2007-01-08 17:12:57 · 16 answers · asked by crissyb 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
my mom was pulled over for speeding and asked to see the officer's clock but he refused and said there's a statute to not allow a person to view but she was pulled over before and asked to see the officer's clock and he allowed her to see it.
2007-01-08 17:19:44 · update #1
my mom was pulled over for speeding and asked to see the officer's clock and he refused saying there's some statute where they're not allowed to see it but when she was pulled over a long time ago, the officer didn't hesitate to let her see his clock. However, this one officer stop my mom like a mile away and where he said he clocked her there was a car along side of us speeding and my mom wasn't speeding.
2007-01-08 17:25:08 · update #2
Yep.
2007-01-08 17:16:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a certified Police Radar Instructor and I can tell you that the factor in this is usually the Officer's Department Rules.
If they mandate showing the radar, officers usually do. Some departments including the one I worked for, say that it is usually a good idea to do it unless traffic conditions, or something else doesn't allow to be done safely.
This sounds like backpedaling, but it really can be a safety issue. If your exiting your vehicle on a very high traffic volume roadway is exposing you to being hit, take the ticket and move on. You can complain in court later that he or she didn't allow you to see it.
If you wanna be technical about how far your Mom was from where she commmitted the violation, the distance really doesn't matter. The pursuit of the violator is governed by reasonableness of the Officer, if there is heavy traffic will they cause an accident by charging thru traffic to try and stop you in the shortest possible distance? At the end of my career, the department I worked for had a no pursuit policy, so if you ran, you could basically get away with it unless we had spike strips laid out and you got your tires shredded.
Whether or not your Mom was speeding, I don't know, I wasn't there. I NEVER wrote a ticket I didn't believe in, there were just too many out there to ever do something like that.
Is the Officer who wrote your Mom human, yes, we all make mistakes. If your Mom got a ticket she genuinely didn't deserve, then I apologize on behalf of the cops out there who do their job to the utmost of their abilities.
2007-01-09 03:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by Lt. Dan reborn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes an officer can refuse to show a violator his/her radar speed. Two of several reasons for this is a radar speed in not always locked in, an officer Will just observe the speed so there would be nothing to show. Second and more importantly is the safety of both the officer and violator. Bringing a violator back to his patrol car would put him/her in greater danger of being harmed by the violator. A violator could potentially be severely hurt or killed when exiting their vehicle especially on the freeway (hence a lawsuit for putting the violator in harms way). You need only to watch a police video TV show to see other cars crashing into the stopped police vehicle or violators vehicle.
2007-01-09 02:12:50 · answer #3 · answered by Hawkeye77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Officers Do not have to show you the radar. Mainly for security reasons. Is pretty much up to the officers discretion.
The radar now days are laser guided, which mean they shoot a single beam not like the old types that send a band width all accross. The Lasers are more accurate and can be set for incomming traffic, outgoing traffic, or if the officer is stopped at the location.
If your mom wishes to contest the speeding ticket she may do so at the appropiate court.
2007-01-09 03:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by spanishflyin_tx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Officers do not have to show the radar to your mom. The first cop was just being nice. She can go to court and state the fact that he would not let her see it and she was not speeding. Judge will most likely go with the facts of the officer any way so I would just pay the ticket!!!! Good Luck!!!
2007-01-09 07:45:30 · answer #5 · answered by d3midway semi-retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that they can. The radar's officers use are calibrated on a regular basis and are quite accurate. What would you want to see anyway? The number pops up when you pass by and then disappears. You will not be able to get anything that will assist you in trying to get out of a speeding ticket.
2007-01-09 01:17:30 · answer #6 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm aware of no law in any state that requires this. All a cop has to do is to say he was checking your speed and someone else's and decided to pull you over to explain away why he doesn't have your speed on the radar anymore. Him clearing it will work as well.
In CA, they can write you up based on visual estimation. They can use the radar simply to check their visual estimation.
If another cop showed your mom, then she was lucky to find a cooperative cop that time. There's certainly no obligation to.
2007-01-09 01:26:10 · answer #7 · answered by Linkin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a safety issue to have someone come behind the police car. It is also out of view of the dashcam. Besides, even if she did see it, she could then say he got the wrong car. The cop is not gonna debate the stop there on the side of the road with cars coming at his rear.
2007-01-09 03:10:33 · answer #8 · answered by TCSO 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! When and if you go to court, you could question if the officer was certified and how long ago in the use of that particular radar equipment.
So you got caught, now accept it and pay the ticket!
2007-01-09 01:18:06 · answer #9 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they have no obligation under the law to show someone the readout on the RADAR. It's pointless anyways, I did it once and the person just said "that's not me". That was the last time I did that.
2007-01-09 06:35:15 · answer #10 · answered by Judge Dredd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wuz stopped for speeding & was allowed to see the radar.
Maybe it depends on state to state laws. But it wouldnt hurt to bring it up in court .
2007-01-09 01:21:01 · answer #11 · answered by cottencandy4000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