Particularly the "STFU" part. Fight the ticket in court if you think you're in the right. The less you say, the less memorable it is for the officer, and less chance they have of showing. Arguing at the side of the road wastes your time.
Anybody who has ever gotten a ticket, take a look at the back of the ticket - it's the first thing the prosecutor will look at when you show up to fight the ticket - there's a blank square for the cop to write comments in. If you're an asshole to the cop, he will write something in 'code' relaying the info to the prosecutor (or as a reminder to the cop who wrote the ticket and who will be in court to agree or not agree to any reduced penalty the prosecutor could offer) that you acted like an ass when you got the ticket, and there will be no deal offered to you for a reduced penalty. Did you get a ticket for 4 points on your license for 52 in a 25 zone, no seatbelt, school zone enhanced fine? No 'asshole' code words on the comment section, prosecutor will offer (likely) a reduction to a 'failure to observe traffic indicators' or some other such low grade, no point, no enhanced fine municipal charge, you get to enter your plea very early on in the proceedings (where loads and loads of other people are also in court for their tickets) pay the reduced fine and be on your merry way. 'Asshole' comments? Nope - you can wait until all the relatively reasonable people enter their pleas to reduced charges, then the judge will take a recess so some others can plead with the prosecutor to cut them a break, court resumes again, and you wait and wait and wait until the night is nearly done, and judge will tell you and the others who haven't been heard to wait for a notice from the court to come back another night and do it all over again, or let you babble on and find you guilty so you pay all the fines you were already charged with, and also add on court costs and fees to boot.
Particularly the "STFU" part. Fight the ticket in court if you think you're in the right. The less you say, the less memorable it is for the officer, and less chance they have of showing. Arguing at the side of the road wastes your time.
Anybody who has ever gotten a ticket, take a look at the back of the ticket - it's the first thing the prosecutor will look at when you show up to fight the ticket - there's a blank square for the cop to write comments in. If you're an asshole to the cop, he will write something in 'code' relaying the info to the prosecutor (or as a reminder to the cop who wrote the ticket and who will be in court to agree or not agree to any reduced penalty the prosecutor could offer) that you acted like an ass when you got the ticket, and there will be no deal offered to you for a reduced penalty. Did you get a ticket for 4 points on your license for 52 in a 25 zone, no seatbelt, school zone enhanced fine? No 'asshole' code words on the comment section, prosecutor will offer (likely) a reduction to a 'failure to observe traffic indicators' or some other such low grade, no point, no enhanced fine municipal charge, you get to enter your plea very early on in the proceedings (where loads and loads of other people are also in court for their tickets) pay the reduced fine and be on your merry way. 'Asshole' comments? Nope - you can wait until all the relatively reasonable people enter their pleas to reduced charges, then the judge will take a recess so some others can plead with the prosecutor to cut them a break, court resumes again, and you wait and wait and wait until the night is nearly done, and judge will tell you and the others who haven't been heard to wait for a notice from the court to come back another night and do it all over again, or let you babble on and find you guilty so you pay all the fines you were already charged with, and also add on court costs and fees to boot.