And the excuse that the guy had his hand in his pocket….the guy had his hand in his pocket the whole time the cop was talking to him, but he then uses it as a piss poor excuse to tase him?!?!?!

Why tase him a second time, because he didn’t roll over fast enough after the first tasing?
How fast can you comply while being shocked???

The investigation was just grasping at ANYTHING to try to clear their boy….and they found an excuse….I guess a poor excuse is better than none.

When you appear as directed on the ticket, you then enter a plea (guilty/not guilty/no contest) and pay the fine if you plead guilty or no contest. If you plead not guilty, you then go home without paying anything and wait for a letter that tells you when your court date is.

Now, when a person refuses to sign a ticket, the officer has two choices. He can either write “refused to sign” on the ticket and give the driver his copy or he can arrest the driver and take him before a judge right away. If the driver refuses to sign, a bench warrant is issued in the amount of the fine and the cops will show up later with the warrant demanding payment or arrest.

Anyway, in Utah, the best course to avoid a speeding fine if you feel you were in the right is to simply sign the ticket, appear at the designated location, and enter a “not guilty” plea. More than half of the traffic court judges in Utah are actually quite sympathetic toward drivers that assert their right to trial. Usually, you get a reduced fine just by contesting the ticket. If you do well at trial or if the cop that gave you the ticket fails to appear, you get acquitted and it never shows on your driving record.