I fought the law and I won!

[Ryan from Ohio]

w00t

Some of you may or may not remember the speeding ticket I got issued on 7-1...

Anyways I went to court today for the trial.

The officer was present. The prosecuter called him to the stand and laid her foundation. The officer lied on two occasions in his testimony. There was no way to really question his lies so when it was my turn to question I had to go around it.

I asked him why it took 3 1/2 miles to pull over a person only doing 62 MPH (then in a 55 zone).

I also asked him if his radar was still on when he pulled me over... which is when I was actually clocked...

Lastly I made him describe vividly where he was hiding and the natural surroundings (He was hiding)...

So then after that the judge didnt let it go any further...

The Judge brought up the questions/facts:

1) THe officers training is old, last training was in 1999- should be yearly
2) The officer was NEVER trained by anyone that can credit him for it, only another officer
3) The radar used against me has NEVER had any "Expert testimony in this court". Basicly its never been proven...
4) The dumbass cop wrote the wrong violation code on the ticket.

The glove didnt fit, so they had to acquit!




Saved me over $150

[audiocr381ve]

Thats friggen awesome man.

There's a guy in my town called Mr. Ticket. Supposedly, he has favor with the judges and he can get you out of almost any ticket for $99 bucks.

[GlassWolf]

that's pure dumb luck really.. I'm glad you evaded the increased insurance rates of course, but it really was about as lucky as if he hadn't shown up at all.
he clocked you and paced you before pulling you over.. you were speeding.. you just got away with it.. lol

Not like the time my mom got pulled over by a cop sitting at the exit of a tunnel, and claimed he clocked her doing 60-something in a 45 zone, when she was being passed by a gasoline tanker truck at the time he supposedly clocked her.. and she was in a Daytona.
he just figured it was easier to arrest teh blonde in the res sportcar instead of a professional driver.

[Ryan from Ohio]

According to his testimony he observed me and thought I was going faster than posted limits.

So at that point he turned the radar on and it did a self test and he claibrated it with the tuning forks. Then he hit me with it.

All in a stretch of road about .2-.3 miles... I was doing 62...

So he had under 30 seconds to realize I was speeding, tune the radar then hit me with it.

According to two cops I know it takes 2-3 minutes to tune the radar properly...

It takes about 20-30 seconds from when you tunr it on until it functions...

so he had to clock me out of town. My radar detector never went off untill I was out of town doing 62 and he was about 100-150' behind me...

[NorthQuad]

Sweeeet dude. I hate when popo's give out tickets like candy just so they can feel big and strong.

[GlassWolf]

that does sound a bit fishy really.
the gun is supposed to be tuned before he goes on patrol each day.
not right before clocking someone.

I avoided one ticket due to an uncalibrated gun as well. officer didn't have any calibration sheet with him in court.
ahh ancient days of a misspent youth