grrr...

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Cruising up to northern Wisconsin on Friday for a friends wedding, along with my trust Valentine one, which has saved me many times. Had the cruise control at about 77 (in the middle of 75 and 80) in a 65, going with traffic in the left lane. I had 4 other cars following me and one 100 yards in front. After an hour, I see a police car start to pull on the highway from an on-ramp as I go by. I think nothing of it, decellerate to 72 and keep going. I'm now in the right lane. The cop turns the lights on, so I move to the left lane thinking there was something up ahead they were after... nope, so moves in behind me... I then go back over the the right and to the shoulder.

She gets out of the car (state trooper) and states that I was clocked about 5 miles back by a trooper in an airplane that measured the amount of time it took me to go between two know points and calculated my speed to be 80.

Needless to say, I was shocked. Airplane? comeon! also, I wasn't going 80 according to my speedo... and when I've passed those unmanned radar signs they put out, my speedo has always show faster than the radar signs...

Avoiding cops is sort of a game. One that everyone plays. Using an ****** plane is totally cheating... not to mention, obviously inaccruate (since they had to have been wrong for my speed) so, now I have a damn 4 point ticket to deal with 2.5 hours north of where I live...

Seriously... sure am glad I pay taxes for this crap... I was singled out of 5 other cars that were traveling with me (none of them got pulled over) and was caught by an airplane... now I have to waste what will turn out to be several days to drive up there to fight this, after pleaing not-guilty, I have to talk to the DA, then go back to trial.

I'm so steamed... I actually am looking for a Surface to Air Missle if anyone is in a militia and has one for sale.... I need to go shoot that ****** plane down... wtf!

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looks like thats the only thing the cops have to keep up with the lightning. we have the same problem here in michigan the no maned radar's are always at least 5 miles faster than my truck. and its not a lightning just a six banger.

 

I hate Wisconsin!!! You are in what I know as the most heavily speed trapped city in the world. When I go up north, I basically idle through WI cause they radar everywhere, and HATE IL drivers.

 

Sorry about yer luck, Beef ...

 

Sorry to hear that.

They have the same damn thing in Illinois!! Its quite popular and its been going on for a while now. If you ever come across a big white stripe running across the road and then another one about 60ft down the road, I suggest you watch out.

Jason

 

Don't fight it. There are much worse things in life than a $200 ticket. Just pay the fine over the mail or with a credit card. You drive a bad *** truck for a reason. The anger for the cop and the grief from the insurance company will pass in about a couple weeks. Though the aggression and mischief of police officers nationwide may linger until you mature. I still haven't yet.

Joel

 

Thank God my tax $$$'s don't go to silly **** crap like a local goverment buying airplanes to clock speeders going 15 over. But if you send us all your illegal (hispanics) , we'll educate them here in Texas. Then they can get their pilots license and clock you Yankees going just a little over the posted. PS. Nothing personal over the Yank comment. Don't know what else to call you other than just normal good people.

 

This is interesting because I read a report one time that the amount of money spent on the planes and fuel and training officers to fly planes is so outrageous that they would NEVER even come close to breaking even by ticketing people. The sad thing about it, and this compares to your case, is that they further stated they were overstating what driver's were going. Wish I could find that again.

BfB

 

Personally I would fight it. You will win, mainly because viewing angle of the plane vs the marks on the road will greatly skew the times. Been proven many many times. You do need to do your homework before you go in though. But the timers are very inaccurate, and you also need to find the distance at which they were timing you. shorter the differance the more inaccurate the speed. Add in the viewing angle of the marks and you can be +/- up to 10mph. Interestin eh?

Just my two cents
BRandon

 

I have to fight it... I'm already getting close to being in some point trouble... what really steams me, is that I messed around when I first got my truck, got in trouble, cleaned up my act a bit, and was driving responsibly along with other drivers, not doing anything dangerous, and I still got screwed... perhaps I should go back to doing 120, since it looks like my license will be gone eventually anyhow...

 

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But if you send us all your illegal (hispanics) , we'll educate them here in Texas. Then they can get their pilots license and clock you Yankees going just a little over the posted.

Sir, i respect you so much for speaking the God's honest truth.

 

Sorry to hear 'bout your bad luck, but it made me think of something. You said your speedo was set at 77. Did any of you ever use the electronic speedo where your odometer is? Ya know, in the test mode where it'll show you all engine diagnostics.
If I remember right on mine, the electronic speedo was always a couple mph faster than the regular speedo. Now I'm wondering which one is correct and if that 3mph difference between 77 and 80 would've decided wether or not you got a ticket?

Again, don't know what to tell you, other than good luck.

 

Fortunately it is very expensive for them to collect their unearned taxes in this manner so they do it only enough to let you know they can. One point to remember when fighting this is that both of the donut rustlers have to show up in court to testify so it doubles the chance that in may get thrown out.

 

I feel your pain beef. I was coming back from the Coca Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend when a Suburban and a Acura came busting *** by me. Suddenly they nailed the brakes and not long after, I see blue lights coming. I figured they were so busted, but then I noticed the cop wasn't coming by me but was on my tail. When he came to my door I let him have it. He informed me that he could take me to jail. I asked him why and he gave me no answer. After I calmed down a bit, he said he would let me go due to the fact that he didn't really see me but he thought he saw a s-10. I informed him that this wasn't a s-10 and went on my way. A week later I'm moving a bed and matress and notice a state trooper weaving through traffic. Somehow I knew he was after the loud, shiny, truck with chrome wheels. We came to a stoplight and he asked the woman behind me if he could get in front of her. She let him and I got pulled. I asked him how he decided to pull me and he told me b/c he saw my tags were out. I proceeded to ask him how he could tell from a 1/2 mile back behind 50 cars. He smiled and handed me the ticket. The *******ing cops around here really like shiny cars.

 

Originally posted by beefcake2002L

... I actually am looking for a Surface to Air Missle if anyone is in a militia and has one for sale.... I need to go shoot that ****** plane down... wtf!


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