Comments on: Trikeasaurus Goes To Court

By: deeptrouble » “San-ta’s Dan-cin’, Up and Down the Boul-e-vard…”

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:19:30 +0000

[...] from the cops for Trikeasaurus a month ago. I went to the Hall of Justice, and luckily, this one, like the last one, was thrown out! Yippeee! It would have been $184. Eventually I may need a Trikeasaurus Legal [...]

By: Hal

Hal — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:05:03 +0000

I’m glad you got a cool clerk instead of a courtroom showdown (unless the drama would have made the SF Gov TV channel). My brother was just on a jury and he said the prosecution and defense BOTH used “You can’t handle the truth” in their closing arguments. It seems to be as played out as that Asia song…

By: adrian

adrian — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:30:23 +0000

Great. Now, I have “the heat of the moment” going through my head.

Thanks for the uplifting tale of bureaucracy working for the little guy, even if you didn’t get to have your dramatic moment in court.

The question is, what are you going to do next time you see the cop.

Perhaps you should send him a clipping of SFWeekly Best of the Bay

By: Amy (tanner)

Amy (tanner) — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:43:11 +0000

Hey, congratulations! That’s pretty amazing.

If you want to go before a judge, you should contest a ticket in Seattle. But you won’t get a courtroom, just the judge’s office.

By: Aparna

Aparna — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:06:17 +0000

“I was expecting to plead my case….I planned on courtroom drama…”!!! That was so cute! The bollywood in us never dies – it expects, nay demands drama!! To be cheated out of it – it better have turned out good.

So glad to know logic and the system aren’t poles apart! The trikeasaurus should indeed get a citation and a key to the city to go with it!

-Aparna

By: deep

deep — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:34:49 +0000

Two little notes:
Grace: “Heat of The Moment” is one of the Best Songs EVAR! So nyeh.

Geoff: Gleek was dumb. Seriously.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:28:27 +0000

Gleek is not dumb! Wikipedia sez: “Gleek is also highly intelligent, as he clearly understands spoken English, even somewhat complicated concepts such as the various stages of simple strategic planning.”

Wonder Dog, on the other hand…

By: liz

liz — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:17:25 +0000

I like the “this ticket is invalid” line. Really, why? Oh, it just is….

that’s probably as close to god-like powers as I have seen in recent times.

oh, wait, the Bush administration used that already…

glad to know that it can be used for forces of good.

By: chandra

chandra — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:01:10 +0000

deep,

maybe you should look into more cop-friendly music. they clearly hate asia. wonder what’s on the sfpd’s top forty. you should probably have inner circle’s “bad boys” on deck just in case.

btw, do you know how lucky you were to have a personable, cheery clerk?! that guy rules!

c-monster

By: grace

grace — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:10:55 +0000

A few years ago, I received a warrant for my arrest. It was over a $10 fixit ticket that I had actually honored and paid, only the check got lost at the DPT. Whenever I called, they told me that they were very behind and to simply ignore the threatening notices I was receiving in the mail. So when I got the warrant, I decided to go to court rather than pay the $180 bail. Before I could say a word, the clerk reduced my bail to $10. I asked, “Don’t I have to appear before the judge first?” The judge politely nodded and feigned interest as I pointed to the date on my mechanic’s bill or my notes on colorful postits with the dates I called and what the DPT told me… I think that those judges are a bit bored and don’t want to strike fear into the hearts of the law-abiding. But were you really playing Asia? Coz there oughta be a law against Heat of the Moment!