Speed Checkpoint problem -MN

[NewDriver]

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Last night I was in an unfamiliar neighborhood and one of the streets had a speed checkpoint that displays your current speed and such. The speed limit is 30 mph in that area and I was driving that on the nose. Even the display on the checkpoint confirmed that initially on approach and getting closer to it, showed that I was staying within a 29-31 mph range. Suddenly the camera, or whatever, flashed and the speed displayed changed to 41. Now my car is pretty good, but it can't gain 11 mph in less than a second. It quickly went back to displaying my actual speed, which I eventually dropped to 25 mph because I was confused about what was going on, but before I finally passed it, it flashed 41 mph again. I was the only car on the road, so it had to be me setting it off.

Now I don't know if I'll get a ticket or not, but I'm dreading it because it would be my first ticket ever and because I wasn't actually speeding. I'm thinking of contacting the city that it was in to complain about it and find out if I was actually issued anything, but I have a feeling they won't believe me ("yeah, suuuuuure it was malfunctioning, uh huh" is the response I'm dreading). Other than preemptively contacting them, what other options do I have for fighting this (possible) ticket? I'm even tempted to take a video camera down there to record and calculate how much the radar or whatever is off by, but that might not work because it was right some of the time for me. Any suggestions? Or am I just being paranoid?

[JETX]

Originally Posted by NewDriver

Any suggestions?

I don't think you are paranoid... well, maybe a little!!

You can certainly take a video camera and try to 'document' your case, but really there isn't anything you can do about this. Either you will be issued a ticket... or not.

[LSCAP]

I would go there and take some video of what it is doing.

A co worker had that happen to him on a traffic light camera. It was taking pictures of every car going through, during light traffic. Fortunately he knew who to call. At first they didn’t believe him but he raised a fuss. They monitored it for a few minutes and apologized, and had it fixed.

I went through a radar set up for civilians to check their speed. In a 17mph College zone, I hit a railroad track bump and watched the clock jump from the 15 I was driving to a little over 25.

The one you saw just might have needed fixing. If you can find out who to call, try calling and asking about it. Get a name if you can.