Saturday, January 27, 2007
Cops have super Powers when it comes to speeding. | Progressive U
Today I went to court to fight my ticket and found out something I never would have imagined. Cops don't need to have a radar detector or even stop-watch to give you a citation for speeding. All they truly need are their eyes. In most courts, as long as the officer is reliable their statement and view will stand in court because during their initial training many of them had some exposure to radar.
This is a joke, basically we are saying that by mere sight people can tell someone else's speed in a car. I haven't had training but I have been around the gym a lot and also been around a lot of cars in my lifetime and to be completely precise down to the mile would be extremely hard. This leaves room for huge margin of errors, which is sad because in most states the difference between 10 and 11 mph is 1 pt, which doesn't sound like that much I know. But when it's on top of two others, if you have any past traffic issues you are getting close to the limit.
If you fight it, it's your word versus theirs. How many courts do you think will side against the cop? Probably not that many unless there is something you have against the cop. Just thought I would let people know that us normal people can't possibly even begin to predict the speed of another car to the mile, yet police officers could possibly be doing it every day. From now on if you get a speeding ticket look in the corner of your ticket at detection device, if there isn't a number you have just seen a taste of the magical super powers the cops have when it comes to speed. Good luck all and safe and slow driving!"
Labels: California, Traffic School
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