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Originally Posted by AndrewMinhas
Yeah 500 is a lot. I could of spend it on something else but it is what it is. He told me he give people 20 to 30 over because its posted 45 but he even says he doesn't believe in it. But with the leeway thats 65 to 75. So my response was just downgrade it to 14 over (the difference between my 89 and his leeway) and his response was slow it down and walked away.
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Cops will usually bend the speeding laws in the driver's favor, but if you do twice the posted limit you've pretty much tied his hands. The officer could probably get away with letting a person go 20 over in normal driving conditions, but if his patrol captain learns he let someone off scot-free after being stopped for twice the limit, then the officer could find himself in some trouble.
You really didn't have any room to ask for a 14 over downgrade considering the situation. Honestly, you're fortunate it didn't piss off the officer to the point where he was harder on you. Nothing frustrates a cop more than when he's lenient to someone and they don't appreciate it. I'm not saying you weren't appreciative, but asking for a further reduction could certainly have made it seem that way.