Death metal bands don't even take themselves seriously. Neither do any of their fans, its a way of being goofy and outlandish.

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Exactly.

Yet another example of why that state stinks so badly.

All states have their schweens in the police dept and prosecutor's office. Here's one example from my fair state:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/nyregion/arrested-after-his-vulgar-response-to-traffic-ticket-man-files-suit.html

This isn't a Texas thing. This is an overreactive idiot thing.

When paying a traffic fine, do not strike or write anything on the ticket. Traffic ticket fines are the price we all pay to drive on the roads. Next time he drives through Liberty, I predict he will be immediately pulled over and ticketed AGAIN. He is now a marked man. He will soon find out what the "hassle police" are all about.

Legitimate traffic fines are. Tailgating, 80 mph through a school zone, drunken driving. Things like that.

Fines for a speeding ticket where you have a 25 mph sign dropping from 50 mph limit around a sharp bend, and Ossifer Piggie Donut on the other side of the sign using a radar gun as a substitute for his missing ding-dong, not so much.

I've driven through Liberty on the freeway, but don't know the setup of local roads there. Lots of towns in rural NJ and NY are just as bad as the stereotypical speed trap in Mississippi. Who's to say what happened?

But if the judge had actually had some legal training, he'd have known that a mere act of rudeness toward someone isn't aggravated harassment. Might be disorderly conduct at most under NY law. Sadly, town judges in NY state aren't even required to have a law degree.

There are so many jerkwater towns whose main source of monies are traffic fines, it is impossible to list all of them. Your chances of receiving a ticket in jerkwater AKA "Hazard County" are greatly increased. Sometimes they will stop people for NO REASON AT ALL except just to "check them out". Apparently, there are web sites that list known speed traps.

You: But officer, I wasn't doing anything wrong.

Officer: By signing the ticket, you are not admitting to guilt. You can either pay the fine by mail or appear in court. Have a nice day.