RE: *URGENT INFO NEED* *SPEEDING TICKET*

["Chris Warren" <tofer@foxinternet.net>]

Hey Pat....
I am sorry you got the ticket.....but now you know one reason why I didn't
go.  Ask for the calibration cert on the radar and fight it....if he doesn't
show for the court date you're good as gold.....was it a WSP, county or po
dunk city yahoo??

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of ´¯`ˇ.¸.ˇ´¯`ˇ---=Patrick=---ˇ´¯`ˇ.¸.ˇ´¯`
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 1998 9:29 PM
> To: Jetta Mailing List; GTi Mailing List
> Subject: *URGENT INFO NEED* *SPEEDING TICKET*
>
>
> Hey Guys,
>
> 	First off this is my first ticket ever, and I mean ever.
> Here's the deal,
> let me know if I have any options. I was cruising behind 3
> Volkswagens today
> on a long drive back from the Ocean. Behind me was this big ass
> chevy riding
> my ass we are already doing 55-60 (SP Limit was 55), so I said, hell with
> this and I passed this GTi 16V and cruised upwards of 67 mph in the other
> lane. This was a 2 lane highway. The other two cars were a Passat and
> another Red Jetta. So all of a sudden my radar gets a "Ka 2" Very faint
> signal, and I see the two other vehicles up there and I see the cop was
> facing us on our side of the highway tucked away, so by the time I got up
> there the cop was all lights and already pulling out on to the
> highway, now
> the GTI is on my ass, and we pass the cop at about 55-60. So we pull over
> and the cop passes the GTI and myself and doesn't even look over or point.
> He heads after the first two cars, and follows them into town and
> pulls them
> over. Now The GTI and I cruise into two and the cop jumps out and starts
> pointing to pull me over, and Wham! Let's the GTi go by. Says, I
> got you on
> the Radar at 74mph all three of you. So the other guys ask the cop for the
> readout, and says he doesn't have one, but your all locked in at
> 74mph. Come
> to find out the Cop knew the GTi guy and just waved him by? Now notice he
> says he got the Passat, Jetta, and my Jetta a 74mph on the radar. I am 3-4
> car lengths behind the second car and he was already horizontal
> on me, so he
> couldn't have gunned me since this was the first time I saw him..
>
> Any pointers or tips?
>
> I am contesting this of course, should I also send the ticket
> with a Letter
> stating I want the claibration of the gun, and anyother I guess
> Discovery of
> evidence. The two others are fucked.. But there was no way I was traveling
> in excess of 65mph.. Let alone 75! I thought you got to accelrate a little
> to make a safe pass?
>
> Tips, Pointers, Help, experiences, anything.. PAWlease..:)
>
>
>
> Patrick Sherman
> mailto:patrick@volkswagen.org
> 1997 VENTO VR6 / Tornado Red / 18K
> "One cannot live on air alone....Add Water"
>
>