Fighting a ticket.

[flany13]

I received a ticked for going 80 in a 65. I was driving about 7 car lengths behind a police officer for about 5 miles but my speed never reached above 70. On the ticket it stated my speed was clocked. The options were Radar, Clocked, Estimate! What equipment or technique do the use to "clock" your speed? Can this be action of "clocking" be done when the car is behind or in front of the police officer?

 

[CdwJava]

I received a ticked for going 80 in a 65. I was driving about 7 car lengths behind a police officer for about 5 miles but my speed never reached above 70. On the ticket it stated my speed was clocked. The options were Radar, Clocked, Estimate! What equipment or technique do the use to "clock" your speed? Can this be action of "clocking" be done when the car is behind or in front of the police officer?

I presume that "clocked" is one of two things - measuring the time that passes between two different pre-measured points, or, as I suspect it is, pacing. pacing would be based upon the officer matching your speed and estimating your speed based upon his.

Both can be conducted from three or more car lengths behind.

if you go to court, you can try and argue his visibility of your vehicle if that is appropriate.

- Carl