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Can I beat this ticket?

Asked by FlutherAlot (145points) March 7th, 2010

Ok this pertains to FLORIDA law.

I was pulled over today for a no seat belt violation. Do I have a chance beating this in court? Here is a technicality I noticed. Here is what the Florida state statue says:

(9) By January 1, 2006, each law enforcement agency in this state shall adopt departmental policies to prohibit the practice of racial profiling. When a law enforcement officer issues a citation for a violation of this section, the law enforcement officer must record the race and ethnicity of the violator. All law enforcement agencies must maintain such information and forward the information to the department in a form and manner determined by the department….”

The officer had simply written “non-hispanic” on the ticket. Non-hispanic is ambiguous and not a race. Non-hispanic means black, white, jewish, arab, canadian, indian, you name it. I am in fact white, the officer was white as well. Is this a technicality?

Even if not do I stand a good chance of going to court anyway hoping the officer does not show (one seat belt ticket)?

Other defenses I have are (tell me if they are viable):
I could tint my windows dark, take pics, and claim how could the officer had seen me.

The officer did in fact speed up to get beside me. I was doing the legal speed limit. Speeding up beside me means he violated the law.

I could install a non 3 point belt (bottom only) in my car and take pics. I could then claim the officer did not see the bottom portion of my belt and pulled me over. You are allowed to have a bottom only restraint belt to my knowledge.

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