Re: Canadian Speeding Ticket

[mpcripps <mpcripps@atl.mediaone.net>]

Kevin,

I've wondered about this situation happening here in the US too. If you 
could get away with it, tell them you want to subpena (sp?) the US DOD. 
There's no way even the attack radar on an F-14 could be that selective 
with so many targets so close. Nevermind the issue of reflection of the 
"beam"...

Mike


>All,
>
>     I'm not sure how many Canadian readers there are on this list but I 
>thought
>I'd give it a shot and ask anyway.  I got a ticket about 6 months ago in
>Mississauga, Ontario.  For doing 100km/h in a 60km/h zone.  There was a 
>lot of
>traffic, the cop stopped all 3 lanes of the street and then signalled each 
>car
>to go by as tho he was looking for someone.. then when he got to me, he said
>"pullover".  I found it really strange the way he did that, also, they were
>using radar NOT laser, so I don't know how he could single me out.
>
>     I asked him if I could have a look at the reading and he said "sorry, we
>erased it and don't try using that it court it won't work".  I planned on
>fighting it but I'm not sure it's worth my time.  This is what I was 
>planning on
>using:
>
>1) Lots of traffic, if everyone else was at speed limit, I would have hit em
>doing 100.
>2) The cops were using radar, they could not have pinpointed my speed with 
>that
>many cars           around
>3) I asked the cop to show me the reading, because there's no way I was even
>doing 50 and   he couldn't produce one, said it was already erased.
>
>
>Anyone have any thoughts?...   It's a $300 ticket, should I just pay it 
>and be
>done with?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kevin.
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