[Shotimes] Now I'm really screwed....speeding

[Donald Mallinson]

The list is for SHO talk, but also for "car" talk too. 
Helping a fellow SHO owner with a ticket is part of the 
quality uses for this list IMO.

Most people speed at least a little some of the time.  Some 
speed a lot almost ALL of the time.  Police generally don't 
ticket till you get to at least 10 over unless you flaunt it 
in their face.

As for Michael, Radar is instant.  You are right, a super 
quick reaction can sometimes get some speed scrubbed of 
before the officer locks in the reading, but Lazer is 
instant and I don't think you can beat the reading.  NMA 
might give you ammunition as to how they aim etc.  I don't 
think Lazer has the calibration problems that radar does.

If there was a lot of traffic that day, you can make a case 
for them maybe getting a reading off another car, especially 
if they were a long way away when the reading was taken. 
But Lazer is pretty focused on a small area, so that 
argument usually won't work.  The fact that you drive a car 
that was the best selling car of its day (or #2) means you 
can make the case for mistaken identity.  You also have the 
most popular color of the day (green).  Sales figures will 
show that it was the most popular color for almost all 
manufacturers in the early/mid 90's.

I think you might not have much luck with getting the 
reading down from 104 to 90+, is the 100 mph point a big 
deal in your state, quite often it is?  Even the wrong size 
tires isn't a good defense, it usually only makes a 2 mph 
difference at most speeds, and it is the owners 
responsibility to use the proper size tire.

Might have more luck with a speedo that is out of 
calibration, but you will need  signed affidavit from a 
repair shop that the speedo was off, and that you got it 
fixed, and do this BEFORE you go to court.

If you have the court supervision option, take it, pay the 
fine, and then don't get another ticket till that is over!  :)

Don Mallinson


cmichaelo@optonline.net wrote:

> Thanks Don et al,
> 
> Will check out that NMA site.
> 
> You know, frankly it doesn't bother me all that much getting a ticket for speeding.  I mean, I WAS speeding.  Even if the speed limit was 75mph, which is a more reasonable speed limit for that section of the road, I was still going too fast under the circumstances.
> 
> But the fact is, I don't know how fast I was going for real.  And if the officer can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that I was going 104mph that day, then maybe I was going less (I'm quite sure of that btw.)
> 
> Michael
> 94MTX,green,BOS+,Koni/Intrax,Baer,Corbeau
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