Plane ticket - unique situation & help (CA)

[carendt242]

i was driving 55mph (stuck behind a truck) on 65mph highway (i5) when my radar detector goes off. there's a CHP in the meridean facing traffic. as i pass, he pulls out, turns on lights, gets behind me, & pulls me over.

he claims an airplane caught me doing 95mph+. ok, where i ask. he says road X/Y which is 20 MILES BEHIND US!

a few questions:

1. Does CA plane use radar or lines on the highway?

2. Can a plane see the license plate of a car?

3. I drive a porsche which is not entirely uncommon in this area; can make/color serve as identification?

4. Would a plane follow me 20 miles until he had ground patrol support?

5. Does ground patrol have to verify the speed the plane recorded?


for defenses, i considered:

A. It wasn't me, assuming (2), (3), & (4) are no. The officers would have no way to prove it was the same car.

B. If (5) is yes, then that would work too.


i can't find any info out there on plane tickets - any help is appreciated.

 

[lwpat]

This should be fairly easy to beat. The airplance lost sight of you and you were in heavy traffic. Both officers will have to appear at your trial. I would show up for your court date and try to get a dismissal or traffic school. If that doesn't work, get a continuance in order to retain an attorney.

 

[scooter20]

Funny, this has just happened to me, the officer said I was doing 100mph and I told him this was impossible in my truck, I drive a 2003 chevy suburb. This has a govenor on it that if you go 95mph the fuel shuts off . He was not happy about my responce, he sighted me and no sooner did I get back on the road, I was pulled over and ticketed again by a different officer who said the same thing that the pilot paced me at doing 85mph. Isn't that a speed trap and how did the pilot know it was me, there was so much traffic on the highway.