r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Purple_Knowledge8475 • 6d ago
Infuriatig Got a ticket for going 56 in a 55…
Was the stop really worth it 😭😭
edit to add: he emphasized it was a construction zone ( NO PEOPLE ) and told me to slow it down for them …
Second edit: he did not use a radar he said he was pacing me …
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u/ithinarine 6d ago
Approximate speed, with the measurement of your speed being "pace" instead of a radar gun?
That's a complete load of BS, but unfortunately the only way to right it is to lose a day of work going in.
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u/leftykills436 6d ago
It's worth fighting for insurance purposes
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u/WayneKrane 6d ago
Yep, i regret not fighting mine. I was going slow in a green truck and another green truck sped around my truck to pass me. A cop some miles ahead pulled me over stating his officer down the road spotted me speeding. We had a little argument and then he said sorry, i have to give you a ticket. I just paid the thing to get it out of my hair. Oh well
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u/DavidinCT 6d ago
always check "not guilty"..... go to court, make your claim.... like 75% of the time, if you don't have a record, it will be dismissed.
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u/Trashinmyash 6d ago
Get a dashcam! That 75% becomes a 100% dismissed ticket with easy proof.
Some versions let you show the cop without a lot of effort.
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u/Gullible-Price-4257 6d ago
Yesterday after a red->green light, had a police car from left of me in turn only lane cross in front of me in an intersection (to go straight). Then proceed to go about 80 in a 45. (No lights or siren, of course...)
In a perfect world, turning in the dashcam would get them fired and permanently barred from being ever hired again to a police department.
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u/Blackpaw8825 6d ago
I would never show the cop.
Never give your adversary aid. That becomes evidence to be destroyed, and opens the door to 'and actually you crossed the white line so here's a rec-op ticket too.'
If they're writing the ticket there's almost never going to a cop saying "my bad" that ship already sailed.
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u/dg8882 6d ago
Dashcams are great to show in court, but i would never tell a cop i have one or show them the recording.
If a cop wants to write you a ticket, youre getting a ticket. No cop has ever said "oh your dashcam footage contradicts my accusation, sorry and have a good day!"
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u/ThereHasToBeMore1387 6d ago
See: Cop that wrote a ticket to the lady who didn't have a hand for holding her cell phone while driving.
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u/Xerorei 6d ago
Or the one who wrote a ticket for a cellphone but the guy was eating. a. sandwich.
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u/Tippydaug 6d ago
Not only that, a lot of cops don't want to go through the hassle of showing up to court. If they don't show up, it gets dropped regardless.
If you know you're in the right, always fight it!
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u/Prestigious-Wolf8039 6d ago
Especially in this case. Can you imagine the look the judge would give a cop who wrote a ticket for 56 in a 55?
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u/GeoBrian 6d ago edited 5d ago
That asshole cop isn't going to show up. He's just trying to inconvenience the driver by forcing him to show up to court so it stays off his record. No judge in the land would let this stick, even if the little piggy did show up.
This is the kind of shit that makes people disrespect the police.
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u/Leptonshavenocolor 6d ago
That’s not true at all, they have designated days that it’s part of their job.
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u/Squawnk 6d ago
That's why you always request to change the date. They like to get all theirs done on their designated day, and if you have yours moved, fair chance they don't show
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u/Leptonshavenocolor 6d ago
Ah haha, now that is how you game the system. So long as you can get it on the right day I suppose.
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u/R1kjames 6d ago
That also doesn't work, because the court picks the date. They'll pick the next day the officer is in court.
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u/Ricka77_New 6d ago
Depends on state. In MA hearings are always 3-4 months out due to so many appeals and a town schedule per county in court...and the citation writer cop doesn't even show up. Each county has certain days for certain counties...you get your hearing whenever that is, and they just send a sergeant -at-arms with a simple statement..
If you go prepared and be nice, it's dropped 99% of the time, unless you have a history.
