07-24-2006, 10:46 AM
Channing... this is really all i have to say... without much math.
1. ask the cop where he was when he saw me
2. refer to the ticket for the spot i was pulled over
3. note is was 3/10s of a mile difference
4. ask the cop if he was moving or stopped.
5. ask the officer how fast he had to go to catch me... knowing his whole premuse for pulling my over and giving me the ticket for the highway sign was he had to do 60mph to catch me....
6. ask the judge if it unreasonable for an officer to have to do 60mph in a 45 zone, while i travel 45 mph ... to catch up to me and have me stop, in nearly 1/4 mile. I dont think so... i think it would be damn near impossible to catch someone going 45mph from a dead stop as fast as he did without breaking 60mph.
6. if the judge gets all wishy washy... i break out the charts.
btw a crown vic will do 1/4 mile in 17.8 seconds @ 80mph... at 45mph (constant) i travel 1/4 mile in 20 seconds... meaning if i were actually doing the speed limit (because i was going slower than the speed limit) i think he would have noted 80mph and not 60mph
there are SO many ways to counter anything the officer has to say. the only thing i cant counter right away is if he LIES and says he was moving on bradock road... but then i just have to continue, supena the GMU radio traffic records... they have to call in when they stop someone and when they are active again... and compair them to the time on my ticket... and go back to court.
i refuse to let the man stick it to me because i drive a loud honda... yes i'll pay the exhaust ticket and i'll actually get it fixed... but you are NOT going to get me for a moving violation when i was driving slower than most senior citizens.
1. ask the cop where he was when he saw me
2. refer to the ticket for the spot i was pulled over
3. note is was 3/10s of a mile difference
4. ask the cop if he was moving or stopped.
5. ask the officer how fast he had to go to catch me... knowing his whole premuse for pulling my over and giving me the ticket for the highway sign was he had to do 60mph to catch me....
6. ask the judge if it unreasonable for an officer to have to do 60mph in a 45 zone, while i travel 45 mph ... to catch up to me and have me stop, in nearly 1/4 mile. I dont think so... i think it would be damn near impossible to catch someone going 45mph from a dead stop as fast as he did without breaking 60mph.
6. if the judge gets all wishy washy... i break out the charts.
btw a crown vic will do 1/4 mile in 17.8 seconds @ 80mph... at 45mph (constant) i travel 1/4 mile in 20 seconds... meaning if i were actually doing the speed limit (because i was going slower than the speed limit) i think he would have noted 80mph and not 60mph
there are SO many ways to counter anything the officer has to say. the only thing i cant counter right away is if he LIES and says he was moving on bradock road... but then i just have to continue, supena the GMU radio traffic records... they have to call in when they stop someone and when they are active again... and compair them to the time on my ticket... and go back to court.
i refuse to let the man stick it to me because i drive a loud honda... yes i'll pay the exhaust ticket and i'll actually get it fixed... but you are NOT going to get me for a moving violation when i was driving slower than most senior citizens.
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