I Fought the Law and uh... I Won
Well it was actually my friend Ivan who fought the law, and he certainly won.
Ivan got a ticket from a Metro Transit Authority officer early one morning, after he put his feet on the chair beside him to take a nap while riding home. I hear stories about such disgruntled cops all the time who look for ways to turn a great night into a minor inconvenience for us happily drunk, mid-20's aged people.
Instead of paying the measly $25 fine which would eventually get tossed into the bottomless black hole that is the massive debt incurred from years of wasteful spending, Ivan both literally and figuratively put his foot down.
After having gone to the NYC Transit Adjudication Bureau Ivan came in late to Price Theory class, and he had on this priceless grin that, despite the professor's efforts, no derivation of any consumer utility function will ever be able to explain.
After class Ivan showed me this:
(I held a mirror in front of my computer and took a picture of the reflection so it wouldn't have to be read backwards, but I guess it doesn't really matter since it's still illegible)
The above is a copy of Ivan's Notice of Decision and Order after Ivan appeared in court to contest his ticket. The officer did not show up, and Ivan told the hearing officer standing in as a judge his side of the story. In the soon-to-be landmark case of Ivan Khilko vs. New York City Transit Authority (2009), the court's decision is as follows:
"TA rule 1050.7j(1) prohibits a rider from occupying more than one seat when to do so would interfere with transit operations or the comfort of other passengers. I note from the details of violation that this incident occurred at 4:15 am on a Tuesday morning. I credit the Respondent's [Ivan's] testimony that there were only two riders in the car. I find that at the early time of this incident, it is more probable that the train would have few riders so that the Respondent's conduct would not have interfered with other passengers or with transit operations. Accordingly, I find the Respondent is not in violation and the Notice of Violation is dismissed."
In other words, I made a copy of this notice so that the next time I am stretched out across the seats of the subway at 4 in the morning and an officer tells me to sit up, I will calmly refer them to the section that basically says he or she can go to hell.
Ivan got a ticket from a Metro Transit Authority officer early one morning, after he put his feet on the chair beside him to take a nap while riding home. I hear stories about such disgruntled cops all the time who look for ways to turn a great night into a minor inconvenience for us happily drunk, mid-20's aged people.
Instead of paying the measly $25 fine which would eventually get tossed into the bottomless black hole that is the massive debt incurred from years of wasteful spending, Ivan both literally and figuratively put his foot down.
After having gone to the NYC Transit Adjudication Bureau Ivan came in late to Price Theory class, and he had on this priceless grin that, despite the professor's efforts, no derivation of any consumer utility function will ever be able to explain.
After class Ivan showed me this:
(I held a mirror in front of my computer and took a picture of the reflection so it wouldn't have to be read backwards, but I guess it doesn't really matter since it's still illegible)
The above is a copy of Ivan's Notice of Decision and Order after Ivan appeared in court to contest his ticket. The officer did not show up, and Ivan told the hearing officer standing in as a judge his side of the story. In the soon-to-be landmark case of Ivan Khilko vs. New York City Transit Authority (2009), the court's decision is as follows:
"TA rule 1050.7j(1) prohibits a rider from occupying more than one seat when to do so would interfere with transit operations or the comfort of other passengers. I note from the details of violation that this incident occurred at 4:15 am on a Tuesday morning. I credit the Respondent's [Ivan's] testimony that there were only two riders in the car. I find that at the early time of this incident, it is more probable that the train would have few riders so that the Respondent's conduct would not have interfered with other passengers or with transit operations. Accordingly, I find the Respondent is not in violation and the Notice of Violation is dismissed."
In other words, I made a copy of this notice so that the next time I am stretched out across the seats of the subway at 4 in the morning and an officer tells me to sit up, I will calmly refer them to the section that basically says he or she can go to hell.
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