What is the name of your state?california
Traveling thru interstate 5 south towards san diego. I was on cruise control at 70mph, while another car (Honda civic) was about to pass me on my right hand side. Prior to the civic passing me I saw a cop parked on the right side (facing south), as if he had just finish pulling someone over. At the moment I saw him, I looked at my speedometer to check my speed, which reads 70mph (mind-you, due to the curve of the road, he probably saw me the same time I saw him). When I passed the cop, the civic had already passed me and it was about 2 cars lenght away from me. I then looked at my mirrors and saw the cop sped towards me and the civic. I deactivated my cruise control and proceed to travel around 68mph. The cop then pulled to my rear and turned on his lights.
The cop said that he had got me going 82mph (not sure if he's using a radar gun). I then replied nicely and said "it's no way you got me at 82 because I had my cruise control set at 70mph". He then proceed to say that when he pulled behind me, he looked at his speedometer and saw me going 85mph! I told him that this is ridiculous, because throughoutt the whole time I was looking at my dash and made sure that I was atleast below 70mph. He the replied "I have been doing this for 23years and you should not question me".
I believe that the cop had pulled the wrong guy and he should have pulled over the civic instead of me. I also believe that he was abusing his authority as a cop and he was racial profiling.
If I don't win this case I will never trust a cop again. Let me know your thoughts/advise.
P.S. The vehicle I was driving was a GM venture (mini van) and it was my employers vehicle. it has recently been serviced for new tires, which is the same size as the stock. My speedometer can't be wrong since I'm running on the same size tire and the vehicle is fairly brand new (2003 model).
Traveling thru interstate 5 south towards san diego. I was on cruise control at 70mph, while another car (Honda civic) was about to pass me on my right hand side. Prior to the civic passing me I saw a cop parked on the right side (facing south), as if he had just finish pulling someone over. At the moment I saw him, I looked at my speedometer to check my speed, which reads 70mph (mind-you, due to the curve of the road, he probably saw me the same time I saw him). When I passed the cop, the civic had already passed me and it was about 2 cars lenght away from me. I then looked at my mirrors and saw the cop sped towards me and the civic. I deactivated my cruise control and proceed to travel around 68mph. The cop then pulled to my rear and turned on his lights.
The cop said that he had got me going 82mph (not sure if he's using a radar gun). I then replied nicely and said "it's no way you got me at 82 because I had my cruise control set at 70mph". He then proceed to say that when he pulled behind me, he looked at his speedometer and saw me going 85mph! I told him that this is ridiculous, because throughoutt the whole time I was looking at my dash and made sure that I was atleast below 70mph. He the replied "I have been doing this for 23years and you should not question me".
I believe that the cop had pulled the wrong guy and he should have pulled over the civic instead of me. I also believe that he was abusing his authority as a cop and he was racial profiling.
If I don't win this case I will never trust a cop again. Let me know your thoughts/advise.
P.S. The vehicle I was driving was a GM venture (mini van) and it was my employers vehicle. it has recently been serviced for new tires, which is the same size as the stock. My speedometer can't be wrong since I'm running on the same size tire and the vehicle is fairly brand new (2003 model).
