That is a line of bs. I was responding to a full arrest in my pov with lights and siren coming down a hill into town right past the cop shop. Speed drops from 55 to 35 quickly. At most I was running 60 and started to slow down driving past the department. When I got back to the station after the call she was there trying to write me a ticket and screaming that I was doing well over 75 and there was a school near, (It was Sunday) lmao. I asked for proof and all she could say is that she was trained to watch speeders visually lol. I pretty much told her that I will really remember the next time to shut my lights off and come to a craw past her when someone is in need like she was when I pulled her out the wrecked cruiser after hitting someone head on a couple years prior. Damn it that was a while ago and still gets me going..

Maine sounds a little crazy if that law is indeed true. Like someone stated things have really changed.

 

the best way i see you can get out of this if the officer is pulling the "were trained to estimate speeds" thing is bring a little dvd player to the court and have videos of cars driving by at various speeds (speeds that are known to you) and have the cop estimate them. ten bucks says he wont be anywhere close.

 

yeah its just a bullshit matter. Im starting to think that the 74 was because she wanted it high enough to make it seem very important, but at the same time not 75 because that would have been 20 over, which would have been criminal speeding in ME, and there for she would have had to done alot more than just a ticket. So i feel like its just **** cus she was playing with numbers. She says she had me clocked at 74, and my radar did go off, but i dont believe 74, at the max id say 68, i usually stay below 70 just because it gets shitty gas mileage haha. And yeah i was coming out of a dip and approaching a corner, and she was behind another car, tailgating them, and coming around the corner the opposite way and got me, im not physist, but it seems like things seem alot faster coming out of various turns and dips then straight on.

 

yea dude if you really werent going that fast, id challenge it.. cause they need to PROVE in court that you were going that fast.. AKA video tape or some way recorded the radar when they pulled you over.. at least its like that in VT..

 

radar can print out a receipt for your speed and if you request it in court and they fail to provide then there is a good chance that they going to throw case out

 

Huh? So how are ya gonna calibrate your speedo? Also how do the cops know its not a cable driven mechanical speedo? A lot of car in the years our cars were made still were. I think our speedo's calibrate the needle themselves and you never recalibrate the rest unless you put bigger or smaller tires on and then idk if that's even possible.

 

I got a ticket doing 15 over in palmdale and my ticket was $275 =(

 

Sounds like you need a better radar...