Best part.../s, there is always a non-refundable fee of $25 for the hearing, even if found not responsible...lol
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u/Redditemeon 6d ago
Came here to say this. I've fought a few and they always show up. Especially true in urban areas where a cop is less likely to want to relocate to another area supposedly. The logic just makes sense to me. Lol.
Losing on a ticket that said I was going a speed I actually wasn't going, that was a major turning point for any respect I had for law enforcement and when I realized how fucked the world we live in really is. Guilty until proven innocent.
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u/ubiquity75 6d ago
I got stopped once proceeding through a yellow left turn. Cop pulled me over, accused me of running a red. Both passenger and I said, “it was yellow.” Issued a ticket anyway. He was hoping I’d been drinking (I was coming from the library), and when he showed up to court, lied on the stand saying I had apologized for running a red. Lying sack of shit.
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u/nampton 6d ago
Nowadays I would’ve demanded he show me his body cam footage of me saying that. What a bunch of BS!
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u/mic2292 6d ago
This is true.. My best friend had a case and he went to court. The officer who issued the ticket did not show up. Case dismissed
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u/Alarming_Garage_7255 6d ago
This is not the reality in many places, in my state there is never a single cop present at the court dates. The judge just reads what the cop charged you with and asks you if you want to say something more and how you plead. Then they make a ruling in about 5 seconds.
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u/Tb0neguy 6d ago
"I have to give you a ticket" is crazy when they have the wrong guy.
Imagine that kind of police work applied to a murder case.
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u/jimdotcom413 6d ago
I was passenger in a vehicle that was going 94 in a 70. We got passed by someone going at least 20mph more than that. A little down the road we got pulled over and the officer said I clocked you going almost 120. We all emphatically said that was not true we got passed by someone that was probably doing that. He said “ah shit I was worried about that” and said have a good day, got in his car and sped off.
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u/sintaur 6d ago
Reminds me of a joke.
Guy takes his sports car out for a Sunday drive and decides to see how fast it can go. He crests a hill doing 130 and oh shoot there's a country sheriff with a radar gun.
He's going so fast he can't even brake before he's over the next hill, but he figures if he slows down to the speed limit then maybe the cop will write him up for a lower speed.
A few minutes pass and there's no sign of pursuit, the guy is thinking maybe the cop isn't chasing him. But he crests the next hill and there's a pair of semis blocking the road and a couple of sheriffs cars with their lights flashing. Sighing, he pulls to a stop.
The sheriff runs over and starts screaming at him. "Get the hell out of here, a speeder doing 130 is going to be here in 45 seconds!!!"
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u/EnvironmentalCap4262 6d ago
Oh I had something very similar. ‘I have to write because my boss said he saw you.’ Then he asked if I understood chain of command. I told him point blank if one of my employees didn’t tell me when I was wrong I’d be upset with them and happy if they did tell me. And if that’s a problem then you don’t have a good chain of command.
The ‘boss’ apparently didn’t like that (if the cop even relayed the message). He refused to come over from the other side of the street. The funny thing is it was near impossible for me to go the speed they said as I had just pulled out of an alley in front of the cop.
Contested the ticket and the DJ tossed it via mail. Didn’t even have to show up anywhere.
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u/BananaPalmer 6d ago
I am now picturing a judge with sunglasses, headphones, and turntables, scratching out orders
ewwrit-ewwrit-ewwrit dismissed
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u/johnnyhandbags 6d ago
And for making that shitty cop face the judge.
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u/FinndBors 6d ago
I'm willing to bet the cop doesn't show up to court.
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u/ComplexBadger469 6d ago
Which is ridiculous to me. If a cop writes a ticket or a report, they should be required to be there to speak on it.
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u/ObeseVegetable 6d ago
They (pretty much) are if they want the ticket to stick.
There are exceptions of course, but generally speaking, if the only “evidence” of a ticketable offense is the ticket itself and the cop’s testimony, then losing the cop’s testimony tends to be an easy win for the person fighting it.
Throw in a video or something and that changes, of course.
