Ohmsby
03-29-2007, 07:38 AM
Well I had to run out to Louisiana yesterday to look at some sites we had completed and some new projects.
I was south bound on 49 and the officer north bound the V1 had been going off all morning so I knew that the radar guns in La. were switched to "Generate Revenue"
Let me say first and foremost I WAS SPEEDING now let me rant :flaming:
Officer did the dukes of hazzard turn and ran me down the V1 never went off so I was curious and sure enough got pulled over.
"sir I got you @ 90 in a seventy" Actually I was going faster but hey who's counting I polite fully asked how he determined speed and he responded by radar I asked which kind he responded genesis 2 I asked if he had shot cars in front of me prior and he responded yes HMMMMM...
Actually he and I were laughing and joking the whole time I told him it was odd that the radar did not go off and I was surprised that he got me with no reading on the V1
Bottom line he did not radar me and could tell I was speeding based on relation to other traffic.Two things happened that were different from any other time I have ever been pulled over
1. the officer never called in my License wrote the ticket and sent me along
2. When pressed about the radar and rather he actually shot me he had nervous laugh and became noticeably anxious
I was speeding guilty as charged but why not just tell me instead of bullchitting the deal
The officer was doing his job. I was polite and he also he reduced the speed for me. Both of us left chuckling and wished each other a good day
It surely is possible the V1 did not do it's job but it had been doing it all morning and continued to do so all the way home.
I was not doing 90 I was late for a meeting and had the diesel hauling A$$ probably 95
sorry for the long rant I am not mad about getting the ticket hell I was speeding that's the risk associated with going fast. On some level I would hope that law enforcement would not do this but hey it is La.
I was south bound on 49 and the officer north bound the V1 had been going off all morning so I knew that the radar guns in La. were switched to "Generate Revenue"
Let me say first and foremost I WAS SPEEDING now let me rant :flaming:
Officer did the dukes of hazzard turn and ran me down the V1 never went off so I was curious and sure enough got pulled over.
"sir I got you @ 90 in a seventy" Actually I was going faster but hey who's counting I polite fully asked how he determined speed and he responded by radar I asked which kind he responded genesis 2 I asked if he had shot cars in front of me prior and he responded yes HMMMMM...
Actually he and I were laughing and joking the whole time I told him it was odd that the radar did not go off and I was surprised that he got me with no reading on the V1
Bottom line he did not radar me and could tell I was speeding based on relation to other traffic.Two things happened that were different from any other time I have ever been pulled over
1. the officer never called in my License wrote the ticket and sent me along
2. When pressed about the radar and rather he actually shot me he had nervous laugh and became noticeably anxious
I was speeding guilty as charged but why not just tell me instead of bullchitting the deal
The officer was doing his job. I was polite and he also he reduced the speed for me. Both of us left chuckling and wished each other a good day
It surely is possible the V1 did not do it's job but it had been doing it all morning and continued to do so all the way home.
I was not doing 90 I was late for a meeting and had the diesel hauling A$$ probably 95
sorry for the long rant I am not mad about getting the ticket hell I was speeding that's the risk associated with going fast. On some level I would hope that law enforcement would not do this but hey it is La.