Speeding Ticket - The Fight Begins

[David N.]

I've heard good things about trial-by-declaration. The plus is, unlike asking for a court date, the police aren't paid overtime for writing a letter. Thus, a lot of trial-by-declaration requests go unanswered or unefforted. A friend of mine has gotten out of two tickets that way, and to be honest I'm not good in interrogation.

I made the actual stop as uneventful as I could. I just hope the cop doesn't feel like he needs to clamp down hard on this because it of the porsche-factor or whatever speed he thought I was really going (he gave me that whole 'I'm gonna be nice and only make it for 90' line).

Funny thing, after he almost comes off the road trying to catch up to me (doing 60 at the time), he complains not for my safety, but rather.. "Do you know we can get killed trying to chase guys like you at the speed we were?!".

I think there's a lesson there officer...

-David

[7th gear]

Originally Posted by David N.

I made the actual stop as uneventful as I could. I just hope the cop doesn't feel like he needs to clamp down hard on this because it of the porsche-factor or whatever speed he thought I was really going (he gave me that whole 'I'm gonna be nice and only make it for 90' line).....

actually, 'chips' did make nice and only make it 90. i remember reading somewhere that in california if you're caught doing over 90 you could be cited w/ driving w/ the intent to kill.

i'll admit, everytime i get in the 986, i'm frequently pushing > 100. when i do that, i do it by myself. if i've got space between traffic clusters, i capitalize. if i get a ticket, i'm due.

one other thing i heard is there are helicopters out there working to determine your speed. maybe the copter flagged you before and 'chips' caught you after. only way to really know about this is if somebody's got bud in highway patrol.