[Nobbc] California ticketing

[Clif & Deborah Williamson]

What did you have to pay for the 82 mph?
I got nailed once at the end of a line of about 20 cars out in the valley 
around Merced.  I was probably doing 70 in a 55, just going with the 
traffic.  He was in a Mustang with Radar, had just turned around and was 
coming toward me.  When I asked why he picked me out of the group, he said I 
would probably have been going faster if there hadn't been cars in front of 
me.  Real jerk.  That was my last violation back in 1997.  Boy did I get a 
razz from the three guys with me.
Sears Point?
Clif  74 Jensen Healey

-----Original Message----- 
From: wendell bain
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:06 PM
To: North Bay British Car Club
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] California ticketing

As you say, you play, you pay. I was caught driving a friends 72 Alfa
GTV on
Bodega Hwy last April. Three cars came around a blind turn and the
third one
was CHP. He got me with radar using instant on. I was probably doing
90 plus
but managed to slow down to the cited speed of 82. Not fun and now
I'm stuck
with it. I think I will save this stuff for Sears Pt.

Cheers,

Wendell
59 Morgan

On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Clif & Deborah Williamson wrote:

> There seem to be plenty of offers of help on Google:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=speeding+ticket+by 
> +air&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en- 
> US:official&client=firefox-a Unfortunately you will have to pay for  this 
> advice.
> Most of you have probably noticed the diagonal lines on the  shoulder of 
> the road within an "air trap".  So you probably also  know they use a time 
> and distance method for determining your  speed.  But if the plane is 
> going faster or slower than you, his  line of sight to the lines will 
> change.  This combined with two  random clicks of his stop watch could 
> also cause some error.  And  who knows how if the distance between lines 
> is accurate.
> Of course, if this method has become computerized, then these  errors are 
> taken out of the formula.  Or it could be that they use  a radar gun to 
> determine speed differential.  I think that would be  a really tuff one to 
> beat.
> On the other hand, you were probably speeding, correct?  If you  want to 
> dance, you have to pay the piper, I always say.  I hate  getting 
> tickets...they suck, but I can only think of two times in  my 50 year 
> driving career when I got a ticket, I didn't deserve.  I  went to court to 
> fight that ticket, insulted the judge, and ended  up in Santa Rita for a 
> night for contempt of court.  I was only 25  at the time and it was during 
> a time when "questioning authority"  was in vogue.  He was a jerk of a 
> judge, finding everybody in his  court room guilty of their violation. 
> The other was in SF. I was  driving a borrowed 54 Rambler.  This pile of 
> crap couldn't go over  50 mph, but I was sited for 70.  I went to court 
> and explained this  to the judge and he let be off.  Of course it helped 
> that the  officer didn't show up.
> Good luck
> Clif  74 "very red" Jensen Healey.  Owned since new, and not one  ticket.
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Roland Quintero
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:09 PM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: [Nobbc] California ticketing
>
> So now that we are talking about tickets.... Michael or  anyone.....Any 
> suggestions on appealing speeding ticket done by air  on Hwy 80 from 
> truckee to sacto.?????  Help!!!!!!!  and thanks....
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