What did you have to pay for the 82 mph?
I got nailed once at the end of a line of about 20 cars out in the valley
around Merced. I was probably doing 70 in a 55, just going with the
traffic. He was in a Mustang with Radar, had just turned around and was
coming toward me. When I asked why he picked me out of the group, he said I
would probably have been going faster if there hadn't been cars in front of
me. Real jerk. That was my last violation back in 1997. Boy did I get a
razz from the three guys with me.
Sears Point?
Clif 74 Jensen Healey
-----Original Message-----
From: wendell bain
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:06 PM
To: North Bay British Car Club
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] California ticketing
As you say, you play, you pay. I was caught driving a friends 72 Alfa
GTV on
Bodega Hwy last April. Three cars came around a blind turn and the
third one
was CHP. He got me with radar using instant on. I was probably doing
90 plus
but managed to slow down to the cited speed of 82. Not fun and now
I'm stuck
with it. I think I will save this stuff for Sears Pt.
Cheers,
Wendell
59 Morgan
On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Clif & Deborah Williamson wrote:
> There seem to be plenty of offers of help on Google:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=speeding+ticket+by
> +air&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-
> US:official&client=firefox-a Unfortunately you will have to pay for this
> advice.
> Most of you have probably noticed the diagonal lines on the shoulder of
> the road within an "air trap". So you probably also know they use a time
> and distance method for determining your speed. But if the plane is
> going faster or slower than you, his line of sight to the lines will
> change. This combined with two random clicks of his stop watch could
> also cause some error. And who knows how if the distance between lines
> is accurate.
> Of course, if this method has become computerized, then these errors are
> taken out of the formula. Or it could be that they use a radar gun to
> determine speed differential. I think that would be a really tuff one to
> beat.
> On the other hand, you were probably speeding, correct? If you want to
> dance, you have to pay the piper, I always say. I hate getting
> tickets...they suck, but I can only think of two times in my 50 year
> driving career when I got a ticket, I didn't deserve. I went to court to
> fight that ticket, insulted the judge, and ended up in Santa Rita for a
> night for contempt of court. I was only 25 at the time and it was during
> a time when "questioning authority" was in vogue. He was a jerk of a
> judge, finding everybody in his court room guilty of their violation.
> The other was in SF. I was driving a borrowed 54 Rambler. This pile of
> crap couldn't go over 50 mph, but I was sited for 70. I went to court
> and explained this to the judge and he let be off. Of course it helped
> that the officer didn't show up.
> Good luck
> Clif 74 "very red" Jensen Healey. Owned since new, and not one ticket.
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Roland Quintero
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:09 PM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: [Nobbc] California ticketing
>
> So now that we are talking about tickets.... Michael or anyone.....Any
> suggestions on appealing speeding ticket done by air on Hwy 80 from
> truckee to sacto.????? Help!!!!!!! and thanks....
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