Hello people how some one could help me. Well i was driving 60 miles and thier was a police ahead of me like to miles ahead and i notice that the more i drove he was slowing down alot and once i got close he parks his car to the side and wait for me to pass him then he follows me for like1 miles and stops me and says that i was going 82 miles per hour i said why would u follow me for 1 mile if i was speeding he said that he notice that when i was behind him that i was catching up to him fast i told him because u slowed down and stop to the side is thier away i could beat this in court unless he lies or something can he even tag me 2 miles away and when he is i front of me driving... how u guys or ladies understand what i'am talking about thank you....i have 3 kids and cant afford a ticket that i didnt do and i need help never had a speeding ticket ever.
2007-01-15 16:02:31 · 15 answers · asked by boxer4life 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
First I know of no training where you can be paced when the police vehicle is in front of you. Why because it is an inaccurate pace. This is what you can do to prepare to defend yourself.
1. Get your vehicle speedometer checked and calibrated. Take this certificate to court.
2. If you were given a speeding ticket for exactly 82 MPH in a posted 55 mile per hour zone. You must ask the following questions of the officer in court:
A. Can you please tell me when your police vehicle speedometer was last certified as being accurate?
B. May I see the certification?
C. Have you received training in the pacing of suspect speeding vehicles while the police vehicle was a lead vehicle and the alleged speeding vehicle was behind you?
I can guarantee you this - The police officer will not have a certification on his speedometer and he will have to say no he has never received training in the pacing of a suspect vehicle while the police vehicle was the lead vehicle.
He will try to testify that he was trained in pacing a suspect vehicle, however that is when he is following you.
If what you say is correct - then he paced you from the front and not the rear.
Think this might help you
2007-01-15 19:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When he followed you, he was performing what is called an odometer pace. That's how he collects the evidence needed to convict you for speeding. Everything he did is pretty well by the book. You need to slow down. You have to be going pretty fast for the cop to notice you catching up. You also need to slow down when you see the cop. Unless you're holding up traffic, no one ever got a ticket for driving 55.
As for fighting the ticket, unless you know how fast you were going (ie, you looked at your speedometer while he was behind you and it was under the speed limit and your speedometer was recently calibrated (yeah right)) you don't have much of a case. But, if you got the ticket near your home, fight anyway. Cops show up to traffic court about half the time. If he doesn't show, you win. So go to court. If he's there, change your plea to guilty.
2007-01-16 00:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by Doc Cohen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did he catch you on a traffic radar?
Sounds like he paced your car, that is, he followed you and matched the speed of your car with his.
If it is a traffic radar, you're dead in the water. You would have to prove the officer did not know how to operate this butt simple piece of equipment.
If he paced you, you could argue his speedometer is not certified (you have to prove that too). Or that his vision is so bad he could not judge the distance between the vehicles. Pretty tough.
I am guessing you were on an interstate highway. Here the speed limit is 75. If you were ticketed for 82 in a 75, I suspect you got an "attitude ticket". I've walked up to cars I've stopped with the intention of just warning them. The driver starts off with a bunch of lip and talks himself into an expensive ticket. Did you to that?
My advice. Enter a guilty plea. Tell the judge this is your first offense, that you simply did not realize you were going that fast. The judge may reduce or even suspend the fine.
2007-01-16 03:15:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately the poster above me is wrong. You can be paced from the front and the ticket will stand. If the officer can articulate over the distance that he maintained a particular speed and you continued to close distance to his rear and provided his speedometer has proof of fifth wheel calibration, he will win this. No perjury would be necessary as you have suggested.
If I'm travelling a constant 80 mph and you're closing distance to my rear, you are exceeding 80 mph. Its simple physics.
Bottom line: the speed limit is still the limit, whether the cop is behind you, beside you, or in front of you. We have better things to do than make up stuff to cite 'innocent' people for!
BTW, if most of us cops had a dime for every motorist that told me 'I have never gotten a ticket before' we'd retire early.
2007-01-16 05:13:15 · answer #4 · answered by Tough Love 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best hope is to show up in court and pray that the officer doesnt. The ticket will be dropped.
Unfortunately, it sounds like you gave the officer lip. He will probably show up to spite you, and youll be stuck with court fees on top of everything else.
2007-01-16 00:47:19 · answer #5 · answered by Bobby S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could have stopped and picked you up on radar or he could have paced you. If you have never had a ticket then I would talk to the prosecutor about attending driver classes in lieu of the criminal citation.
2007-01-16 09:49:56 · answer #6 · answered by scubapelli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have rear looking radar.
You can go to court, but if the officer can articulate that he either clocked you based onthe speed that you were going as you approached him, or he has radar, then you will pay the ticket anyway.
2007-01-16 00:09:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smarten up and learn how to write. Most people like to break up paragrahs into things called sentences. It makes it much easier to read, and will help people better understand what you are trying to say. Also, 1 is not plural. Learning the difference between there, their, and they're and the spelling for each of them wouldn't hurt either.
2007-01-16 02:40:22 · answer #8 · answered by scammaj12 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cYou hav 2 pay somethin,court cost if nothen else.Its hard to beat a "my word agenst his [cop}"to a judge.Thats there bread and butter.So if you gotta give up some $,get a lawyer.He will reduce it down 2 a loud exaust or somthing.insurance wont go up.
2007-01-16 01:00:42 · answer #9 · answered by Timothy L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pay the ticket, go to traffic school and enjoy the increased car insurance bill.
2007-01-16 00:09:03 · answer #10 · answered by Igor B 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