Hopefully some of you can give me your opinion on something that happend a few days ago. I was driving to WSU to visit a friend. After getting on highway 26 to Colfax I hit the small town of Othello. Five minutes past the town I was on a flat road with no one around. A car passed maby every minute. I wont lie, Im sure I was speeding, but not excessively (speedlimit 60). Before I know it a cop in the oncoming lane slams on his brakes, turns around, and pulls me over. (FYI I have recently purchaced a Valentine 1 which has has never failed me. It has always alerted me WAY ahead of time) It read nothing at all the whole time before and during being pulled over. I get the stare from the officer for like 30 seconds. And am like
"Hi?" He says to me "Did you know you were going 92 miles per hour?" I responded, "No, I dont believe I was going that fast." (I really dont think I was going that fast, I did not look at my speedometer though) He proceded to lecture me about how I shouldent trust that radar detector of mine expecially cause it was old and crappy (up to date with POP support) and that its not going to save me every time. He told me that he "saw me speeding from over a mile away and that he expected me to slow down but I didnt." I could hardly see a mile away anyway cause of the glare on the road. I couldent even tell he was a cop till he was right on top of me.
In the end He let me off with an 86mph ticket. Im not going to complain too much, If I have to Ill defer it. Just dont want that on my record.
So my question is do you guys think he made the ticket up or he valentine 1 malfunctioned? I know those things arent 100% reliable, but concidering the exelent results all around Ive had with it makes me wonder otherwise. I forgot to mention that on the way home, I was going through this town and was radared on K band 4 times by officers in the oncoming lane. Two of those times they only targeted my car. Im assuming the cruisers would be equipt with the same equiptment? A friend over at WSU told me she recieved a BS ticket near there which makes me wonder. Im sure traffic tickets supply a large amount of income to these small towns in the middle of nowhere. Let me know what you think.
"Hi?" He says to me "Did you know you were going 92 miles per hour?" I responded, "No, I dont believe I was going that fast." (I really dont think I was going that fast, I did not look at my speedometer though) He proceded to lecture me about how I shouldent trust that radar detector of mine expecially cause it was old and crappy (up to date with POP support) and that its not going to save me every time. He told me that he "saw me speeding from over a mile away and that he expected me to slow down but I didnt." I could hardly see a mile away anyway cause of the glare on the road. I couldent even tell he was a cop till he was right on top of me.
In the end He let me off with an 86mph ticket. Im not going to complain too much, If I have to Ill defer it. Just dont want that on my record.
So my question is do you guys think he made the ticket up or he valentine 1 malfunctioned? I know those things arent 100% reliable, but concidering the exelent results all around Ive had with it makes me wonder otherwise. I forgot to mention that on the way home, I was going through this town and was radared on K band 4 times by officers in the oncoming lane. Two of those times they only targeted my car. Im assuming the cruisers would be equipt with the same equiptment? A friend over at WSU told me she recieved a BS ticket near there which makes me wonder. Im sure traffic tickets supply a large amount of income to these small towns in the middle of nowhere. Let me know what you think.
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