Entrapment if Police Car Headlights off after dark?

Question

Basically is it considered entrapment if a police car had his headlights off at night when it was dark and clocked you speeding then turned his headlights on to pull you over and write the ticket?

Answer 1

So you are saying that because the police officer had his lights off that you were "entrapped" into speeding? Entrapment means that the police induced an otherwise unwilling person to commit a crime. You got caught doing something that you were perfectly willing to do, just not wanting to get caught. The speed limit doesn't mean only if you can see another car. Its the same no matter if it's heavy traffic or no traffic. Now with that being said it's pretty chicken****.

Answer 2

Nope, sorry. Not entrapment. Entrapment would be the police speeding next to you without lights and sirens and you trying to keep up with him assuming he is doing the limit and then he pulls you over for speeding. But what you mentioned is not entrapment.

Answer 3

A lot of things that should be considered entrapment are allowed now, but what is the reasoning behind this? They don't have to let you know where they are at all times. Here in Florida, at least, they have front and rear radar. All they have to do is set their cruise and turn the radar on then they can get you coming at them and going away after you pass by them. Is that entrapment?

Answer 4

Entrapment would be if the police make you do something you wouldn't otherwise do, such as give you the idea, hand you a gun, and tell you to rob a bank. THAT would be entrapment.

We are allowed to hide from you when running radar. We couldnt catch as many speeders if we sat out in the open, now could we?

Entrapment.....GEEZ!

Answer 5

Exactly where is it written into the state driving laws that the cops have to put up bells and whistles wherever they feel like running radar? It's not entrapment. It's called you're an idiot for speeding and getting caught, so stop doing it and quit trying to whine about entrapment to get out of it.

Answer 6

No, no, no. Entrapment is when an officer does something to cause you to commit a crime, when you otherwise would not have done it. Speeding is against the law, and the officer didn't coerce you into doing it.

Answer 7

When I do that it usually means "Turn your lights on" or "Dim your lights". If someone is speeding, but not enough to warrant turning around and stopping them I normally flash my emergency lights, the big red and blue ones behind my grill, or on top of the car. If you see a police car flash their lights at you, slow down to the speed limit, turn on your headlights (if dark out or inclement weather), or dim your lights if your brights are on. If the police are behind you, and flash their headlights, move over and stop if they activate the emergency lights. Most cops will activate the red and blues to pull you over but some of the old timers use headlights first to see how drunk you are.

Answer 8

nope, its legit. what are you gonna argue in court? "its not fair i was caught speeding because the cops lights were off so i couldn't slow down"?

entrapment is the action of luring an individual into committing a crime in order to prosecute the person for it... the officer did not lure you into speeding by having his lights off, you were already speeding.

Answer 9

NOPE. You got caught speeding by an enterprising traffic cop. Of course you can always go to court and tell the judge that there's no way you were speeding, and you know that because the cop didn't have his lights on when he clocked you. Works for me.

Answer 10

Of course not, entrapment is where they asked or got you to break the law. Not where they merely got you breaking the law.