This trip has only further convinced me that Massachusetts sucks, however it's sucking has left me with a clean record and no speeding ticket to pay so I gets some points for that.
Conveniently the court house is located right next to the police station... go figure. The court room is a small room no bigger than my dorm with some fat white dude, a Massachusetts State Trooper, and the largest group of idiots I've ever met. Now let me describe some of the deficiencies,
1) Idiot Who Won't Quit: I entered the room as this guy was pleading his case, so initially I didn't really know what this case was about. I'm sitting there and this guy is making a compelling argument, his car couldn't accelerate that fast, he didn't pass these lights, etc. etc. Then the judge goes well son you know that drag racing carries an automatic fine.... WTF? How dumb are you? You're fighting a DRAG RACING charge? There is no gray area when it comes to drag racing, you're either caught, or you're not caught. If you're caught, you're screwed, if you're not well then you can continue in your thrilling existence.
2) Screwed Over Idiot: So this lady is facing a speeding ticket, and talks about she had just come out of a stop sign, and that with her car, she couldn't have accelerated to that high a speed in a short amount of time. I think the judge pitied her because the evidence was thin at best and he lowered her ticket to the minimum $100 fine. The lady wanted to protest this, but Massachusetts only does speeding ticket court hearings on TUESDAY, and ONLY on TUESDAY. So being a normal working citizen, the lady couldn't attend so she was forced to pay the fine.
3) The Idiot Trooper: This one guy got pulled over for a busted tail light, open and shut right? Well after the ticket, the guy checked the light, saw it was working, took it to a mechanic the next morning, and got a verification it was working. The judge couldn't do anything, the guy was innocent of all charges. The question here is: How do you mistake seeing a busted tail light at NIGHT? Isn't that the easiest time to see a busted tail light? Apparently, Massachusetts State Troopers are potentially blind.
So now my case. The judge made me take the oath. I was getting ready to argue my side of the story, when the State Trooper goes, "I don't have any citation." I'm thinking, YES! I can just say my side of the story then the Judge lets me go free! Nope, the judge pretty much just said the State fucked up, you are free of all charge. HUZZAH!!! Thank you stupid Massachusetts system!
The only really interesting thing here was that, in the 30-45 min I had been waiting, I hadn't seen ANYONE else take an oath, so I thought that was kinda funny. I was still laughing about the situation as I was leaving and then it hit me! I had walked up to the desk w/ my hands in my pockets, and it was a few days after the Binghamton Shooting. I think the judge thought I had a gun in my pocket and was gonna kill him! Which makes me say...how ignorant do you have to be to think that?
Massachusetts Fail
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