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- From: sergei@upenn5.hep.upenn.edu (Sergei Borodin)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Speeding ticket - FAQ
- Message-ID: <96876@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 01:00:14 GMT
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- Organization: LLUMC, CA
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- I think it's a FAQ, but always until it doesn't concern you.
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- The story. Last Saturday I was pulled out and the cop said something
- like "Sir, do you realise you're driving a little bit faster?".
- me "was I?"
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- After a little conversation he gave me a ticket for driving aprox.
- at 68 mph. (the road, of course, is 55) - such a bastard.
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- The question - would it be better for me just to pay the ticket,
- go to driving school and forget the story. Is it worth to fight
- in court saying that I drove with the trafic speed and effectively
- the cop did not *measure* my speed - he followed me and used his
- sppedometer to determine my speed (sure, *he* accelerated to reach
- me - finally he sat on my tail).
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- BTW, if I go to court, should I mention that the accuracy of car
- speedometer is about +-10%, which gives me 20% tolerance and
- reduces my speed to 55mph.
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- I never had this thing before.(tickets)
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- Any suggestions? BTW, what the fine could be here in CA?
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- Sergei Borodin
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