Kansas City Traffic Attorney

The Docket begins tonight with the bizarre Ohio Appeals court case where a speeder was convicted of a speeding ticket when the officer testified, “As it (the car) approached I could hear the vehicle on the roadway which based on my training and experience it is consistent with a vehicle that was in excess of the posted speed limit.”  Is this a joke?  Someone got convicted because the police officer said the car sounded like it was speeding.  I rarely try speeding cases, but if anyone presents this fact scenario to me, I will do the trial for free.  This is ridiculous.

And the Appellate Court rightly called out the trial judge,  calling the ruling a “manifest miscarriage of justice.”

Kansas City Municipal Court, Kansas City Traffic Attorney

Moving onto Kansas City’s own “Driving While Suspended” sting which took place on Monday. KCPD received a special grant to step up enforcement of Driving While Suspended defendants. As Defendants exited the Courthouse, police identified those who were driving without valid license, either suspended or revoked.  If these guys started to drive, they were stopped and arrested for Driving While Suspended/Revoked.  The sting netted six arrests – one for Felon In Possession which is a federal charge.

These guys are not bright – driving themselves to Court.  I always advise clients to have a family member or friend take them to Court.  Kansas City is not the first municipality to try this kind of sting and they won’t be the last.

And the video tonight is labeled “World’s Wildest Speeding Ticket”

I have to admit that the police officer really kept his cool.  The speeder seems like his mother let him get away with temper tantrums.

Aimee Gromowsky is an traffic attorney based in Kansas City, Missouri, serving the greater Kansas City metro area.