speeding ticket when doing the speed limit

94FormulaBird · 04-04-2015, 02:16 AM

sooooo Im just minding my own business coming down I26 from working downtown...cruise set on 65...no hurry to be anywhere...and I notice a car coming up quickly on my left...also notice a set of tail lights pulled off to the right side of the road...so I begin to smile as Im about to see someones night wrecked....sure enough the guy in the left lane sees the tails as well and immediately matches my speed of 65 as it is in fact the posted speed limit...the blue lights come on as we pass the cop...the cop gets into the right lane...and over into the middle lane...and NEVER GETS INTO THE LEFT LANE....he pulls me over and says I was doing 80 in a 65 and knocked it down to 74 in a 65 to "help me out" and thats the lowest he can go regardless to my claim of having my cruise set on 65....so Ill be going to court up in moncks corner at 10am later this month...fucking corvette

Carlrx7 · 04-04-2015, 10:30 AM

was the other car a vette? Is there a way you can get a copy of the dash cam?

gearmesh, inc. · 04-04-2015, 09:49 PM

Jury trial for sure.

94FormulaBird · 04-04-2015, 11:43 PM

His rear radar picked it up...do they have rear dash cams?....other car was a random normal car

Bradleyrj · 04-05-2015, 02:08 PM

Do you a have a gps? That will show maximum speed? Drive around somewhere and get the max speed up to 67-68 (gotta have a few mph wiggle room) and take a picture of it... Try to use that as evidence.

BIRDMAN · 04-05-2015, 02:21 PM

Which police department was it?

snakeplissken · 04-05-2015, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIRDMAN

Which police department was it?

DPS.

That's a bad deal but when you go to court see if he'll reduce it to a "catch all" ticket. I've got the statute cite in my desk at the office so PM me tomorrow.

It's a no pointer but still a pisser.

94FormulaBird · 04-05-2015, 11:02 PM

Highway patrol

ForceFed4g63 · 04-06-2015, 08:59 AM

Ask for a jury trial, more than likely they'll drop it.

98Blackbird · 04-06-2015, 08:39 PM

I agree with the jury trial. Not supposed to write a ticket unless your 100% sure. Would really rather let 100 speeders go than write 1 ticket to the wrong guy. Who was the officer?

94FormulaBird · 04-07-2015, 10:43 AM

Trooper J. T. Manigo

94FormulaBird · 09-14-2015, 02:08 PM

Not guilty sonz

Carlrx7 · 09-14-2015, 04:51 PM

details!

94FormulaBird · 09-14-2015, 05:18 PM

Was pretty simple...requested jury trial...FINALLY got a date...showed up...said no plea deal, trooper and I introduced ourselves to jury candidates, selected 6 jurors, trooper gave his side of story, I gave mine, 10-15min later they came back with a not guilty verdict.

BIRDMAN · 09-14-2015, 06:15 PM

Nice!

Carlrx7 · 09-14-2015, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 94FormulaBird

Was pretty simple...requested jury trial...FINALLY got a date...showed up...said no plea deal, trooper and I introduced ourselves to jury candidates, selected 6 jurors, trooper gave his side of story, I gave mine, 10-15min later they came back with a not guilty verdict.

#ALLTICKETSMATTER

gearmesh, inc. · 09-14-2015, 08:33 PM

Nice! It's about time it's settled.

It would be a lot sweeter if you could be reimbursed for time lost from work to deal with the wrongful charge to start with. If reimbursements came out of the ticket writer's paycheck, it would put a stop to nonsense like this.

