Re: *URGENT INFO NEED* *SPEEDING TICKET*

[Bryan Billings <vwxcross@worldnet.att.net>]

if it was WASP your DONE!!
They are bad ass and always seem to get away with it.
BRyan

Chris Warren wrote:
> 
> 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 ´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·---=Patrick=---·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`
> > 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"
> >
> >