Got a speeding ticket the other day. 98 in a 75.
First off, I was not going 98. I know I was speeding, but I was keeping it around 85. I hit the brakes as soon as the detector went off, so I know I was decelerating while the cop was getting his reading. I think, either my speedo is off (unlikely, I have the stock tire size on my car), or his gun was not calibrated correctly. He was traveling 75mph in the opposite direction and so would need to subtract the speed of his car from the final reading. If his speedo is off, it could make all his readings high.
I have a radar detector that I have been using for several years and it has gotten alerted me to numerous speed traps. Money well spent. However, I noticed, just in the past couple months. I am no longer getting that tell-tell tick-tick of an encroaching speed trap. All of sudden, the thing just goes off full blast. The cops around here now have guns that are accurate and fast enough, they can wait to turn it on until they have you in their sites.
I am just really surprised they can get a reading in 2 seconds while traveling in the opposite direction.
I am wondering, should I fight this? What are my options. I know I was not going 98. (no way, no how. I was slowly passing a semi at the time, and if I had been going 98, the semi would have just whizzed past.) Is it worth going to court to get it taken down to a 85 in a 75. That is still speeding after all, I wonder if it matters by how much I was breaking the limit.
First off, I was not going 98. I know I was speeding, but I was keeping it around 85. I hit the brakes as soon as the detector went off, so I know I was decelerating while the cop was getting his reading. I think, either my speedo is off (unlikely, I have the stock tire size on my car), or his gun was not calibrated correctly. He was traveling 75mph in the opposite direction and so would need to subtract the speed of his car from the final reading. If his speedo is off, it could make all his readings high.
I have a radar detector that I have been using for several years and it has gotten alerted me to numerous speed traps. Money well spent. However, I noticed, just in the past couple months. I am no longer getting that tell-tell tick-tick of an encroaching speed trap. All of sudden, the thing just goes off full blast. The cops around here now have guns that are accurate and fast enough, they can wait to turn it on until they have you in their sites.
I am just really surprised they can get a reading in 2 seconds while traveling in the opposite direction.
I am wondering, should I fight this? What are my options. I know I was not going 98. (no way, no how. I was slowly passing a semi at the time, and if I had been going 98, the semi would have just whizzed past.) Is it worth going to court to get it taken down to a 85 in a 75. That is still speeding after all, I wonder if it matters by how much I was breaking the limit.