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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5670361" data-attributes="member: 8835">Tonight, while walking my dog with my wife, a motorcycle revved and flew through the 4 way stop intersection in my neighborhood.&nbsp; It then drove a block and pulled into a driveway.We walked by and oddly enough the biker was out talking to his girlfriend and he even said hi.&nbsp; we said hi back, but weren't about to confront the guy in the street.We verified the address then called the local constables.They were very polite, but revealed the point that they can't write a ticket if a cop didn't witness the traffic violation.They did offer to send an office to speak to the owner, but I declined.&nbsp; That seems like a waste of their time, since they're not going to generate any revenue.I'm sure the cops would have rolled out there had their been major crime going on.But the experiment to see if a civillian can patrol their neighborhood and improve it by reporting violations has failed.The gist is, police officers are more equal in a court of law.&nbsp; As the officer explained on the phone, it's a case of he said/she said.&nbsp; Apparently only a cops word is golden in court.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5670361, member: 8835"] Tonight, while walking my dog with my wife, a motorcycle revved and flew through the 4 way stop intersection in my neighborhood. It then drove a block and pulled into a driveway. We walked by and oddly enough the biker was out talking to his girlfriend and he even said hi. we said hi back, but weren't about to confront the guy in the street. We verified the address then called the local constables. They were very polite, but revealed the point that they can't write a ticket if a cop didn't witness the traffic violation. They did offer to send an office to speak to the owner, but I declined. That seems like a waste of their time, since they're not going to generate any revenue. I'm sure the cops would have rolled out there had their been major crime going on. But the experiment to see if a civillian can patrol their neighborhood and improve it by reporting violations has failed. The gist is, police officers are more equal in a court of law. As the officer explained on the phone, it's a case of he said/she said. Apparently only a cops word is golden in court. [/QUOTE]

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