See if they allow a defensive driving course to wipe the ticket from your record.
I haven't had one since the late 1990s but I do keep working at it. They always seem to catch the other guy.
One word: Waze
Were you speeding?
It's been years since I've been in the area, but I still think that Millington would play a prominent role in the local economy.
Radars that LE have are much improved over years. Computerized to moniter the cops speed, if he is moving, and calculate the difference. I guess it can track more than one vehicle at a time and label it on the screen, if I’ve been told correctly by my retired LE brother.
“1. The police were in the opposite lane and must have locked on without sitting on the side of the road with a radar gun. I imagine they have some new stuff that uses their speed against an oncoming car’s speed. Not hard to solve, but I’ve never run into it before. “
Running radar has been around a long time; 25 years at least. They also have a hand held device where the radar is on standby until they hit the button. It makes radar detectors useless. When I was a reserve cop I rode with guys who could tell how fast an oncoming car was going within a mile an hour before actually clocking the car.
I got one in Montana a couple years ago. The trooper was very friendly. Even though he gave me a ticket, we had a very pleasant conversation and shared a couple laughs.
After I got home to Maryland, I called the court to see if I could challenge the ticket by mail. I ended up speaking with the judge. I said I was doing 93 in an 80, but then i praised their incredible roads.
She laughed. Had to pay the fee but no points. That’s all I wanted.
By “running radar” I mean a unit that works as the police car is running down the road,.
Big deal - I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
I saw the trooper's car further up the road coming at me from a distance but by the time I recognized him it was too late.
I watched him driving past me in the rear view mirror and saw him make a sudden u-turn. I said, "Uh-oh!" to my wife.
We were thousands of miles from home and I didn't really want to deal with a ticket. The trooper was a very young man with a stammer. We got off with a warning. I seldom speed and it is virtually always when I am distracted. One ticket in 55 years of driving.
I had a humorous encounter with a state cop many many years ago. I was going about 80 in a 70. Then this old beat-up Dodge Valiant pulled up next to me and I looked over and saw it was a cop. He motioned me over, so I pulled off at an exit.
He kind of chuckled and said, “It doesn’t look like a cop car, does it?” Anyway, he just told me to be careful. I don’t even think I got a written warning.
Well, shoot. The application of law can be messy and discomfiting. Thank you for being respectful.
Gotten a couple of warnings. Head on reading agreed with my speedometer both times.
I always let my teacher ID fall out while looking for my driver’s license and get a warning instead.
I don’t know how the law works in this state now, but several years ago we would get a half dozen letters from lawyers who specialized in traffic violations.
For a fee, they would get the charge dismissed with prejudice and no points.
It worked only once in two years. In other words, if you get caught again within two years, you will have to pay up for the second ticket.
Find a lawyer who specializes in traffic violations.
There’s a possible percent error even in perfect conditions but if cop was using radar and going in opposite direction then he prob did not evaluate the exact location for possible radar interference. That’s a possible variable for a small percent error. The fact you were both moving is a possible percent error. We’re you both at same elevation, hilly,....another possible percent error. Was it raining, windy with blowing rain or snow? Another possible percent error. These could be possible percent errors all concurrently and compounding, maybe leaving doubt you were going the speed as charged. All these variables exhausted when I defended myself in court and the prosecutor capitulated. Good luck. Even idlf only some of these variables existed it may be enough to present to prosecutor if you mention them that they may right off the bat make an offer of fine for non moving violation and no points. Good luck.
Having worked for years in a hospital ER I’ve seen what can happen on the highway.As a result I’m the one you’ll see on the Interstate in the right lane with the speed control set at 64MPH. Never gotten a moving violation ticket in my life.
That's been around for decades. With newer technology, they could lock on to a specific car; the older stuff just identified the speed of the fastest car and the cop would then pick the winner from those in the oncoming lanes.
Mississippi has the least competent state troopers that I've ever run across.
I have really dry eyes in the winter and sometimes I tear like crazy when I’m having a dry eye attack.
So one Saturday morning, 8 am, I driving downhill in my neighborhood, nobody around except the cop at the bottom of the hill. I get pulled over.
A month before my mom cracked her hip in a fall right before I was suppose to renew my driver license and car registration. I spaced out.
So I get pulled over for speeding, expired driver license, expired car registration but I was tearing like crazy cuz my eyes are dry.
The cop let me off!!!! I think she thought I was crying.
Keep a Kleenex in your cupholder!!