Good luck to you, it is a great profession and traffic enforcement is only a small part of it. Was one of the greatest experiences of my life.

 

He said he calculated the main lobe of the radar's antenna pattern to be 450 ft wide at the distance the cop said he got him. Now if he's in a pack of cars including a truck (which would have 100x the radar cross section of a vette) as he said, exactly how would you expect this radar to discriminate against all the other returns and lock onto his?

He's right, there is no way that particular radar cold have locked on to him in those conditions.

 

What I get from them is "Officially, no, but yes."

My uncle is a CHP officer (22 years now) and has told me that if an officer is working traffic and not issuing tickets in certain areas, they would be looked at as not doing their job very well, and counseled...
Some jurisdictions rely on police fines as a major revenue stream and occasionally pressure the officers to generate a predictable amount.

 

About 20 years ago, I got one for going 95 in a 65 zone but that was in my old trusty '76 1/2 ton GMC pickup truck. Its never been an issue in the Vette {(Yet) knock on wood}

 

I ticket in my C4 none in C6 yet, but don't speed it's those 25 MPH that I do 35MPH that is a pain on two way highways.

 

doesnt V1 have a policy that if you get a ticket they pay for it?

 

Half of testimony in court is the radar display, the other half is the visual estimate by the officer, which is required training in my state. If I see a vette flying by an 18 wheeler and I see 90 on my radar display, I think I can articulate it was the vette, not the semi doing 90. My radar can get two cars at a time anyway.

 

Or you could just go with this
http://www.traffic-ticket-buster.com/

They pay your tickets for you, all costs, including any increase on your insurance premium, for up to 5 tickets a year.

Just another form of insurance.

 

Most tickets I have beaten in court are in regards to Discovery...
Depending on your area, there is often a deadline date in which you must submit the request, and another date in which the prosecutors office must supply the documents to you by. For example where I live it is required that you send the request in 14 days prior to your court date, the Prosecutor must gather all documents requested and have them sent back to you no later then 7 days before the court date.
This more often then not, seals the deal. With so many cases and assuming the officer did his job perfectly, most cases wont make it past this point.

 

The way you describe it, that makes sense. That's a little different than the sitch the other gent described. Bottom line if you're doing anywhere close to 90 you don't have any room to argue about how you got caught.

 

In my case, he said I was doing 83 in a 70, but I was with 20 some odd vehicles all going the same speed and no way were we doing 83. We were doing anywhere from 68 to 73 easily but not 83. I saw it was a "ticket writem up party" going all the way down the freeway. The highway patrol was writing up everyone they could that morning. As for the radar unit that I was denied to even know about, they use a standard beam pattern of anywhere from 12 degrees to 22, so I did my calculations based upon the middle at 17 degrees since I didn't know the model and still don't. What's worse, he was at a fairly decent angle across on the opposite side of a divided interstate and father being on its frontage road. The angle will cause the return doppler pulses to come back faster, not forgetting other possible cars going the other direction too which there were some. Then, in his less than polite attitude, he demanded to know what my business was in their State? Last time I looked, this was supposedly a free country and he has no right to know or ask what I was doing there. Rather than create a confrontation, I simply told the truth that I was there visiting friends and on my way home.
Yes, I have a V1 but magically at the start of this trip, the suction cups failed so it wasn't mounted. Anyway, my attorney has delayed the court hearing several times for unknown reasons. Next court date is 9/11

 

Don't want want to jinx myself.......but so far so good

 

Why do you give everyone on the afternoon shift a ticket, but let most of them go on your midnight shift?

 

So, after all this discussion about it is inevitability of a speeding ticket. I gather it is inevitable unless you are very carful and it looks like most are not carful at some point.

 

No

 

Pulled over 3 times. No tickets. Marine Corps plates save me each time. However, speed cameras are popping up all over. It's just a matter of time.