FastbackJon
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? ID
My speedometer cable broke a few miles before coming into a small town in north Idaho. The speed dropped to 35 and so I reduced my speed like the vehicles around me. Pointing the other direction in a turn lane was an officer on his cell phone. I'm in town now, not knowingly speeding or passing anyone and get pulled over. He tells me I passed him doing 50 something in a 35.
I explain my situation with the speedometer cable. He seemed understanding. I then mentioned how I was travelling in a group of vehicles to base my speed on which he laughed and replied "I was going to go easy on you until you said that" and told me I was the lead vehicle with no one ahead of me (I remember differently).
Then he started asking me how fast my car would go "theoretically" at the max speed. How am I supposed to answer that? I just told him I've never maxed it out so I don't know. He took my information back to his vehicle and came back with a ticket.
On the ticket it where it says something like "Defendant's signature confirming they received a copy" he wrote "SERVED" on it. Can they do that?
He also put the wrong license number on the ticket.
My speedometer cable broke a few miles before coming into a small town in north Idaho. The speed dropped to 35 and so I reduced my speed like the vehicles around me. Pointing the other direction in a turn lane was an officer on his cell phone. I'm in town now, not knowingly speeding or passing anyone and get pulled over. He tells me I passed him doing 50 something in a 35.
I explain my situation with the speedometer cable. He seemed understanding. I then mentioned how I was travelling in a group of vehicles to base my speed on which he laughed and replied "I was going to go easy on you until you said that" and told me I was the lead vehicle with no one ahead of me (I remember differently).
Then he started asking me how fast my car would go "theoretically" at the max speed. How am I supposed to answer that? I just told him I've never maxed it out so I don't know. He took my information back to his vehicle and came back with a ticket.
On the ticket it where it says something like "Defendant's signature confirming they received a copy" he wrote "SERVED" on it. Can they do that?
He also put the wrong license number on the ticket.
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