You cant win a jury trial in New Jersey unless you are very clearly innocent. This is one of the most pro-government states, Democrat or Republican, in the entire country, and it has been since the War for Independence. New Jersey was a notorious Tory state, and even had the estranged Tory son of Ben Franklin as governor.
However, you can fight traffic tickets fairly easily with the right know how. At a minimum, you can get this reduced easily. If you are lucky, and can probe the right angles, you can get it all tossed. There is a fellow, I think
Marc Stevens, who writes and speaks a lot about how to fight in traffic court. Its all a racket and has no legal basis. I think he said 75% of the time, they get you the heck out of court asap as soon as they realize what you are up to. There is some line of questioning you can go thru that reveals a contradiction, and that forces the case to be dismissed. I am not entirely sure how it works, and I havent looked at the site in awhile, but its really fascinating and informative. There are even court videos. I have never done it, but considering how successful ticket fights are even without this stuff, its no stretch. There is also the possibility that the cop who is the witness wont show up, and usually after a postponement or two, the judge tells the prosecutor to stuff it. Cops hate showing up at court over stupid stuff. Judges also hate stupid stuff. Just be prepared.
Regarding DUI checkpoints, they appear to be easy to get out of if you appear sober and make it clear that you are not easy pickings. Like all predators, they want the peons and its easier to just let you go then to waste resources and time fighting this.
Now, you have to wonder what would happen if multiple people at a checkpoint refused to comply simultaneously.
This is also an example of why dashcams are useful and why every libertarian, or really everyone should have one in their car. One facing out and one facing the window. Literally, for the price of a traffic ticket, you can set this up and probably get out of any ticket.
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