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From: terryl@tekcrl.UUCP ()
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: Radar Detectors
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Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 15:40:14 EDT
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> > The police do NOT pick up motorists who are driving reasonably, even if
> > they are a little over the posted.
> > ......
> Spare me the know it all attitude.  Neither you nor I knows all the traffic
> cops in the country, their motivations, and the policies and pressures
> put on them by their workplace.
> ....
> From my experiences I would say that police use very little discretion
> as far as evaluation of safety but rather pick speeds on
> departmental policy or how good a mood they are on
> any particular day.

     BINGO!!!! Speaking from personal experience (my older brother is a member
of the LAPD), he told me that when he was assigned to a particular area to
patrol, in the morning his partner and he would park at a certain spot and
catch all of the harried businessmen late for work/lunch/meetings/whatever
speeding even just A FEW miles over the speed limit. I'm not trying to justify
his actions, just letting you know that there really is no set method for
determining if you're going to get ticketed for speeding.