DOH! speeding ticket, question about radar detection

[scirocco@macslut.org ('84 Scirocco)]

Did he tell you he radared you?  I mean maybe there was another cop
somewhere back on the road that you blew by who clocked you then radioed the
sherrif.

G


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'84 VW Scirocco
'01 Ford Focus
St. Louis, MO

> From: "ATS - Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@attbi.com>
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:55:26 -0600
> To: "_Scirocco Mailing List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: DOH! speeding ticket, question about radar detection
> 
> 
> DOH! enjoying a newly layed out stretchs of asphalt on a back road of
> suunnyvale, and cruising at 50 (zoned at 35) I turn the last curve
> and cross path with a sheriff driving opposite direction... he lights up and
> pulls me over... ticket issued for 50mph in a 35 zone.
> I deserve it but I have a technical question.
> 
> since when a moving vehicule mounted with a radar detector system can clock
> an incoming car on the road? I was under the impression they had to be
> immobile to ensure that the reading is correctly read on a speeding
> vehicule.
> 
> damn now I will have to take defensive driving course to get out of this
> one.. hhehehehe
> 
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