04-04-2015, 02:16 AM	#1
94FormulaBird Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goose Creek Posts: 763	speeding ticket when doing the speed limit sooooo Im just minding my own business coming down I26 from working downtown...cruise set on 65...no hurry to be anywhere...and I notice a car coming up quickly on my left...also notice a set of tail lights pulled off to the right side of the road...so I begin to smile as Im about to see someones night wrecked....sure enough the guy in the left lane sees the tails as well and immediately matches my speed of 65 as it is in fact the posted speed limit...the blue lights come on as we pass the cop...the cop gets into the right lane...and over into the middle lane...and NEVER GETS INTO THE LEFT LANE....he pulls me over and says I was doing 80 in a 65 and knocked it down to 74 in a 65 to "help me out" and thats the lowest he can go regardless to my claim of having my cruise set on 65....so Ill be going to court up in moncks corner at 10am later this month...fucking corvette __________________

04-04-2015, 10:30 AM	#2
Carlrx7 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ladson,SC Posts: 3,813	was the other car a vette? Is there a way you can get a copy of the dash cam? __________________ Dark Aladdin

04-04-2015, 09:49 PM	#3
gearmesh, inc. creepy azz cracka Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 1,587	Jury trial for sure. __________________ "I came into this world kicking, screaming,and covered in someone else's blood, I have no problem leaving the same way!" ÔÇ£If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. ThatÔÇÖs ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about?ÔÇØ -Clint Smith, Thunder Ranch.

04-04-2015, 11:43 PM	#4
94FormulaBird Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goose Creek Posts: 763	His rear radar picked it up...do they have rear dash cams?....other car was a random normal car __________________

04-05-2015, 02:08 PM	#5
Bradleyrj Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Myrtle Beach Posts: 2,347	Do you a have a gps? That will show maximum speed? Drive around somewhere and get the max speed up to 67-68 (gotta have a few mph wiggle room) and take a picture of it... Try to use that as evidence. __________________

04-05-2015, 02:21 PM	#6
BIRDMAN Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 2,943	Which police department was it? __________________ *"I ran out of road, talent, and ideas all at the same time."*

04-05-2015, 11:02 PM	#8
94FormulaBird Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goose Creek Posts: 763	Highway patrol __________________

04-06-2015, 08:59 AM	#9
ForceFed4g63 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Aiken Posts: 7,002	Ask for a jury trial, more than likely they'll drop it. __________________ 2000 WS6 2005 CTS-V 2004 Titan QC 4x4

04-06-2015, 08:39 PM	#10
98Blackbird Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Berkeley County Posts: 249	I agree with the jury trial. Not supposed to write a ticket unless your 100% sure. Would really rather let 100 speeders go than write 1 ticket to the wrong guy. Who was the officer?

04-07-2015, 10:43 AM	#11
94FormulaBird Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goose Creek Posts: 763	Trooper J. T. Manigo __________________

09-14-2015, 02:08 PM	#12
94FormulaBird Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goose Creek Posts: 763	Not guilty sonz __________________

09-14-2015, 04:51 PM	#13
Carlrx7 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ladson,SC Posts: 3,813	details! __________________ Dark Aladdin

09-14-2015, 05:18 PM	#14
94FormulaBird Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goose Creek Posts: 763	Was pretty simple...requested jury trial...FINALLY got a date...showed up...said no plea deal, trooper and I introduced ourselves to jury candidates, selected 6 jurors, trooper gave his side of story, I gave mine, 10-15min later they came back with a not guilty verdict. __________________

09-14-2015, 06:15 PM	#15
BIRDMAN Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 2,943	Nice! __________________ *"I ran out of road, talent, and ideas all at the same time."*

09-14-2015, 08:33 PM	#17
gearmesh, inc. creepy azz cracka Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Summerville Posts: 1,587	Nice! It's about time it's settled. It would be a lot sweeter if you could be reimbursed for time lost from work to deal with the wrongful charge to start with. If reimbursements came out of the ticket writer's paycheck, it would put a stop to nonsense like this. __________________ "I came into this world kicking, screaming,and covered in someone else's blood, I have no problem leaving the same way!" ÔÇ£If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. ThatÔÇÖs ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about?ÔÇØ -Clint Smith, Thunder Ranch.