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u/CrashyBoye 6d ago edited 6d ago
Police should face consequences for not showing up to court in these cases. Simply dropping the ticket isn’t enough IMO.
We all know that’ll never happen. But it should.
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u/PM_Me_Your_Kinks369 6d ago
If the cop doesn't show the ticket is void.
It was common in the past because it wasn't compensated time (according to my Grandpa). But these days it's compensated so they'll show.
All you want is no points, folks. If you're guilty, please guilty to something that's more money up front ($200 vs $150) but has no points.
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u/CrashTestDuckie 6d ago
Even if it was captured by a radar gun, asking for the log of calibrations on the radar could get it thrown out for it only being a mile but yeah, either way at least half a day of work lost to fight it.
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u/Fit_Entry8839 6d ago
Most departments now require radar to be calibrated twice a day so it's harder to dispute. Some will actually now put the radar calibration time on your ticket now.
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u/Nemo0941 6d ago
Whether it is calibrated twice a day or not. LiDAR is usually accurate to +/- 1 mph. You can easily fight this since the speed was recorded 1mph over the limit. No this was done with a visual speed check, I’m assuming the accuracy rate is much worse than LiDAR, so they could still fight this.
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u/Fit_Entry8839 6d ago
Sure. Was just addressing the advice of getting the calibration logs. That's not really much of a thing anymore where you'd find out it hadn't been calibrated for a long time. But I saw this was paced
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u/Agloe_Dreams 6d ago
I guarantee you can get out of this by contesting it. 1 MPH is deep in the error margin on most methods of reading vehicle speed.
Also, the magistrate is going to spend the entire time giving the cop a dirty look for wasting their time.
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u/butonelifelived 6d ago
Method of detection "pace"
Police officer "well, your honor I was going exactly 55 miles an hour, when this guy closed the gap between us over the period of several minutes, not once did he slow his advance. Several minutes later he passed me by, as we were entering an unworked construction zone. I just couldn't stand the blatant disregard for life. So I pulled him over."
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u/Agloe_Dreams 6d ago
Most of the time, pace goes the other way, you drive past a stopped cop, they do 85mph in a 55 to catch up to you and then pull you over for doing one over.
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u/Spaceduck413 6d ago
Then in court they'll talk about how they had to do 85 to catch up to you, as though that's the speed you were going.
Hey dumbass, if I was going 85 you couldn't have caught up to me by going 85!
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u/_real_ooliver_ 6d ago
There was a youtube video about "motorbikes going 130 on a motorway!" and it was the cop recklessly going 130 to catch up, bikes going probably 80 something
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u/euphoricarugula346 6d ago
I never understood this. It’s illegal for me to drive 10mph over on that stretch of road, but it’s NOT illegal for them to drive 30mph over to catch up to me? Sure, okay.
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u/SM1334 6d ago
While driving with 1 hand on the wheel, simultaneously multitasking on their laptop, communicating to dispatch, and finding an excuse to beat their wife when they get home.
On a side note though, you are allowed to report police officers for speeding and traffic violations while their lights are off
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u/Wilder831 6d ago
I’m sure the cop taking your report is gonna write the other cop a ticket for sure…
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u/thethomahawk56 6d ago
I had this happen the first day I had my license. Got pulled over for 100 in a 55. My truck only registers 85 on the speedometer and I was at most going 70ish. I had just merged onto the highway and usually go above the limit to do so safely. I had just looked down realized how fast I was going and said damn I need to slow down, then the lights hit.
When he came up to the car he said "do you know how fast you were going?" I said "no", he said "you were going 100". "I said was I really?" I was baffled he said "why do you think I had to go 100 to catch up with you?" I literally said "phyiscs?" And he made me get out of the car and into the back and made my parents come get me.
I've long believed he just didn't have a radar gun on me to accurately give me a ticket. So he just let me go with a pain in the neck from my parents. If he really had me at 45 over or even 70 for 15 over he's not letting me walk away with nothing issued.
