I got a speeding ticked in PA, and the method used is "clocked." Anyone know how that's actualy done? It wasn't radar, a.o.v., esp, or vascar.
2007-03-13
14:31:40
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the cop said he followed me for 2 miles and clocked me for .3, but that's not a lot of detail. anyone know the actual procedure? again, the choices on the ticked for method used are: radar, clocked, a.o.v., esp, vascar, and other; "clocked" is the one checked off.
2007-03-13
14:46:08 ·
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Clocked means they measured your speed through some means, be it radar, laser, or whatever they might have used. I assume you had a radar detector that didn't register you being clocked, and that's that basis that you're using to determine that they didn't actually clock you. Most laser clocking devices only register for a fragment of a second, so it's quite possible that you were clocked with nothing showing up.
I have a friend who is a cop, and he says sometimes they just estimate, and say it was clocked. If they don't list it as clocked you can fight it and win every single time. Even if they don't clock you, some police may still put that it was a clocked speed. Obviously that's a little shady, but it does happen.
Clocked just means they measured your speed with one of several speed measuring devices. Or, it's suppose to. Doesn't mean they necessarily "really" did.
2007-03-13 14:50:30
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answered by Anonymous
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In traffic court, I asked the cop that stopped me what does "clocked" mean. The cop said he followed me in his patrol car and matched the speed I was going, clocking the speed with his speedometer for a distance of a mile. I beat the ticket by asking the cop when was the most recent date the car's speedometer was calibrated for accuracy. He couldn't answer, my ticket was dismissed.
2007-03-13 14:45:12
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answered by ? 3
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Hello, Marked means a Marked car, it had lights, and big letters police on the side, not an unmarked car. Some states have laws that don't allow unmarked cars to do traffic stops unless specific conditions are meet. And yes the car that was gong the other direction would have used radar to track your speed They can track you from in front of thier car going in the same or opposite direction or from the rear of thier car going in the same or opposite direction. So as he was going the other way he would have seen your speed on his radar unit, and most likley would have turned around and caught up with you
2016-03-28 22:24:03
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answered by Anonymous
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Clocked On
2017-01-16 08:19:13
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answered by ? 4
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In PA it can either mean by a radar (speed) gun, this is only on highways and suburban parts of PA. In most places in PA they use stop watches and white lines. If you see white lines on the road slow down, they use the good old distance equals speed times time formula on state certified stop watches.
2007-03-13 14:36:08
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answered by shevon_v 2
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The term "clocked" refers to a time/distance speed measurement, or in other words how long it took your vehicle to travel a measured distance. If it wasn't vascar I would be interested in knowing what the measurement method was. If he paced you using his speedometer, the question would be "how accurate is that particular speedometer?". If he used a mechanical speed-measuring device he will present that evidence in court, I'm sure. Good luck.
2007-03-14 02:24:03
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answered by Hootiesplace 3
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I don't know about the a.o.v., esp, or vascar means but I assume that one of them means a plane over head that times how long you take going from point A to point B in WI they are .25 to .5 lines on the road.
2007-03-13 14:57:21
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answered by geekgirl33 3
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Police vehicles have certified calibration on their vehicles. If the calibration is valid they can pull you over by "pacing" you. Another term for "clocked".
2007-03-13 15:17:37
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answered by kamikasi22 1
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