Loose Lips Get Tickets
I was doing a traffic hearing for another lawyer’s client at my firm. When we got there, the officer didn’t show up. The client was charged with careless driving—they had rear-ended another car—and was adamant that he didn’t do it. It was a three-car accident, and he claimed that the car that hit him pushed him into the car in front of him.
I thought it would be an easy win. I looked at the client and said, “You don’t say anything, got it”? He agreed. So we did the hearing and the witnesses testified. But because there was no officer, no one could put my client at the scene or behind the wheel. So the judge said, “Well, in light of all the evidence, I’m going to have to find Mr…”, and then my client interrupted.
He said, “Your Honor, I have some pictures I took at the scene”. I just stared at him. The judge said, “Sir, do you pay your attorney for a reason”? He said, “Yes”. The judge continued, “Did your attorney tell you to talk”? He replied, “No”. Then, the judge told him, “Well, until you opened your mouth, nobody could put you at the scene, and I was going to dismiss the ticket, but now you did that yourself”.
The dude literally talked himself into a ticket.
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