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u/Antique-Cheesecake63 6d ago
This this this. i had a cop coming opposite direction fucking flying, buddy spins his car around, chases me going +5 over and gives me a pace ticket. Best part? For me to contest it I have to drive all the way to that county, god fucking forbid I can contest where I live on zoom or hire a lawyer.
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u/intoned 6d ago
"And when was the last time your vehicle speedometer was calibrated and certified?"
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u/Abigail716 6d ago
A lot of departments That's done monthly when they do an oil change. Although I've never heard of a cop doing a ticket for pacing you one over. Last time I saw someone trying to contest it they were paced at doing about 25 over which is why it's much harder to contest because of your speedometer is slightly off There's no way it's off that much.
It's also really hard to determine one mile per hour over because if you're going the exact same speed or 1 mile an hour faster than they are it's really hard to determine if you're not closing in on them since you're traveling 1/3 of walking distance and measuring mentally that distance if it's gaining is basically impossible.
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u/Anivia_Mid 6d ago
I was stopped once. I asked and the cop said "it comes calibrated from the factory" I almost laughed. I work on sensitive vehicle testing equipment that's calibrated weekly,,,
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u/traumalt 6d ago
They actually do certify and test the speedos on squad cars on the regular, specifically because of lawyers using that defence.
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u/FlatwormAltruistic 6d ago edited 6d ago
That is quite difficult to calibrate in reality. Usually the error margin differs for different speed. They have to correct the curve. 1 mph difference can come from even changing worn tires for new ones.
But at least in here police are not allowed to use pacing as measurement of speed of other vehicles. Police cars have radars installed and have to fix speed by radar.
Even the radars have error margin of few km/h. Most police doesn't bother stopping cars within error margin.
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u/Mokmo 6d ago
If the cop shows up at all...
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u/Premium333 6d ago
He will not show up. He knows what will happen and doesn't want to hear it either.
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u/tommypatties 6d ago
I made that bet once, contested the ticket, and I didn't show up either. Ticket was dismissed.
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u/Realtrain 6d ago
Judges usually aren't impressed when police do that either.
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u/tommypatties 6d ago
Impressed or no, there's no one to present state's evidence so since the presumption is innocent until proven guilty judgment is in favor of the accused.
It's not a judge emotion thing it's a rule of law thing.
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u/platinum92 6d ago
does this really happen? At least in my jurisdiction, each cop basically has a court day where all their tickets are handled so I'm guessing that's why they don't miss it here.
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u/freeball78 6d ago
That's why your speedometer is wrong... if it says 60 you're likely going 57-60. That's built in. Test it with your GPS or map app. My speedometers are typically 1 mph faster than Waze says I'm going.
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u/ReservedOhioan 6d ago
For me Google maps is consistently spot on with my speedometer. I'm always surprised by how accurate GPS speed tracking is but never considered they could both be off an mph or two, but they almost always line up
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u/Puzzleheaded-Shop139 6d ago
What does sheriff deputy Frank think?
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u/IrrelevantManatee 6d ago edited 6d ago
Probably that he is on the Mountain of Right. And thanks for wearing your seatbelt.
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u/OhTheHueManatee 6d ago
Cool name.
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u/IrrelevantManatee 6d ago
OMG same to you buddy 😎
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u/inplayruin 6d ago
I have an irrelevant manatee story. I was kayaking in northeast Florida and had paused to eat lunch on the water when a manatee breached directly below me, rocking the kayak so violently that my pub sub fell into the water. It was a very sad day.
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u/Wonderful-Gold-953 6d ago
Fight that shit lmao
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u/HankThrill69420 6d ago
yes. 1mph measured by pace is complete bullshit and clearly a lazy cop
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u/MWMcurious 6d ago
You can not pace with 1mph of accuracy, impossible. Cop was being a dick.
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u/upthedips 6d ago
First question, where is your documentation about the last time your speedometer was calibrated?
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u/xRogueCraftx 6d ago
This. Such an easy win. Obvious pretext stop
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u/urmomsSTD 6d ago
No it's still a loss. He's to take the day off and go to court so some doofus judge can say meh
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u/bigdish101 6d ago
Shit like this should be thrown out at pre-trial without ever seeing the judge.
