96_993TT

Like the title says, got a speeding ticket today. Cop was "pacing" me and said I was doing +20 over the limit. Odd thing is though I looked at my speedo when I saw his lights and it was 9 over. Roughly 54 in a 45... I thought he was off so I downloaded my GPS data to my laptop when I got home and at no point was I going as fast as he said I was. There was one tick at 53 and another at 55. All the other ticks were at or below the speed limit. So, question is, should I fight it and take the GPS dump of data to court?

No HTwo O

OMG, I hope no law enforcement ever looks at my GPS data.

96_993TT

I hear ya! But in this case its only the route when I turned it on and I wasn't doing anything crazy. The data is isolated to just where he pulled me over with 3-5 miles of data before and after. The fastest I ever got was at the point he stopped me.

Quadcammer

how often is each tick?

If its more than about 20 seconds, you won't win in court.

96_993TT

Looks like 5-10 seconds. They're random.

Quadcammer

You have a better chance than most I'd say, but a better option might just be talking to the prosecutor, have them drop any points and change it to some stupid moving violation (impeding traffic or similar).

Kein_Ersatz

Check out The NMA and good luck. It is well within your rights to have your day in court. The GPS defense is only one possible approach, the NMA can show you others, that have worked for others.




Keeping a clean driving record has many benefits.

The time / value balance is out of whack for most professionals in having your day in court, in the short term just paying the fine is the cheapest, but in the long run . . .

911/Q45

Judge will back the bully with badge and gun every time.

hillsdonsmith

You actually should probably receive some sort of citizen's badge of merit for going that slow in a tt... I think that if you respectfully say you are mystified by the officer's reading, and confirmed it with your GPS data, you may at least get the points waived. It's not as though you were going double the limit.
Not sure what the radar detector rules are in your locale, but I have the newest Passport laser detector/jammer system which has built in GPS with red light camera warnings etc. Laser jammers work quite well, and there is no legislation banning them anywhere, that I am aware of, as the device falls under "light technology". Not a license to be a public menace, but helps avoid these more silly tickets. Good luck.

Barney1

Yup....

I got one in 1997 for 156mph in a 55....that was ugly.. $550.00 later but NO Points...

Barney1

HAHAHAHA

No HTwo O

Barney, that's not too bad of a fine, all things considered.

96_993TT

Wow! That's crazy. Here that would be a reckless driving ticket.

Thanks everyone for the comments. I plan to fight it since I think the officer is incorrect. I've gotten tickets in the past and don't have a problem paying them if I'm wrong. But in this instance I think they're wrong. I'd be fine with no points and an accurately reflected ticket. Since there was no radar/laser involved its one person's word against another. At least the GPS (zumo 550) is impartial.

Quadcammer

unfortunately they will take the cops word over yours every time.

WineRex

Whoa Barney, you got off very easy!