DeTomaso Mailing List: March 98, Message #250
     



From: 	pantera@shiseis.com (Shane F. Ingate)

Subject: Radar tickets [was Driving in the rain}

Date: 	Thu, 5 Mar 1998 20:39:42 +0000



Steve Mooney wrote:

	>Keep in mind that if you are traveling toward the radar source at an angle of

	>about 10 degrees at an actual speed of 100mph, the cosing factor will FAVOR

	>your speed, indicating you are traveling slower (95-98mph).  The greater the

	>angle the lower the radar reading. 



OK, so your actual speed is higher than what the radar shows.  If the

cop....*ahem*....constable reads 95 on the radar detector, he's got you by

the short and curlies anyway, because your actual speed was really higher.

He does not have to prove that you were going 100mph, he's got evidence

that you were doing 95.



Isnt this right?  So why is it "easy" to beat a radar ticket?



	Shane Ingate in San Diego