Tickets

[coolkidd123]

If you were speeding and a cop was behind you, passed you, in front of you, etc but did not have a radar gun on him and wasnt clocking your speed, can he still give you a ticket?

[hookem202]

Yes he is still able to give you a ticket based on the measurement on hish speedodometer. In fact a few weeks ago a car was folling a state trooper going about 75-76mph and the cop moved over let the guy pass and then lit him up. Not once used his radar.


Here are the videos i shot that day when i almost got lit up: 4 warned they are by ,my cell phone camera.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=OkOqYIIyXh8

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eB8v81I32oU <- note at the end he turns off his radar. Did not capture it but he pulled the guy over infront of the white car after i backed off.

[erickonphoenix]

yes. but will it stand up in court without any other evidence but his eyes . . . unless you live in Hazzard County,probably not.

[Computerjlt]

If you were speeding and a cop was behind you, passed you, in front of you, etc but did not have a radar gun on him and wasnt clocking your speed, can he still give you a ticket?

sure but it wouldn't be hard to fight w/ a well put together defense.

[carter840]

Yes police can get you for what is called pacing if they are driving behind you. What they do is drive behind you they are supposed to keep the same distance between their car and yours. If they do this then whatever speed they are traveling is also your speedl. States like CT use this alot. Also police can always visualy estimate speeds. Theya re trained to do so. For this reason you can always get busted for speeding if you are stupid about it no matter how many toys you have.

[coolkidd123]

aww man. but then wouldnt the LEO have to be close to you.

[edweird]

yes. but will it stand up in court without any other evidence but his eyes . . . unless you live in Hazzard County,probably not.

Some states train their Highway Patrol folks in visual speed estimation.
There's a page on the FHP's site that shows cadets estimating speeds, and an instructor using a lidar gun to verify the cars speeds, and record the results.

[erickonphoenix]

In college I was paced one night by a Harris County Sherrif Deputy from the feeder. I was in the left lane on the freeway, he held back a couple of car lengths and paced me for about half a mile (he claimed). It held up in court and I had to pay.

[bigshow]

isn't that wrong though if you are speeding and a cop is in front of you speeding too and he pulls u over. i no around here they don't do that, ive been following a cop before in town speeding and he was in front of me i was going like 35 in 25 and didn't pull me over. same with the highway patrol 80 in 75, but i suppose that isn't to bad for the the interstate. fast as i no if a cop isnt speeding and he doesn't have his lights on you can follow speeding.

[Ray]

I was paced a long time ago in Virginia while going over the James River Bridge. Had no idea he was a State Trooper. He was in a black Monte Carlo with dark tint windows. When I saw him, I thought he was just someone running with me until he was behind me with grill light just a flashing.