Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gcc-bill.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!gcc-bill!alien From: alien@gcc-bill.ARPA (Alien Wells) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: speedometer calibration and radar Message-ID: <237@gcc-bill.ARPA> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 11:51:04 EST Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.237 Posted: Wed Feb 27 11:51:04 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 04:10:44 EST References: <714@inuxd.UUCP> Reply-To: alien@gcc-bill.UUCP (Alien Wells) Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (Home of the HyperDrive) Lines: 19 > ... after being ticketed for 71 with cruise on at 55 ... >My questions: What are the chances that my speedometer is 15 mph >off calibration? How can I find out? What are the chances that >the radar (operated by an Ohio State Patrolman, not some local >Wyatt Earp) screwed up? One thing that police *often* do is to serve up 'leftovers'. They get some guy for 71, then they keep using that same radar reading for other cars. You can check for this, if you want, by subpoenaing (sp?) the record of the officers tickets that he gave out that day. If there is a string of tickets for 71, you can probably get off. However, if the ticket is from out of state, you may well be best off just paying the ticket and paying it quickly. If you give them no hassles, the ticket is rarely reported to your home state, and thus it does not appear as points on your record. If you fight it or don't pay, guess who are the first people they tell? Alien