Got another ticket in Texas

[Dave_O]

Originally Posted by PQ

Well. I've been over this with my best freind who is a Trooper here in Alabama. He said the same thing but if the officer is gonna write it, he's gonna write it. If he pulled you over for speeding, then he doesn't need you to admit it. If you weren't speeding and he says you were, then he's gonna lie anyway.

I think they should be required to generate the ticket from the radar. Where the speed HAS to have been captured by the radar with a timer to reset if the citation isn't validated in a certain time frame and speed and time stamp from the radar. I do believe that pacing is justified for an LEO to write tickets but stationary tickets should be done differently.

Anyway. This guy got me and wrote me the ticket. So I can only hope that he meets one of those by the book no nonsense cops who don't give ANYONE a break and gets a BS ticket himself. Funny thing is, I KNOW he would flash that badge and not get the ticket.

Once again. I know I was speeding. I know the law. I'm just saying I thought he was a dick for writing me a ticket for 6 over on a wide open interstate at midnight with little traffic.

Yea, I know that feeling! 2 of the 3 speeding tickets I got, as soon as the cop saw I was from Chicago, his attitude changed....

And speaking of being from Chicago mrray, do you have anything against us!? Every ticket I have got was in central or southern IL, the 2 in central were the ones who's attitude changed once they saw i was from Chicago. The one in southern IL was just inside the border at a speed trap, but that State Trooper was cool. He even talked to me about when he used to patrol up in the Chicago area...

Originally Posted by PQ

If I were an officer, I'd MUCH rather hear

"Yes, I was doing 71 mph"

than

"I don't know how fast I was going"

(considering I was only doing 6 over)

I would rather here that myself, but through knowing cops, and taking law classes, its not the best thing to do!