Is there such thing as a speeding entrapment law?

Question

Does a police unit need to be visible from a certain distance before he can catch you speeding? Basically, can a police unit hide in some bushes and clock you as you pass by or camp on the other of a hill so that they clock your speeding before you even see them? If possible, please post links.

I'm in Texas (Austin) if state is needed

Answer 1

You speeding law violators sure want to claim it's entrapment. Drug dealers and car thieves like that term too.

I wish the police had more time and resources to lure law breakers into doing what they do best. It would work better if you pleated "stupid" and begged for mercy. At least you're being honest...

Answer 2

§8.06. Entrapment.

(a) It is a defense to prosecution that the actor engaged in the conduct charged because he was induced to do so by a law enforcement agent using persuasion or other means likely to cause persons to commit the offense. Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.

(b) In this section "law enforcement agent" includes personnel of the state and local law enforcement agencies as well as of the United States and any person acting in accordance with instructions from such agents.
In other words:
It can't be entrapment because the police did not force you to speed.
Where you are at compared to where the cop is or if the cop is visible does not matter. The police can hide. You should not be speeding.

This also goes back to those " speed traps" . How can it be a trap when you should not be speeding anyways. You are not lured into a certian area and forced to speed, you choose to speed in an area frequented by police.

Answer 3

Speeding Entrapment

Answer 4

You have no right to disobey a traffic law whether anyone is looking or not. A policeman, even when he is off duty,can arrest someone for breaking a law if he sees it. You believe you need a "fair" chance to break a law without being caught by a policeman you did not happen to notice? Even if he was in a helicopter and called the violation to another police car ahead of you to stop you? Hiding in the bushes is not "fair"? How did you come to be so uneducated? You think the pretty female policewoman in tight shorts standing with the rest of the whores at night goes up to a man's car, when he stops ,and tells him she is REALLY pretending.... BEFORE she arrests him for soliticing for prostitution? Entrapment is when the Mexican policeman in a getto outfit points a gun to your head and orders you to buy his drugs and takes your money and then arrests you for buying drugs. He trapped you by threats. If a policeman can hide from your eyes he is a good cop. I live in Austin also. On the radio every day they do announce where the traffic cops will be located that day. If you are planning to speed then listen to that.

Answer 5

Good conversation...but it is good to see some people know the difference between entrapment and just getting caught. The term "Speed Trap" is overused so much. Even the link posted is really just showing state laws in reference to who can set limits on the roads and where they can be increased or decreased. Officers can be in plain clothes and hide or whatever - bottom line = dont speed.

Answer 6

What if your coming to a very busy/slow t intersection and decide to take a side road since you were tuning right at the t anyway. Tada, there doing construction so flagger stops you for 3 minutes. (Was a traffic circle being paved) You are free'd and go on your merry way until you get flagged over by a cop at the bottom of the hill where your right turn is. Now the hill was capable of adding 10 mph to your speed and that is exactly what the ticket is for. Would you have fought it?

I did in Annapolis MD. Not sure what really happened thou. I arrived a few minutes after the session had started, the prosecutor approached me and asked wuz up. I told him why i was there, he offered to plea it down to no points and half the fine. I looked at the in session court behind him, saw the cop looking miserable so "No way, i warned him about the construction and he wrote the ticket anyway." The prosecutor said "ok we will drop
everything, wait here" He approached the judge as he was speaking, said a few things, the judge asked for my id, i handed it to the prosecutor, who passed it to the judge and then back to me. "Your free to go Mr, blabla"
I looked at the cop who never looked up from the table and left.
I realize the cop never told those construction guys to hold me up but i think they don't want traps so many miles from a tie up. Anyone is capable of going over the speed limit in those conditions and will soon settle down to more appropriate speeds when they realize they will be on time. Sure, even the cop and the judge are capable of doing the same thing. I really think that is why i got off.

Answer 7

Sorry, can't be entrapment because you are committing a crime before the cop even spots you. If he catches you speeding, no matter how he does it, then you get a speeding ticket and that's the end of it. Entrapment would be like if they got you to commit a crime or admit to a crime you didn't commit under duress or something.

Answer 8

theres an *80% lw genius's.if 80% of the people drive at the same safe speed in that area;that should be the limit;many towns ignore this law and don't even conduct it every 5 years as required! Also they can';t make over 30% of their income off tickets; (towns with 5,000 or less)...

Answer 9

It would be entrapment only if the cop caused you to speed, and then busted you for breaking the law.

If you can't pay the ticket, then don't speed.

Answer 10

here are the speed trap laws for Texas http://www.speedtrap.org/stetlaws.htm#Texas%20Law

and to simply answer your questions speed traps are illegal in most states