![]() 虽然美国警察在好莱坞大片里威猛无比,但我印象中,大部分的他们,实际是胆子很小,遇到坏人各种叫援兵,各种打不准,但是碰到不小心违规的民众(甚至是设陷阱),一逮一个准的一群人。因此,我爱和他们斗,让他们也看看我们的颜色。 总的来说,有三种套路:『用科学证明你没错』,『证明警察是傻叉』,以及『碰运气』。当然,声明一点啊,我不是怂恿大家违反交通规则,安全驾驶很重要。这篇攻略只是教大家如何在拿了罚单以后,如何尽量减少损失。 具体到方式方法上,有以下几种:
下面我会详说。 流程扫盲 先以加州为例,介绍一下拿到罚单以后,会发生什么 1. 警察当即会给你开一张罚单,大约长这样(加州的罚单上没有罚金金额,数额会在之后正式收到的Traffic Notice to Appear 里)。
2. 几周后你会收到正式的 Traffic Notice to Appear。这张纸上有几个重要信息:
3. 如果你 Plead Guilty,那么最简单的方法就是在线支付罚单。
4. 如果你选择 Contest in Person,即上庭,
5. 如果你选择 Written Declaration,
Written Declaration 这一招是我老同事教我的,他是 FedEx 的销售,人在LA,客户主要在 Las Vegas,一年要跑上百次15号公路(躲在路边开超速罚单的警察很多),所以也经常吃罚单。他用这招几乎每次都可以奏效。 Written Declaration 理论上来说,和上庭的功能是一样的,就是你通过书面的方式向法庭证明你无罪(这样你就不用上庭去辩论了,其实对于在外地领的罚单也可以这么干)。不过,Written Declaration 却是成功率最高的方法,原因如下:
Written Declaration 该如何填 你需要填写或准备几个东西:
如何填 Written Declaration 容易把警察绕晕 当然是多用数学公式或者物理公式(有时候即便算错了也没关系,就掰吧),然后尽量的把事情描述得复杂,增加干扰警察的点。这里举我一个哥们乔治超速(在限速25MPH 的路上开41MPH 被抓)的例子。以下是他写的内容。其中加粗的部分是他的辩词,主要的辩论逻辑是:
Picture A: ![]() A. Place where 2 officers standing at road side measuring the speed. B. The police car come from here and stopped me C. Place where I stopped Diagram B ![]() Picture C - Street view of WhiteWell Road ![]() Picture D - Street view of 68th Street. Near Sumner Ave ![]() Pursuant to California Vehicle Code (CVC) 40902, I respectfully submit this Trial By Written Declaration to the Court. I plead Not Guilty to the charge of CVC 22350. As required, I have already paid the $377.00 dollars bail payment by mailed check. The Court have already receive my bail check and deposit at November 15, 2013 based on my bank statement. The facts are as follows: On September 4, 2013 while driving my Red Volvo XC60 heading northbound on Whitewell Rd., I was stopped by an officer. I pulled over in roadside at Prairie Smoke Rd. The officer asserts that I was in violation of Traffic Codes 22350. Traffic Code 22350 reads: [22350. No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.] While I could understand the reasons the officer pulled me over, But since the police who measured my speed and the police who pulled me over are different police, Considering there’re cars before and after my car, I have reason to ask police to provide the evidence proving they have pulled over the right car. (see Picture A) The speed limit of Whitewell Rd. is 25MPH, I agree that I did not notice the speed limit sign and thought the speed limit of this road was 35MPH. And I have reason to explain why. The speed limit sign for northbound Whitewell Rd., near intersection with Schleisman Rd. was placed in a place where very near the intersection (see diagram B), For a car right turn from Schleisman Rd., It is really hard to see the sign. (When the car turned to the WhiteWell Rd completely, the sign have already been passed.) The Whitewell Road, is a road splitting two community, not a road in community. Picture C shows how this road looks like. It might be incorrect, but most road like this have a speed limit more than 25MPH. Such as Picture D shows, intersection of 68th St. and Sumner Ave. which also located in City of Eastvale. The last question for