Motorist Uses Facebook To Beat Traffic Ticket (But Then Gets Into Bigger Trouble)

No one likes getting a traffic ticket.  However, some people will go to great lengths to beat one.  Some will even do stupid things.

Case in point:  A Houston women with three open traffic tickets reached out to her Facebook friends for help, as reported by ABC News.com.  She posted on her wall a blanket request for help and one of her friends, a woman identifying herself as a Chief Investigator of the Houston Fire Department, allegedly stepped in advising that she knew the police officer involved and could fix it.  The helpful friend posted a few hours later that the tickets had been “ripped up”.

Remarkably, the above exchange was all caught publicly via Facebook’s wall and therefore easily visibly to many others.  Could these two be any dumber?

Not unsurprisingly, Houston’s Office of Inspector General is currently looking into this matter including the possibly of criminal action (i.e., tampering with evidence).

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Speeding Motorist Hijacks Police Department’s Website

As a result of Tennessee resident Brian McCrary being issued a $90 speeding ticket from a speed camera, he ended up acquiring the Bluff City Police Department’s website.

In researching speed enforcement cameras, McCrary noticed that the police department’s URL was about to expire.  Apparently, the employee responsible for renewing it was out sick and let it expire (despite various warning emails sent by Go Daddy.com).

McCrary then scooped in and purchased bluffcitypd.com and has become an anti-speed camera activist by using this web domain to post speeding ticket information to help speeding motorists.  The image to the left showing a smiling police badge with a wad of money is the website’s mascot.

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One More Speeding Ticket Excuse

An 83-year old avoids a speeding ticket.  Tells police officer that she had to get to her destination before she forgot where she was going.

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Kitten Tries To Stop Police Officer From Issuing Speeding Ticket

A pesky kitten attempts to obstruct justice by interfering with a police officer‘s issuance of a speeding ticket.

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