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I'll put it this way. V1 reacts faster than the escort or bel units with quick trigger pulls. This is not only with the stalkers but with other brands as well specially with DSP technology. The analog radar guns were slower to acquire speeds of drivers and these radars are already phased out a long time ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by spankyaf
i've noticed that if you brake with any cop youre screwed. next time its foot off the gas. chances are your STi was ok. i pick up constant on Ka all the time with OPP. he was probably not running radar and wouldve let you go if you hadnt braked. braking is stupid imho...the two times i braked i got a ticket and when i didnt several dozen times there was no action on the part of the cop even though i was 20 over PSL. they watch for brake lights and the front nose diving...this means that you know you were speeding and just admitted it so youre unlikely to fight the ticket. i managed to even avoid a ticket for doing 60 in a 30 by releasing the pedal and letting engine braking handle it so that i rolled by the cop at 30 although he was using K band to light me up for a mile.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevtjam
4th Reason - Guilty Conscience. If they see the vehicle dive they know you are scrubbing off speed and they have a pretty good idea of the basic speed people do on the roads anyways. So they just quote you a number that seems close to what they observed. (Notice he didn't say 109 or 112, but 110 exactly. Just like he yanked the number of of somewhere)Quote:
Originally Posted by kevtjam
Fight the ticket. Send it in. I live in Ontario and I am familiar with the drill. The ticket does not appear on your record untill you are found guilty. When you send it in you sign the "Not Guilty, Want Court Date" section on the back. The courts are so backlogged it will take them a year or more to get around to it. When (if) they find you guilty, the ticket is on your licence 2 years (I think thats the time limit) from the date of _OFFENCE_. So by the time it actually appears on your record, you've already used up one year. Furthermore, with a bit of luck, it will get turfed outright because they cant get around to it in time. (Something about due process the courts are required to hear the case within two years). In the very least you limit the time its one your record. With a bit of luck, it may get turfed.
(Note, the time limits for how long a ticket remains on your record relate to the government and your drivers licence. Not the insurance industry and their coverage of you)
EDIT: I've poked around. There's lotsa info (lot more than I've given you here) on fighting tickets on this forum. Take a look yourself.
Got a ticket myself in rural-west Ottawa almost two years ago. (One of the reasons I recently picked up an STi for myself). Still waiting for the court date and I have my fingers crossed it will pass the 2 year limit before they do get around to it (3 months to go!)
So definitely, fight the ticket. You've got nothing to lose, everything to gain.
Hope this helps
- Colin
do yaself a favour and run your STI in Highway mode....
I think zurk is correct LEO is not running a radar he just notice that
you hit your brake that make his attention you should ask LEO to see the reading on his cruiser if he is running a radar you have the right to look of the speed clock on his cruiser.
I am going to fight the ticket.
Good for you... post the disclosure & ticket removing personal details and you'll have the whole board as a resource.
I am given two choices on the ticket:
1. I intend to appear in court to enter a plea at the time and date set for the trial and I wish that it be held in the English language..
2. I intend to challenge the evidence of the offences officer.
Yes or No
To fight the ticket in court you select the first item. Presumably you also select yes on the second?
After I send this in will the fact that I am fighting a ticket show up on the display an officer sees should I be unlucky enough to be pulled over again?
I will post whatever disclosure I receive.
Yes and Yes,
I dont believe the copper can see anything beyond convictions but perhaps one of our lurking Leos can answer.
Excellent Ontario Based Tutorial here (including Disclosure Form):
http://www.roadwarriors.ca/resources...ial/index.html
I used this info extensively with my latest, umm, "issues"... and it helped me immensly
As soon as you request Disclosure, the Crown will request written notes from the officer. Don't worry about the officer finding out. It's your Insurance man your trying to protect yourself from. He's a bigger threat than the law these days ;)
Learn about Speeding Ticket defences here:
http://www.tipmra.com/kgb/WEB/tipmra1.htm