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u/haleohana 6d ago
And also tire pressure during calibration and tire pressure before and after shift... Documented
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u/Admirable-Sir9716 6d ago
Second question, which side of the needle were you reading? The left edge is usually the accurate reading, the right side is 2mph higher on the vehicles i drive.
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u/Warmstar219 6d ago
Not being a, committing fraud. That is a knowingly false report. Stop letting cops off for commiting crimes.
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u/MWMcurious 6d ago
Bro, I agree with you. Cops and prosecutors should face any charges they wrongfully accuse people of.
I had a dick cop fuck me on a trip this weekend. They are the bullies in high school that cant get a real job and the staties are worse.
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u/tardisious 6d ago
And the ticket says 56 APPROX. well 56 is approx 55 especially when your device doesn't measure tenths
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u/cbm2020 6d ago
Exactly. I’d show up to court for sure.
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u/Timely_Strategy_2441 6d ago
Such fines should be contested, because it's simply absurd.
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u/Due_Gas2950 6d ago
It even said their speed was 'approximately 56mph'... I'd suggest that 55mph (legal) is also 'approximately 56mph'...
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u/gh0stwriter1234 6d ago
Just take it to the DA and deadpan ask him to throw it out... nothing more nothing less (he is your prosecutor if he throws it out it goes nowhere).
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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 6d ago
DA: throws ticket in the trash
OP: "thank you"
DA: "Oh, no, you're still being charged. I just threw the paper in the trash like you asked."
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u/sporosarcina 6d ago
Frank even admits he sets his cruise control three to four mph over the limit when he is driving outside of work.
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u/Downvote_me_dumbass 6d ago
They should have locked you up, Mr. Criminal
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u/Owls_4_9_1867 6d ago
Court. Cop won't show. You waste 3-4 hours of your life. Cop suffers no consequences. Roll on.
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u/killaacool 6d ago
Maybe it’s just a small town thing, but where I am from, the cops ALWAYS show up to court, ready to rock and roll and defend that ticket for 1 mph over bEcAuSe SoMeOnE cOuLd GeT hUrT
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u/Tamagotchi41 6d ago
Which is funny because that cop 100% went faster than 1 mph over in order to catch up to this hooligan...
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u/Owls_4_9_1867 6d ago
They love saying that "I had to go 95 to catch up to you"...
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u/FlyingMitten 6d ago
And then say "we are specially trained".
So how do us normal citizens get the good training to allow us to go faster?
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u/Individual-Stand1560 6d ago
THIS we need special liscences for highly trained drivers
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u/Fit-Suggestion-7150 6d ago
Holy fuck, I had a cop blitz past me going easily 85+mph WITH NO FUCKING LIGHTS ON!
He did need to stop someone who also blitzed past me, but he waited until after he passed at least 3 vehicles dangerously to get behind the target and then flip the blue lights on.
I'm so fucking tired of cops thinking they don't have to follow rules.
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u/eppinizer 6d ago edited 6d ago
Pro tip for anyone struggling to pay or deal with a speeding ticket. You are allowed to postpone a court appearance, and they generally let you pick a date from a list. This may require you to physically appear at the court to request it from the clerk.
Anyway, the police usually save up all their court appearances for one or two days a month. Just postponing the court* date alone will give you a high chance of a no-show. If you postpone it to a day right after the date you were scheduled it's almost a guarantee, but also shoot for holidays, and different days of the week than the one that was scheduled. Like maybe this guy always goes on Wednesdays, if you pick a thursday he's not likely going to go two days in a row.
This could be state dependent, but in CA this strategy saved me half a dozen of tickets when I was still paying my way through college and driving like a dipshit.
Edit: Lot of folks are saying this doesn't work anymore, so don't depend on it. This was 18-20 years ago, and it absolutely did work in my area at that time (Bay Area), not just for me but for my friends and co workers too.
Unsurprising that policies have changed.
