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Just to give the other side of the coin some air time . . . I was driving with my wife and daughter in our BMW X5 in a 50 mph zone between our state capitol and Reno, and our car was surrounded in traffic by other cars, front and back, and to both sides. Highway patrol parked on the road shoulder watches us go by and pulls out into traffic, turns on the lights and pulls us over. Valentine One is silent the whole time. He approaches the vehicle and tells us that he clocked us at 72 mph on his radar. I give him my license and registration, and he goes back to his patrol car and fills out a ticket. While he is doing this, I ask my wife and daughter if they heard the radar detector go off. They say no, it didn't. Officer approaches again, and I ask him, "you clocked us on your radar at 72?" He says yes, he did. I sign the ticket and he goes back to his patrol car. He reaches over to his radar, and the Valentine One blares its familiar warning. I look at my daughter in the back seat. Straight A 13 year old. Very puzzled. She asks, "Was he lying?"
Sometimes being a responsible parent isn't very easy.
Sometimes being a responsible parent isn't very easy.
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From: 01776
Originally Posted by snarf
Guys, you could be on to something here - does anyone have a patent on a auto-dialer that calls in on demand with details of a robbery in progress just a few blocks from your GPS location?
Let's call it "911 Nine-one-one." It could be one of the 'extras' that comes bundled with the Sport Chrono.
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From: Back in the OC
Originally Posted by lawjdc
Just to give the other side of the coin some air time . . . I was driving with my wife and daughter in our BMW X5 in a 50 mph zone between our state capitol and Reno, and our car was surrounded in traffic by other cars, front and back, and to both sides. Highway patrol parked on the road shoulder watches us go by and pulls out into traffic, turns on the lights and pulls us over. Valentine One is silent the whole time. He approaches the vehicle and tells us that he clocked us at 72 mph on his radar. I give him my license and registration, and he goes back to his patrol car and fills out a ticket. While he is doing this, I ask my wife and daughter if they heard the radar detector go off. They say no, it didn't. Officer approaches again, and I ask him, "you clocked us on your radar at 72?" He says yes, he did. I sign the ticket and he goes back to his patrol car. He reaches over to his radar, and the Valentine One blares its familiar warning. I look at my daughter in the back seat. Straight A 13 year old. Very puzzled. She asks, "Was he lying?"
Sometimes being a responsible parent isn't very easy.
Sometimes being a responsible parent isn't very easy.
On radar tickets here in CA, you have a right, I believe, to ask to see the radar readout when the cop claims you nailed you on radar. The readout stays locked in the display and cops gladly show it to you. They typically say, "See, see, see?" to me at least anyway. At which point I ask (doing it by the book) to see the calibration sticker, and they'll point to it as well. I believe the radar guns have to be calibrated at least once a year, if not sooner. If you get nailed by a gun that's a day over its calibration expiration, that's your ticket out, if you decide to challenge it in court.
Yeah, some of them can be real a$$holes. We just need to keep them honest, if and when we can.