When my daughter was 17 she worked at Dunkin Donuts. It was a two mile trip from our house. She drove her own car that she bought with $2,000 of her own money.
One day, on her way to work she had to negotiate a 90 degree curve in Perry Township. The curve was not wide enough for two cars so the speed limit was very low and the person coming from the opposite direction of her had a yield sign. As she entered the curve she was hit in her driver’s door by a car that did not yield and pushed into a parked truck.
The officer on the scene wrote both the driver, who didn’t yield and my daughter for both being responsible. I taught Drivers Ed. And knew that the laws in Ohio stated that in lieu of a stop sign a yield sign meant stop.
Told my daughter to not pay the ticket and fight it in court. She prepared a presentation of large pictures, measurments, and a picture of the yield sign and a copy of the Ohio law. As I looked at her presentation I told her that the judge had to rule in her favor. It was an easy call.
The judge and prosecuting attorney smiled at her presentation and found her guilty without an explanation why. Her insurance went up and she had this accident attached to her license.
I stopped believing in a fair judicial system that day. I watched as a judge and an attorney ignored the evidence and laws of Ohio so they would not have to rule against the Officer at the scene.
Most ,if not all, politicians are corrupt and lazy. This is a lesson we both learned that day.
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