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u/generally_unsuitable 6d ago
Cop always shows, unless you request to reschedule. The court bends over backwards to make things easy for the cop, and they often have several cases set for the same day.
My buddy told me the real dick move is to subpoena the cop's partner. Doubles the chance of a no-show on the part of the state, which typically gets the case thrown out.
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u/gh0stwriter1234 6d ago
No DA first... it never goes to court without the DA prosecuting it, if he throws it out its gone. DA is generally ecstatic (as much as a DA can be) to throw out crap tickets that will be hard to win.
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u/KowaiSentaiYokaiger 6d ago
On the plus side, if you fight it in court, you can make the officer look like a petty dick
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u/JoesJourney 6d ago
I would just out of spite but I have a pretty flexible work schedule. Fighting tickets is a time suck.
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u/VincentClement1 6d ago
If we only had a system where, if a ticket is dismissed because the police officer was being stupid, that the police officer has to pay you the amount of the fine as compensation.
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u/badskiier 6d ago
I'd rather this than waste a Saturday taking defensive driving to keep it off my record.
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u/HairlessHoudini 6d ago
I'd 100% take this in front of the judge with a lawyer wanting to see the last time that machine was calibrated just to match their pettiness
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u/nerfedname 6d ago
The machine in question was the police car “pace.”
I’d 100% be in court asking for the speedometer calibration records for the police cruiser…
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u/EarlyBirdWithAWorm 6d ago edited 6d ago
As far as I know all states have a "reasonable and prudent" rule allowing for variations in speed + or - 5mph. Just need to look up the statute in your state and appear. Dont waste money on a lawyer.
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u/BiscuitWig2 6d ago
Hard to believe there's criminals like you roaming free amongst civilized society.
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u/johnicester 6d ago
Jay z? 🤣
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u/TrustInRoy 6d ago
License and registration, step outta the car, are you carrying a weapon on you I know a lot of you are...
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u/djsyndr0me 6d ago
I ain't steppin' out of shit // all my paper's legit
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u/OkBody2811 6d ago
Well do you mind if I look around the car a little bit?
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u/cday119 6d ago
The glove compartments locked, so's the trunk in the back!
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u/doubtfulguests 6d ago
And I know my rights, so you gon' need a warrant for that
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u/AlexDlarge655321 6d ago
Aren't you sharp as a tack?
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u/OkBody2811 6d ago
You some type of lawyer or something? Somebody important or something?
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u/svensexa 6d ago
Well, I ain't passed the bar, but I know a little bit
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u/Weary-Appearance1456 6d ago
Yeah i got popped for going 36 in a 35. Cop showed up and the judge yelled at him for wasting the judge's time and mine.
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u/Frequent_Ad_9901 6d ago
That's amazing. I love when a judge has common sense. Wish the judge could say the cop can't count that court time as billable time. Tax payer shouldnt be paying for that time
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u/linds360 6d ago
Literally every time we go visit my parents in Minnesota, we get pulled over for speeding on our way out of the state. It's always complete BS, but what are we gonna do? Drive across three states to go back and fight it?
They know exactly wtf they're doing and it pisses me off to no end. Cops gamble with BS like this knowing an out of state plate is probably easy money.
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u/Shot-Resist-776 6d ago
I'd fight that for the insurance increase alone. No way that stands up. Zero.
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u/R5Jockey 6d ago
All of you saying “you were speeding” apparently didn’t read the ticket. The cop ESTIMATED the speed at 56 by pacing. Meaning following behind them. There’s zero chance this holds up in court.
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u/Actual-Air-8792 6d ago
I can't stand the self-righteousness of people who say this. "Well you were speeding," "Well don't break the law," like come ooonnnn. An estimated 1mph over?? These people are telling me that they never have gone over the limit, or rolled through a stop sign, or sped through a yellow light?
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u/BlueGoose28 6d ago
It says approx speed. Meaning about... Maybe 56.... Maybe 55....maybe 54. Fight that shit! Sometimes cops go to court and get overtime. Maybe this is the case?
