I have a question regarding speeding..

[Astroboy]

I only recently got my liecence, no skyline yet.. but regarding police, say they pull me over and they will say

You were speeding? i know i obviously dont want to be a smartass

but what hsould i say

how am i going ot know if he has proof etc?

[B-Man]

Dude the answer is very simple - Don't speed and you won't have a problem.....

Take it to the track

[croat]

If you were not excessively speeding (within 15km of the limit) ask them for a reading. Highway patrol will be able to show you this but normal police cars will not. if they have no reading then they cant pin you for it. Take it easy.

[Astroboy]

so i dont like admit to it or anything

just have like a puzzled look and ask to see a reading?

[d0p3y]

Just keep your cool and speak nicely to the officer, chances are they will return the favour.

"Good Evening Officer"

"Are you aware you were doing 11km/h over the speed limit back there sir"

"I was unaware I was speeding officer, to my knowledge i was abiding by the law travelling at the speed limit. Do you have a radar reading I could see?"

..... and take it from there I guess.

[dale]

just dont speed

[Hail]

just dont speed

i second that reply......dont even try to communicate with highway patrol that dont give a f*** what your reasons are....

[krzysiu]

If they have no proof they cant get ya

[carlo]

hrm.. maybe check this out for some answers

http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2458063&cch

[benm]

Actually a police officer no longer has to "show you" his radar speed reading, that law changed end of 2003. Basically the whole law works on a trust thing, they pin you but dont have to back up anything with evidence, basically what they say goes and you can't fight it (speeding, defects, blah, etc)

[NOZILR]

u can still get booked for speeding even if it is NOT a highway patrol

[hawks]

this is the one they usually ask "do you know why i pulled you over"

i can think of a million smart arse answers

[Revhead]

"Just don't speed" Geez fellas, a bit above that aren't we?

Basically, if you get pulled over, be polite, but don't admit to anything. If you're asked "do you know why I pulled you over", you can either say "no, sorry" or "RBT?" or something like that, but don't say "yeah, it was for ten over... oh, and the donuts I did on Smith St" If they do decide to give you a ticket and you were in the wrong, deal with it and remain polite. If you did nothing wrong, take the ticket, mention that you will be contesting it for x reasons, eg if you sped up to avoid a truck, make SURE you mention the truck to the officer. If it goes to court and you suddenly come up with these reasons that weren't mentioned at the scene, you're much less likely to be let off.

The guys here are correct when they say the police don't have to prove you did anything wrong. Gone are the days of "innocent until proven guilty", these days if the police SUSPECT you of breaking the law, they can book you and then the onus is on you to prove that you didn't, or in the case of a defect, to show them your car after you have "fixed" the non-existent defect.

[JimX]

Yuu can get done for speeding by any cop with or without a radar. If you take it to court, you have a chance of getting off. But it will be your word against his. If you know you were speeding and the cop knows it, then I would say forget about fighting it in court unless you can pull some really dodgy shit (fake witnesses, a $1000/hour lawyer, etc). Because if the cop is honest and has a good record of winning traffic violation cases, then you will most likely lose and get stuck with a bigger fine/court costs. But if the cop is a dodgy pr*ck and has pulled fake tickets before, then the judge will see that he's lost a lot of these before and give your story more credibility. But don't count on this.

[GTR-80Y]

Got caught having a run with a commondoor the other week.

Cop: "Can u explain why that was neccessary back on ultimo rd?"

me: "Why wat do u mean officer?"

Cop: "How fast do u think u were goin back there?"

me: "About 60 officer i think"

Cop: "Bullshit son u were going like a bat out of hell!"

me: "No way officer, i was only in 2nd gear"

hahaha Only got a lecture that time.

and when i got caught doing 120 or so in a 60 zone

Cop: "wat do u think the speed limit is here?"

me: "60 i think officer"

Cop: "and how fast were u going?"

me: "about 60 officer"

lolol He only got me for 15 and under.

Speeding is bad people! mmmmkay!

[Tosh]

hrm.. maybe check this out for some answers

http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2458063&cch

[Astroboy]

hahah @ the ifilm link

yeah seen it before

funny shit

lol @ GTR-80y's stories.