my charge is my speed. When I was pulled over, the officer told me my speed was 41MPH, Which I am pretty sure was measured by officers standing at Point A in Picture A. But refer to the triangle showing in diagram B. The officers is not standing in the WhiteWell Rd, Meaning what they measuring is not the actual speed of my car in WhiteWell Rd, But the speed shown in diagram B as the triangle's hypotenuse. This means the speed they measured have to be adjusted. My calculation shows the actual speed of my car in WhiteWell Rd will be about 35-36 MPH after adjustment. In conclusion, I agree I did not notice the speed limit sign in WhiteWell Rd. But consider the possible mis-communication between polices, and mis-placed speed limit sign in the road, and also the possible adjustment of speed measuring, I plead Not Guilty to the charge and wish you agree with my declaration. If the court finds me guilty, I request a Trial de Novo, and an option to attend traffic school level one and have the fine reduced. In addition, please send me the “Decision and Notice of Decision” (TR-215) by mail. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. 除了乔治的算法以外,另一个容易唬住警察的算法是用从『起始位置』、『汽车出厂的最快加速度』、『起始位置到被抓位置的距离』去推算到达『被抓位置』的时候,车速不可能超过某个值。估计警察也是看一次晕一次,更别说他可能还需要去翻这个车的技术参数了。 上庭,碰运气+减少损失 先讲一下上庭对质的流程
有以下几种情况,推荐你去上庭碰碰运气
上庭,证明警察是傻叉 上庭的时候,有一个禁忌:千万别用『虽然我是违规了,但是如何如何』这样的逻辑。法官可能同情你,但还是会狠狠地罚你。我亲眼见过一个小姑娘痛哭流涕,说『这是我人生第一张罚单,觉得受了侮辱,我自认为非常守规矩,那天车流的平均速度超了20MPH,而我只超了10MPH,警察却抓我不抓其他人』,法官说『非常遗憾,但你的确超速了,所以还得罚你』。 所以,要么你证明,你没有错,例如用各种数学物理把他绕晕(但是如果这样,不如直接用前面提到的 Written Declaration,所以这里不多说);要么你证明警察是傻叉,根本没有正确地判断对错的能力。只要你成功地证明了,你就赢了。 另外提一点小经验,虽然上庭是可以找翻译的,但是根据我的经验,那些翻译的专业能力不是很强,所以如果可以的话,还是自己吵来得更高效。 说得容易,怎么执行呢?我讲一下我的套路,就是:先预设一个证明他判断失能的点(例如他没有能力判断你的速度),提一些干扰性的问题误导他,让他不耐烦和失去逻辑主线,然后给他下个套,问一个会让他武断给出结论的问题,最后告诉法官他的答案是错误的,证明他没有能力做判断。你就胜券在握了。 这一招已经在我身上,和好几个朋友身上奏效。 下面举两个真实的例子: 我一个叫M的兄弟被摄像头拍到红灯右转的例子 M:我研究过很多材料,发现摄像头拍照能作证据的前提是,摄像头的 FPS 值(每秒的帧数)够高。否则你们拍的影片连续性不够,不能证明我没有停下来。根据我的计算,摄像头的 FPS 值要1,000才可以做证据,你们的摄像头肯定没有这么牛。(下套,大于20的就已经是很好的摄像头了) 警察:我们的摄像头肯定符合标准。 M:你确定能达到吗? 警察:我确定。 M:法官,世界上几乎找不到FPS 1,000的摄像头,说明这位警察缺乏基本的常识,那么你还能相信他的判断吗? 法官:好吧,你可以走了。 我被抓到开车时离前面车距离太近的例子 (这也能开罚单?什么鬼!)我事先把我的车子停在另一台车子后面,从四个角度拍了四张照片,然后上庭。 我:那天天气如何?能见度好不好?你看到我的时候,我们角度如何?那个时候我和前面车距离多少?我速度多少?前面车速度多少?当时中间有没有车挡住你的视线?你测我速度的时候前面车是什么速度?那个时候我们呈什么角度?(搞乱他,同时为他没有能力判断我和前车的距离做伏笔) (他每回答一个,我就轻轻『哼』一声,他有点烦躁了) 我:我刚才问了那么多,就是想告诉你一件事,距离是个复杂的东西,它等于原始距离+(前车的速度-我的速度)x间隔时间,你确定你有能力判断么? 警察:有,我刚更新了我的雷达测速的执照。 我:你弄错了,距离比速度复杂多了,我刚才已经讲过了。你受过距离判断的考核吗? 警察:那我也有(有点不理智了) 我:那你说说这四张图分别是什么距离。 (其实我没有预计警察那么傻,我本来期待他说,你拍的照片不客观,我拒绝回答。那样的话,我就会说,我这是用50毫米的镜头拍的,和人眼一个角度,而且两个车都没动,你说我不客观,以那天的复杂情况,你说你客观?) 警察:你这几张分别大约是5ft,10ft,15ft,20ft。(其他坐在旁边的警察已经开始议论) 我:法官,你看,我的车底下做了记号,这明明是一个距离。(其他警察开始笑了) 法官看完:嗯,你用一个有意思的方法证明了警察没法判断距离,你可以走了。 请专门的公司代为上庭处理 我在 Las Vegas 用过这样的公司http://www.lvticketattorney.com/,是当地的朋友推荐给我的。我在那边吃了一张超速罚单,然后朋友说你可以找这样的公司帮你。 根据我的了解,这样的公司类似于律师事务所,他们会收你$50左右,然后让他们的律师代理你出庭,他们并不保证什么,但是通常可以帮你减掉一部分费用甚至完全免费,而且不会被计点(我在 Vegas 的那次,也不用上驾校,就把点消掉了)。最后的费用还是得你自己交给法庭,相当透明。 我那张超速罚单本来$200多,最后被减到不到$100。虽然看起来只省了不到$100,但是省去了上驾校消点的烦恼,还不用自己上庭,其实还是很划算。 我估计别的城市也有,在 Google 里面搜『Traffic Ticket Attorney』就能找到。 作者:基叔 |