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03-17-2007, 12:11 PM
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Innocent until proven guilty....
I was bringing my Boxster through southern Utah last October and had a cop flash his lights at me, despite the fact I was doing 6-under the limit on a beautifully clear day. Some cops just assume because it's a Porsche that you must be speeding.
The burden of proof is on them, though....if neither the conditions of the roads or the circumstances involved allowed them to get an accurate radar reading, then they've got nothing. If they paced you while you were doing the speed limit, I see no fault there either.
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03-17-2007, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Schnell!
Innocent until proven guilty....
I was bringing my Boxster through southern Utah last October and had a cop flash his lights at me, despite the fact I was doing 6-under the limit on a beautifully clear day. Some cops just assume because it's a Porsche that you must be speeding.
The burden of proof is on them, though....if neither the conditions of the roads or the circumstances involved allowed them to get an accurate radar reading, then they've got nothing. If they paced you while you were doing the speed limit, I see no fault there either.
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The guy knows he was speeding. This does not seem to be in doubt. Fault is not in dispute here as far as I can see.
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03-17-2007, 01:52 PM
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I guess SD987 is in the wrong place if he was looking for a sympathetic shoulder to cry on.
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03-17-2007, 04:41 PM
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Adam, that made about as much sense as your previous 1,839 posts...I wasn't the one who got the ticket or was looking for sympathy.
I swear, if half the forum learned how to read as well as they type we could do great things.
And if you're still traumatized about me stereotyping your dad as a gold-chain wearing wife-beater in that other thread, then I apologize. Give it some time, you'll get over it.
Grizz, no problem, we're good.
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03-17-2007, 04:49 PM
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I AM going to stop wearing those gold chains, I swear I am.
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03-17-2007, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SD987
Adam, that made about as much sense as your previous 1,839 posts...I wasn't the one who got the ticket or was looking for sympathy.
I swear, if half the forum learned how to read as well as they type we could do great things.
And if you're still traumatized about me stereotyping your dad as a gold-chain wearing wife-beater in that other thread, then I apologize. Give it some time, you'll get over it.
Grizz, no problem, we're good.
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Oops, I guess that's what happens when you drink mass quanities of beer on St. Pattys day, lol. No hard feelings we're cool. For some reason I thought you were the original lister....guess it wouldn't hurt to check next time 
Last edited by Adam; 03-18-2007 at 06:16 AM.
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03-17-2007, 09:02 PM
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i say you print this thread out and bring it to the judge, youll be fine
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03-18-2007, 06:30 PM
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As an ex-cop, let me suggest that there might be another side to the story. I can't say for certain in California, but in Oregon a citation could be written for something other than speeding if the speed could not be determined - such as Careless Driving. So who knows how he is claiming to have gotten the 90 MPH reading? I agree with the posts that question the logic of going to court and lying to show how unfairly you were treated.
My theory would be to use the declaration system and simply say that you had sped up for a short distance, but slowed before the cop was anywhere near you. The trouble with that logic of course is why would he have stopped you if he hadn't seen you speeding? Trust me, he didn't stop you because you were driving a Porsche. He saw a lot of other sports cars that day and probably left most of them alone.
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