Re: My first cop experience

[Ryan Schuermann <ryan@nwpros.com>]

Maybe in your state you can do that, but here in Texas, they calibrate 
every freaking morning, I know, I asked, I got shown proof. I even asked 
to see the radar every time, One time the cop didn't lock, and I just 
looked up out of his car and said "Gee, I'm going 3mph?????", He didn't 
show up on court day =]. But every other time it stuck in court.

Ryan

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On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Shawn Meze wrote:

> At 05:49 PM 10/29/96 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >Ohhhhh..yes they can.
> >
> >Some radars take into affectthe speed of the cops car, and calculate it 
> >all out. I got snagged @110mph by a cop driving on the other side of a 
> >grass median highway. and then another time @80mph.
> >
> >and it upheld in court.(Texas)
> 
> Ryan, you got snookered! All you have to do is request (in court) to see the
> calibration dated of:
> 1)the radar detector
> 2) the spedometer of the unit.
> 
> Chances are good, that one or the other was out of cal. Even so, they have
> to prove that it was working properly when they got you. 
> 
> Like I said, there is a way to calculate the speed of a moving car if the
> known speed of the police unit is known. With this formula, if you can prove
> that the spedo they use is off by even a few miles per hour (As apposed to
> what is showing and it varies from different models.) you can get them to
> drop the ticket. Thats the same as being out of cal. The argument is that
> the spedo is giving false readings.  
> BEEN THERE, DONT THAT! 
> There are just too many factors in your favor, if you know which buttons to
> push. 
> 
> Shawn
> 
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