Cities Must Rethink Car Dealership Zoning Laws and Rules

Quite a bit of sales tax revenue comes from car dealerships for local city budgets. When one or more fail, or lose their franchise license, the city is severely hurt, and thus, may have to drastically cut city services. Further, with car sales down over 30% since last year, coupled with the closure of dealerships many cities are worried about or are currently cutting core services such as police, fire, libraries, etc.

Due to the huge number of dealerships cut by both GM and Chrysler, city governments are going to have to rethink their zoning with regards to new and used car dealerships, at least temporarily. I recommend a CUP or Conditional Use Permit that allows only new car dealerships to sell used cars to be given to those dealerships which have lost their brands, and I'd say 2-3 years makes sense. By then they will be able to find another new car brand to carry, perhaps a new Hybrid Brand or selling electric cars.

The faster these cities act, and permit these dealerships to sell used only or pre-owned cars for a couple of years the better; the better for everyone, and to help keep the commercial real estate market up. Dealership closures look very bad because most car dealerships are on major streets and high ways, which drives-down business confidence, and hurts the real estate prices.

When a city moves to change the permits and zoning in the interim, they give the dealership time to readjust, and regroup, while the city at least has some sales tax revenue from that location, until they can sign on with a new brand. Please consider all this.

How Do I Get Out of a Speeding Ticket? - Some Techniques to Help Sway the Judge's Decision

Beating a speeding ticket isn't as difficult as some people make it out to be.  They don't realize that the court doesn't want to put much effort into defending a meager speeding ticket.  The long term costs of tickets can be upwards of a thousand dollars, so unless you're very rich I suggest you learn how to answer the question, "How do I get out of a speeding ticket?".

First of all, always be courteous to the officer, judge, and anybody else you're around.  Often times the patience level for these people drops throughout the day, and you don't want to suffer their wrath.  It's a lot harder to get charges dropped when the judge is mad at you, so play it cool.

Anytime you go to court you should always arrive early, and be dressed nice.  You don't have to wear a suit, but it's not a bad idea either.  Looking professional is one of your best defenses.  Be as articulate as you can and always speak in complete sentences, answer the questions with "sir" or "ma'am."  The more respectful you are the more likely they'll listen to what you have to say in your own defense.

So you are thinking to yourself right now "How do I get out of a speeding ticket? It just seems impossible!"  Well,  it's not.  And you have to think of the judges standpoint  when you go into court;  It's an officer against the driver.  Who is the judge going to believe?  You need to have good evidence to get your case dropped.  There are certain factors that affect radar guns, so ask for this information before you go into court so that you have a good chance at getting the charges dropped.

Ask for the names and serial numbers of all the radar guns used that day, then ask for the maintenance and service records for all the guns.  Pay special attention to the radar gun information that pertains the the officer that gave you the ticket.  If that gun hasn't been worked on or serviced in a while it may be out of calibration, which would throw off the speed.