Pulled over

[SimJen]

So Im riding along down a double lane road and decide to swap lanes (as there is a slow car in front, and another in the right lane just behind) and squirt it a bit and then pull back in and cruise at about 70 in a 60 zone (I Think).
Turns out guy who was in the right hand lane was a finger print cop who chases me and pulls me over.
He asks me what I was doing and I tell him about 70 or so, he then tells me I was doing way more than that and he had to do 100+ to catch me......so he takes my details and tells me a ticket will be in the post for 20 over the limit (as thats what I said).

Problems are:
1. he's not a traffic cop
2. he had no radar to check my speed with
3. I never agreed with him on speed as when he asked a second time he disputed my claim of 70ish but told me that the ticket would be for 20 over.
4. Its nothing to do with my speed if he chose to gun it to catch me.....he might have waited 30 seconds before taking chase. I which case he would have had to do 100+ to catch up.

Will this stand up and will he be able to send me a ticket?
Although he wasn't too bad of a guy........for once.

[sAsLEX]

about 70 in a 60 zone.

I tell him about 70 or so,

tells me a ticket will be in the post for 20 over the limit (as thats what I said).

no maths genius but 70 in a 60 is 10 over aint it?

[Patrick]

Problems are:
1. he's not a traffic cop
2. he had no radar to check my speed with
3. I never agreed with him on speed as when he asked a second time he disputed my claim of 70ish but told me thats what the ticket would be for.
4. Its nothing to do with my speed if he chose to gun it to catch me.....he might have waited 30 seconds before taking chase. I which case he would have had to do 100+ to catch up.

Will this stand up and will he be able to send me a ticket?
Although he wasn't too bad of a guy........for once.

1. Yes he is...we all are.
2. Has a speedo, which would have to be calibrated and certified to issue a ticket on......(hint...). Don't need radar.
3. 70 in a 60 is 10 km over the limit...$30 ticket??? Good deal if he thought you were doing 100 plus.
4. Dunno about that one. If he pursued you, the pursue speed is what he is relying on and he can send you a ticket. Depends on what was said and agreed to I suppose. Good to hear he wasn't too bad, otherwise.

[SimJen]

Yes I was over the speed limit, by possibly 20km/hr. some confusion on his part I think.
There was no way I was doing 100 not even for a second.
Im not too worried, its only money
If i can get off I will try

[onearmedbandit]

Oooh, I'd love a $30 ticket!! Mine are usually 10 times that amount.... (not that I've had one for a while now )

[Lou Girardin]

Take Patricks hint.Ask for the certificate of accuracy.

[TLDV8]

What a load of bollocks... Since when could you get a ticket where there is no proof at all....What will the ticket say..going fast...a bit faster than that..or really fast???????..or some made up number that might have been?
I have plenty of respect,but what a plonker... "He asks me what I was doing and I tell him about 70 or so, he then tells me I was doing way more than that and he had to do 100+ to catch me".... the answer being... So?
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..and what does this mean? "(as there is a slow car in front, and another in the right lane just behind)" ..impeding the flow,use the right lane unless passing?????

[duckman]

I've had the "well, you can expect a ticket in the next few days ...." line and never got em.

Don't sweat it.

[onearmedbandit]

I think it's called 'assumed speeding' or something.

[Patrick]

What a load of bollocks... Since when could you get a ticket where there is no proof at all....What will the ticket say..going fast...a bit faster than that..or really fast???????..or some made up number that might have been?
I have plenty of respect,but what a plonker... "He asks me what I was doing and I tell him about 70 or so, he then tells me I was doing way more than that and he had to do 100+ to catch me".... the answer being... So?
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..and what does this mean? "(as there is a slow car in front, and another in the right lane just behind)" ..impeding the flow,use the right lane unless passing?????

Bollocks??? He follows you for a distance of approx 250 metres or more at whatever speed you are doing, or at a constant speed while you pull away...certified speedo is viewed and the speed the patrol is doing is what you get done for. If you think he is going to stop you for no reason and just come up with a number well....dream on.

[SimJen]

Bollocks??? He follows you for a distance of approx 250 metres or more at whatever speed you are doing, or at a constant speed while you pull away...certified speedo is viewed and the speed the patrol is doing is what you get done for. If you think he is going to stop you for no reason and just come up with a number well....dream on.

I was speeding. not by much but still speeding. He didn't have far enough to follow me to get my speed and he didn't follow me straight away so it would have been nigh on impossible for him to judge my speed. He basically came flying up behind with lights blaring before slamming on his anchors.
It provokes good conversation on KB though

[Lou Girardin]

Maintaining station for 200 metres is all it takes. That's what cops used before all this Stalker bullshit, stealth and rat cunning.

[TLDV8]

I was speeding. not by much but still speeding. He didn't have far enough to follow me to get my speed and he didn't follow me straight away so it would have been nigh on impossible for him to judge my speed. He basically came flying up behind with lights blaring before slamming on his anchors.
It provokes good conversation on KB though

Exactly,if he had clocked you using any reliable means including a calibrated speedometer he would have been able to quote that speed,apparently imagination is good enough in this case.

[TLDV8]

Bollocks??? He follows you for a distance of approx 250 metres or more at whatever speed you are doing, or at a constant speed while you pull away...certified speedo is viewed and the speed the patrol is doing is what you get done for. If you think he is going to stop you for no reason and just come up with a number well....dream on.

Going by what has been written,none of that happened???..it reminds me of the good old days of South Auckland..one time i got a ticket for excessive noise,no harm in that,the catch was i was parked at the time.

[ScumKiller2]

.....He asks me what I was doing and I tell him about 70 or so, he then tells me I was doing way more than that and he had to do 100+ to catch me......so he takes my details and tells me a ticket will be in the post for 20 over the limit (as thats what I said).

I know it's too late now, but if it was me I wouldn't have admitted to speeding. If you go to court - which you could still do just to annoy the cop, and I especially recommend it for out of town police for a laugh as they won't be able to get their quota for the day - then he'll just say that you said you were going 70. Might be still worth a crack though, the worst that you'd hope for is you'd get the same fine/demerits. Depends what your demerits are like now.

As an aside, isn't there a maximum speed for coppers without lights and sirens? I once in 2001 had a cop speeding in the hope of catching me driving near Wanaka. He came from miles back, I saw him in my mirrors and thought hmmmm so slowed down. He got within a couple of hundred meters and did a u-turn. He seriously must have been doing 180+ to have caught me so quick. I saw him later in a speed-trap...... end rant...