can a cop pull you over for accelerating too fast BUT under speed limit?

[Vic]

Originally posted by: glugglug

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I get them all the time in the mail, but never in person. Reason being a cop sees me gun it but I don't stop at the speed limit. I keep on going and they can never keep up (maxima power), but since they got my plate they just mail me a ticket for speeding plus evasion of police. I've had like 8 in the last year for the same thing.

I smell BS.

If this were true wouldn't they be adding "driving under a suspended license" to the charges?

Skoorb'ed!!

 

[LAUST]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Yes.

Exhibition of speed they call it.

 

[Mutilator]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Yes.

Exhibition of speed they call it.

And when they try to write you a ticket for it say:
"Believe me officer, if I was exhibiting my speed you WOULDN'T have caught me."
They always love that one.

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: Vic
Yes.

I actually got a ticket for it about 4 years ago. The officer marked it as "Speed Racing" on the ticket. I fought it before the judge and won.

What was your argument?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Yes.

Exhibition of speed they call it.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: Vic
Yes.

I actually got a ticket for it about 4 years ago. The officer marked it as "Speed Racing" on the ticket. I fought it before the judge and won.

What was your argument?

"I never meant for the police officer to see me"

 

[KokomoGST]

Normally, I've never had a cop bother me with this. I like how jimmyjam got one, lol.

I'd just tell the judge... I have a 2.0L 4 cylinder engine... exhibition of speed? My engine's so puny!! (quick... hide the turbo!)

I'm sure a few of the car nuts here on ATOT would agree with that "if I was REALLY exhibiting speed" comment. A typical police interceptor can't keep up with a Maxima (go Skoorb!) let alone something even marginally faster.

Besides, I've RIPPED the car out of a stoplight before right in front of a cop. Right to the speed limit... they were tailgating me and I didn't want him riding my @$$. My cornhole was aching because he was riding it so hard.

 

[CraigRT]

if you car is too loud you can maybe get unnecessary noise.

 

[Ns1]

Brutuskend
Court Jester

whoa wtf

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: Vic
Yes.

I actually got a ticket for it about 4 years ago. The officer marked it as "Speed Racing" on the ticket. I fought it before the judge and won.

What was your argument?

"I never meant for the police officer to see me"

That's the one I always use, normally I just say "listen judge OBVIOUSLY if I had known the cop was there I wouldn't have done it, he was just hiding, so who are ya gonna believe, him or me? At least I come right out about things!"

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Brutuskend
Court Jester

whoa wtf

You been under a rock?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: freebee
I once "exhibited" my middle finger to a cop and only got a warning.

I've heard of someone doing that, the cop wrote the guy a ticket for failing to turn after signaling.

 

[NeoPTLD]

hmmm..

They already have a mph radar gun for speeding. Going by same logic, to tag someone for accelerating too fast, he should have a radar m/s^2 meter.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: freebee
I once "exhibited" my middle finger to a cop and only got a warning.

haha good one!

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: Vic
Yes.

I actually got a ticket for it about 4 years ago. The officer marked it as "Speed Racing" on the ticket. I fought it before the judge and won.

What was your argument?

"I never meant for the police officer to see me"

LMAO.....thanks skoorb...for making this dull friday afternoon a little brighter....

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
hmmm..

They already have a mph radar gun for speeding. Going by same logic, to tag someone for accelerating too fast, he should have a radar m/s^2 meter.

Or eyes. Or ears. You can easilly tell when someone accelerates much faster than everyone around him/her and dust flies and the tires scream.

 

[gopunk]

so what's the acceleration limit? surely this isn't something that's wholly subjective...

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: gopunk
so what's the acceleration limit? surely this isn't something that's wholly subjective...

Just like many of the driving rules, there isn't an exact limit. It is just like when there is ice and snow on the ground there is no exact speed limit - it is up to the cop to judge if he/she thinks you are exceeding a safe speed (and later up to the judge). For acceleration if the cop thinks you are driving unsafe he/she will pull you over. There need not be a set acceleration limit.

 

[Supermercado]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Yes.

Exhibition of speed they call it.

My friend got one of these in high school, except his was called "exhibition of acceleration."

 

[FlashG]

Does anyone here understand the term law and order?

 

[JulesMaximus]

It's called exhibition of speed and yes, you can get a ticket for it.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: BigSmooth

Originally posted by: Vic
Yes.

I actually got a ticket for it about 4 years ago. The officer marked it as "Speed Racing" on the ticket. I fought it before the judge and won.

What was your argument?

The officer's testimony before the judge was weak. All he said was that my car was loud and that he thought (but couldn't prove) that I was going fast. I explained to the judge that I had a "modified exhaust and intake" (a legal catback and CAI) which may have given the officer a misconception of my actual speed. The judge knocked down the $495 (IIRC) Speed Racing ticket to a $50 excessive noise violation (which isn't a moving violation). I paid on the spot with a smile.
Needless to say, the officer was pissed. For 6 months afterwards, I got tailed by a cop everywhere I went in outer SW (the incident occurred near Capitol and Barbur).