What is the name of your state? OKLAHOMA
Going North on divided 4 lane hwy - in 65 zone, see "reduce speed ahead sign" approx. 200 feet infront and a 45 mph zone sign about 400 feet ahead. At same time see police officer heading opposite direction. Pass "Reduce speed ahead sign" look down and I'm going 67. Start braking as I pass cop - I'm approaching 45mhp zone sign and as I pass it I'm going 48. Cop turns around, pulls me over and states I was going 69 in the 45, said he clocked me with his rear radar and said I was passed the 45mph sign. He is flat out wrong. If he's going 50mph+ in one direction and I'm going 50mph in another and we're separated by a 40 foot median how could he possible know EXACTLY where I was? Is it not true that your given a few feet to slow down once you pass a change in speed sign? I'm planning to fight it, but my main questions have to do with this rear radar and how a cop determines exactly where you are when you pass it. Are they at a fixed angle? Is his only way to determine where I'm at when it registers is to look back? Your help and advice is appreciated.
Patrick B.
Going North on divided 4 lane hwy - in 65 zone, see "reduce speed ahead sign" approx. 200 feet infront and a 45 mph zone sign about 400 feet ahead. At same time see police officer heading opposite direction. Pass "Reduce speed ahead sign" look down and I'm going 67. Start braking as I pass cop - I'm approaching 45mhp zone sign and as I pass it I'm going 48. Cop turns around, pulls me over and states I was going 69 in the 45, said he clocked me with his rear radar and said I was passed the 45mph sign. He is flat out wrong. If he's going 50mph+ in one direction and I'm going 50mph in another and we're separated by a 40 foot median how could he possible know EXACTLY where I was? Is it not true that your given a few feet to slow down once you pass a change in speed sign? I'm planning to fight it, but my main questions have to do with this rear radar and how a cop determines exactly where you are when you pass it. Are they at a fixed angle? Is his only way to determine where I'm at when it registers is to look back? Your help and advice is appreciated.
Patrick B.