cost me $190 and $10 parking . I was gonna fight it too but since it was THP a detective friend said no way. The sign and line was about 10-15 feet before the blind right turn. He said I was going 40 mph and blew right through it.
 
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RSHARPfzj80 said:
I kind of snickered because how can you make a 90 degree turn in an 80 that weighs a s*** ton. CORRECT you can't. Good luck Rick.Like NWA said FU(< THA POLICE.
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BMThiker said:
As it turns out there are no markings on the road, so I do have the right to pull up to the actual intersection before coming to a complete stop. I've decided to fight this. There's also the fact that he flipped his lights on and then waved/pointed me through the intersection. However, I did come to a complete stop before noticing him waving me around.

Going to court next Wed morning to basically say "not guilty" (technically this is just a hearing, the officer won't need to be there to refute anything I say). Then they will likely make me wait until the end of the session before telling me what date to come back for an actual trial. If the officer doesn't show for the trial, then it will get tossed, but I think I have a good case against this idiocy.

Here's the intersection. I was traveling west on Rogers. The stop sign is visible (or at least its shadow is) and I marked it with the red line located behind my vehicle. Where I actually stopped is the red line in front of my vehicle. Officer waiting to pull me over was on the south side of the intersection pointing north. The officer that had someone pulled over already was on the north side of intersection.
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I think the officer was misinformed. Good luck, judging from the picture, I think you did the legal and safe thing. Of course I'm no Gundy.
 
Around here some of the local radio stations have what is called a "swap shop", people call in things they want to sell or give away or want to buy. It airs on 92.1 in Lavonia from 9:03 or so until 9:33 m-f and then they post things online... do a search of local radio stations to see what you can find.. I found that airstream for 1800$....
 
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