well what happened was i got pulled over by an officer on a motorcycle and when he walked over to me i asked why i was pulled over. the cop then told me that i was speeding and that he clocked me going 90 mph on his radar. long story short i didn’t admit to speeding at the speed he told me and he gave me a ticket. now i was wondering if a cop on a motorcycle actually has a radar and if i would have a chance protesting the ticket (its my first one). im also a minor and he told me that i wouldn’t be able to fix it with traffic school. please only answer this question if your a cop, a lawyer, someone who actually knows what there talking about or someone that has been through the same situation as me. i really appreciate your effort, thanks in advance.
The cop also told me that he was PARKED on the side of the road when he "got me on the radar" and i actually asked if i could see any proof of my speed such as the radar itself and he told me he didnt record it or anything so is he lieing?
ok so here are the facts:
1. i asked to see any proof of my speed such as his radar and he told me he didnt have it.
2. i got the ticket which had the speed 90 mph on it
3 i want to protest the ticket but im wondering wether the cop can use the radar as evidence against me seeing as he didnt record my speed on the radar and only put it down on the ticket
now i feel as if the cop actually didnt have a radar and was only saying he did to try to get a confession out of me, which he didn’t get. now im gonna try and protest the ticket but what do you think? will i get out of the ticket due to lack of evidence because the cop didnt record anything on his "radar"? or is his word good enough to the judge that i was going that speed, which i view as completely unfair…
Too many inconsistencies here. Motorcycle cops do have radar. They are required by law to show you the readout (radar guns lock in the last reading). Their speedometers are checked monthly. And I have no idea what your being a minor has to do with traffic school. I do know that you can’t cancel out a 30 over speeding ticket by going to traffic school. At least not in the jurisdiction that I live in. Where I live that is called racing and they impound your car.
Did it dawn on you that he may simply have paced you using his certified speedometer ?
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January 8th, 2009