Police problems? i need ur opinion.

Question

i tried 2 ask this question earlier but didn't tell the story right. i got a ticket in Dec. 2007 4 speeding. now in Aug. 2008 i got pulled over again 4 speeding. i'd been swimming and started feeling dizzy as we were leaving but thought it was b/c i had alot of water in my ears. but as we were heading home, i started having trouble breathing. now my bro & his friend had 2 be at a meeting and then i had 2 go 2 work. but when i started having trouble breathing, i called my mom and told her what was happening. she told me 2 come home & get her so she could drive me 2 the ER. she also said 2 call into work & tell them i wasn't coming. so i called into work. but i was speeding trying 2 get home so i could go 2 the ER. the cops pulled me over and i told them the situation but they gave me a ticket anyway. should i have gotten a ticket? was my situation an emergency or not?

Answer 1

you can tell a judge but he probably won't believe you i don't

Answer 2

No...if so it would have to be up to the cops discretion

Answer 3

Yes you should have gotten a ticket.  You should have called someone and told them you were having trouble breathing and needed someone to pick you up.

Answer 4

I think if your having trouble breathing and are dizzy they shouldn't give you the ticket they should make sure you get to your destination ok.

Answer 5

If you have ER records, you could likely get out of the ticket.  You shouldn't have been driving if you were dizzy and having trouble breathing.  Just some future reference.  You would have to have proof to get out of the ticket.  

Answer 6

Stupid cops!

Answer 7

you shouldnt have been driving if you couldnt breathe

Answer 8

As you stated in your first question.....you were doing 90 MPH !!!!   You didn't tell that in this question.  I think you STILL should have gotten a ticket....and I think you STILL should have your license taken away.  If you were in that condition, you shouldn't have been driving and taking the chance of getting in an accident and possible killing someone.  If you were in such bad condition, you wouldn't have been driving your brother and his friend to their meeting, and then driving home.  If it were a true emergency, you should have called 911 and let them know where you were.  Obviously you had a cell phone with you.  The cop was right in giving you the ticket.

Answer 9

Could they visibly tell that you were having problems breathing at the time? Also, did you go to the ER after that? If you were to bring a doctor's note to your police station you would most likely get out of the ticket.

Answer 10

You need to tell it to the judge.The easiest.ticket for the police to prove is speeding.Special circumstance needs to by proved in court.

Answer 11

"Trouble breathing"?

Maybe you were about to pass out, so driving, much less speeding

was a real bad idea.

If you needed medical attention, you could have asked the cops for transport

to the E.R. instead of trying to drive.

If it was a real emergency you would have been dead, and taken others with you.

You should have been taken in for psychiatric observation with that story.

Answer 12

You have to understand that we hear EVERY excuse in the book.  Do you understand how often people lie to us cops ?  You should have pulled over and called 911...it was unsafe for you to be driving in the condition you were in...especially going 90 !!

Answer 13

There is absolutely no legal justification for speeding. Period. If you have a medical emergency, you can pull over and call an ambulance. Cops will often give breaks to people who are speeding because someone is bleeding to death, having a baby, etc, but they don't have to. It's up to their own discretion. Nowhere in the motor vehicle laws is there an exception to the speed limit.

Oh, BTW, if you suffered a loss of consciousness and killed someone, you would be guilty of vehicular manslaughter. You knew that you had a medical condition and chose to put everyone else on the road at risk, anyway. That's a crime. If your condition impairs your ability to operate a vehicle, you are guilty of driving while impaired, which is also a crime.

Answer 14

You were lucky. You were driving while impaired, and you were just as dangerous to other drives as a drunk on the roads would be.

An officer could have charged you with a serious offense.  Or worse, you might have passed out or become overwhelmed by the dizziness and caused an accident that injured someone.

You had no business driving, much less speeding, if you were  experiencing dizziness that made your mom feel the need to take you to a doctor.  

Count your blessings.

Answer 15

You were [apparently] driving at a speed that was significantly over the speed limit, while you were dizzy.  

You had a phone, we know this because you called your Mother.  Why didn't you call emergency services?  Even if you don't know the number [911] the operator (just dial 0) would have connected you.  Your brother and his friend "had to be at a meeting", giving the impression that they might have been old enough to take over the driving duties (I find that people under the age of 16 have very few pressing meetings that their parents are not directly involved in).

Given the alternatives, any officer worth their shield would have ticketed you.  Officers hear tales like this one all of the time, I'm not surprised that they are not believing these tales.

Your license should remain suspended until the cause of your dizziness and shortness of breath can be determined (at minimum).  If your health is not good enough to safely operate a vehicle  ... please stay out of the driver's seat!