I got tagged for speeding today! 65km in a 50km zone
08-14-08, 02:31 PM
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I got tagged for speeding today! 65km in a 50km zone
I was hammering down a hill to catch up to a cement truck so I could draft it when the road leveled out ahead . A police officer jumps out onto the road and signals to pull over. The cement truck pulls over but the cop points to me to pull over also! He has a couple words with the cement truck drive and lets him go but gives me a speeding ticket!
I belevie that he was using lazer technology.
So, how do I fight this $89 ticket? Or, do I just bit the bullet and pay it?
T.J.
I belevie that he was using lazer technology.
So, how do I fight this $89 ticket? Or, do I just bit the bullet and pay it?
T.J.
08-14-08, 02:32 PM
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pics or it didn't happen...
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Pay the ticket with a check, and frame the ticket and the check when it clears
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I was thinking that I could claim that the cement truck was going 65lm / hr. How could a guy on a bike possibly travel at 65km/hr ?
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I was hammering down a hill to catch up to a cement truck so I could draft it when the road leveled out ahead . A police officer jumps out onto the road and signals to pull over. The cement truck pulls over but the cop points to me to pull over also! He has a couple words with the cement truck drive and lets him go but gives me a speeding ticket!
I belevie that he was using lazer technology.
So, how do I fight this $89 ticket? Or, do I just bit the bullet and pay it?
T.J.
I belevie that he was using lazer technology.
So, how do I fight this $89 ticket? Or, do I just bit the bullet and pay it?
T.J.
08-14-08, 02:42 PM
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08-14-08, 02:44 PM
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You could try arguing that he must have picked up the cement truck, and state "65 kph! I have never seen those speeds before on my bicycle!" 
08-14-08, 02:47 PM
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The cop said "Although you are on a bike, you still need to abide by all of the rules of the road"
Bahh....
08-14-08, 02:48 PM
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It should be easy enough to convince a judge the reading was from the truck.
However, that is moot unless you scan and post the ticket.
However, that is moot unless you scan and post the ticket.
08-14-08, 02:49 PM
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Frame the ticket and hang it on the wall. No one knows you were going downhill. And I won't say anything.
08-14-08, 02:55 PM
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Did the officer note that you had a cyclometer? If not, tell the judge that you were pacing with the cement truck and that you didn't think the two of you were going faster than 50 km/h.
Though, that might not fly if you don't scan and post the ticket.
Though, that might not fly if you don't scan and post the ticket.
08-14-08, 02:56 PM
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I applaud you. I hope to accomplish the same thing one day. As everyone has already said: pics or it didn't happen.
08-14-08, 02:57 PM
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I probably will do that...
On my last ticket, I went down to the Provincial Court House and negotiated a much smaller amount with a Justice of the Peace. (You can do that here in Alberta) Maybe the JP will throw it out so it doesn't have to go to trial. I will try that avenue first.
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thats awesome. best $89 you'll ever spend.
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08-14-08, 03:13 PM
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I was hammering down a hill to catch up to a cement truck so I could draft it when the road leveled out ahead . A police officer jumps out onto the road and signals to pull over. The cement truck pulls over but the cop points to me to pull over also! He has a couple words with the cement truck drive and lets him go but gives me a speeding ticket!
I belevie that he was using lazer technology.
So, how do I fight this $89 ticket? Or, do I just bit the bullet and pay it?
T.J.
I belevie that he was using lazer technology.
So, how do I fight this $89 ticket? Or, do I just bit the bullet and pay it?
T.J.
Don't fight it. PLEAD GUILTY already.
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08-14-08, 03:15 PM
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serious bragging rights.
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Ode to the after work nap ( ride your bike instead)
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The evil, evil nap
It lures
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Shortly I will rise
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Do not succumb
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Ode to the after work nap ( ride your bike instead)
Ode to the nap
The evil, evil nap
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Shortly I will rise
But you do not.
Do not succumb
To the evil, evil nap
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It would look nice framed above my bike repair bench.
EDIT:
PICTURE OF TICKET REMOVED AS IT SHOWS PERSONAL INFORMATION. (Name, Address...)
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If he was using laser how did he clock you, a person on a bike? I was under the impression that laser speed guns needed something to reflect off of like a license plate or other hard surface. I dunno, maybe it can reflect of a person. Seems a bit odd to me though.