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u/capmcfilthy 6d ago
FYI look up the speed measurement device, PACE. Those are highly inaccurate, 1 mile over is dumb, and I'd be surprised the officer shows up to court unless they are a real hard ass about it. Seems they might since they wrote this ticket.
For PACE it needs to be calibrated, aka their speedometer every so often, which they rarely do. I'd fight this out of principal.
Pacing of Speed:
An officer in an tone-on-tone marking or unmarked vehicle can match the speed of a vehicle suspected of speeding its speed.
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u/Late_While_6220 6d ago
As far as I remember, even a stationary calibrated radar has a margin of error of +/- 1-2 mph, a moving radar even more, let alone the pacing method.
They should take a days' pay out of the pig's paycheck and compensate you for wasting your time.
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u/pfannkuchen89 6d ago
I got a ticket for 56 in a 55 zone a couple years ago. Contested it at the court date and asked that question. The officer confirmed when questioned that the radar they use has a margin of error. I also made a point that speedometers in cars are not 100% accurate. As far as I knew I was obeying the speed limit and being off by 1mph would fall into the margin of error in both the speedometer and the radar used. Apparently they didn’t like that argument because my punishment was increased at the discretion of the judge to not only pay the ticket and court costs but he also made mandatory STOP class a part of it. Had to pay almost a thousand dollars and spend 8 hours in a class for 1 fucking mph. Wasn’t a construction zone or anything.
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u/NoChampionship5649 6d ago edited 6d ago
Easy win, courts usually have a +/- of a few mph buffer for speedometer discrepancies.
Edit: and used as pace method would also require the calibration record of the cop car speedometer
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u/PantiesForMe742 6d ago
Also, worn tires will cause more rotations per mile and a higher speedo reading.
Lots of ways to beat this one easily, but still a pain in the butt.
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u/Educational-Fix5320 6d ago
Or under-inflated tires....ask for discovery of their TPMS sensors from that day.
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u/CreenisElite 6d ago
I got a $90 citation for doing 26 in a 25 in a small Idaho locality. It was Memorial Day weekend and I was driving a rental car (a brand new Tahoe) on an unpaved near the campground I was staying. The officer stated that he pulled me over because I was swerving. I dont drink so that was not the issue. I told him the truth, that I was simply avoiding the plethora of massive potholes given the fact I was in a fairly expensive brand spanking new vehicle and he gave me a kind of “whatever” response and “let me go.” Probably two weeks later I received the citation in the mail at my home address in an entirely different state.
Long story short I think he was just annoyed that I had an answer for all of his questions and knew I would have to come back to Idaho if I wanted to fight the ticket.
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u/AlienPrimate 6d ago
One of the perks of being from South Dakota is that you never have to pay for tickets sent in the mail. The state ruled it unconstitutional so if another state sends one in the mail, the state itself will fight the ticket for you.
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u/dartdoug 6d ago
Thank you for using the word "plethora."
That means a lot to me.
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u/therendevouswithfish 6d ago
As an officer, this is a BS ticket. Unless he gave you a bunch of warnings for other stuff you did, and you were going say 65 in a 55 but he gave you a break for 56 in 55.
Only you will know the answer to this - if he stopped you for speed only, and gave you a ticket for 56 in a 55, I would fight it, specially with a vehicle pace. If it was Radar/Lidar that is way more accurate on speed.
Vehicle pace may be off 1mph easily, most of our vehicles have a 1-2mph variance - tested at increments of 10mph up to 100mph.
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u/atwaterrich 6d ago
His method was pacing you? Demand service records for his car to prove his speedo is accurate.
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u/This-Double-Sunday 6d ago
1mph is absolutely within margin of error for a speedometer. For a ticket without a radar usage this could get easily thrown out if the cop even shows up, but yeah you'd have to go to court which sucks. This is about as petty of a ticket as I've ever seen, they must be dying to keep their budget inflated.
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u/Thrilluhh 6d ago
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"...55? The speed limit?"
"No, 56🤓"