PA State Trooper doing +28 MPH over, in a 40 MPH zone (Video)

**SteadySpeedin** · 03-14-2011, 11:31 PM

So, cops get a special exemption from the speed limit as usual. If he was sitting on the side of the road shooting radar, and clocked me at 68 in a 40, he'd rip me a new one. This is complete bullsh*t if you ask me.

**unmamfqlm** · 03-14-2011, 11:36 PM

Woulda sucked if he decided to blast you with instant on, then pulled you over.

I see this all the time here as well; much more during the night hours.

**SteadySpeedin** · 03-14-2011, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by unmamfqlm

Woulda sucked if he decided to blast you with instant on, then pulled you over.

I see this all the time here as well; much more during the night hours.

State troopers can't use moving radar here, but even if he had used it, it would be thrown out in court. I can't remember where I heard this, but there was a case where a driver followed a PA cop doing like 90 in a 65 on the highway. The cop slowed down, got behind him, and pulled him over. He ended up getting a ticket for 90 in a 65. He took it to court and told the judge what happened. The judge asked the officer if he was responding to a call. The officer said no, he was just patrolling. The judge threw out the ticket because he didn't like what the cop did.

**unmamfqlm** · 03-14-2011, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by SteadySpeedin

State troopers can't use moving radar here, but even if he had used it, it would be thrown out in court. I can't remember where I heard this, but there was a case where a driver followed a PA cop doing like 90 in a 65 on the highway. The cop slowed down, got behind him, and pulled him over. He ended up getting a ticket for 90 in a 65. He took it to court and told the judge what happened. The judge asked the officer if he was responding to a call. The officer said no, he was just patrolling. The judge threw out the ticket because he didn't like what the cop did.

Ah, I see. That's interesting and totally the right thing for a judge to do. There is absolutely no reason for a leo to be going that fast while simply "patrolling." He made an a** of himself.

**Sector_15504** · 03-14-2011, 11:48 PM

Plus he had it on video too...

**krypton2** · 03-15-2011, 01:46 PM

Heh... nice video.

**dtraill27** · 03-15-2011, 02:58 PM

Seemed like that was more than .3 miles so he could have claimed he paced you with him. But I agree if you did get stopped since you had it on video there wouldn't be any consequences.

**stano0098** · 03-15-2011, 04:10 PM

Great video. hahaha

**iflysmooth** · 03-15-2011, 04:26 PM

Do as I say not as I do.I agree w/you.What bull#@!@

**Silverado12** · 03-15-2011, 05:45 PM

You've got some balls to be trailing a LEO like that at those speeds. Maybe your area is different, but where I'm from, I know plenty of people who have gotten tickets just like this; it's called clocking out here and it's perfectly legal. All the LEO has to do is pull up behind you on a road just like this and start pacing you without radar or anything; if you don't gain or lose ground on him, he can safely estimate what your speed is as long as its well above the PSL to compensate for error. I was with a friend one day and he was doing 75 MPH in a 55 and a car comes flying up on his tail, but his RD didn't make a peep; it weirded him out, so he got in the throttle and accelerated well above 75 to say the least. The cop turned his lights on and gave him his citation.