Doesn't need to be present but the ticket will almost always be thrown out if he's not. This is from my personal experience though, I don't have real numbers.
Myth. The officer does not need to be present. Not even for visual estimations of speed.
ZV
Modern camera systems operate on the same principle as a DVR. Always recording, but only saving when needed. Mine would go back and record the last 30 seconds prior to emergency light activation (or the collision sensor). I would absolutely have that on video, as well as about 25 seconds prior to the impact.Raizinman said:Their video is only set to go on when their lights and siren are on. It is NOT on ALL the time.
About two years ago I was coming home and on a 2-lane 55 mph highway doing about 58 mph, certainly not blowing minds with me speed....
As I was driving all of a sudden I see headlights flip on from a dirt service road and that car pulls out behind me - obviously a cop - so he flies up on me and rides my ass for a while (I assume is getting my plate #).... he then backs off a bit (running the plate) and then flies up on me again - like reallllllly close - no lights this whole time - so after like 30 seconds of this I brake check the shit out of this guy.... not long after that his lights come on.
He comes to the car soaking wet down the front of his uniform - the brake check must have caused him to spill all over himself - and he does the "Do you know why I'm pulling you over...." thing which I explain I have no clue.... he says I was "driving recklessly" by slamming on the brakes and my response was that I saw deer in the ditch and was afraid they would run out so I wanted to slow/stop....
I didn't get a ticket (most likely because he knew he was wrong) but it felt good to scare him.
Myth. The officer does not need to be present. Not even for visual estimations of speed.
ZV
jlee. Whats the reasoning behind cops doing the 'right on your ass" thing? I never understood that. Are they watching for how the driver reacts, or what?
It makes them feel superior...
Jlee wouldn't do it :thumbsup:
PT Cruisers can go over 80?
Must be Kilometers.
Myth. The officer does not need to be present. Not even for visual estimations of speed.
ZV
Doesn't need to be present but the ticket will almost always be thrown out if he's not. This is from my personal experience though, I don't have real numbers.
Myth. The officer does not need to be present. Not even for visual estimations of speed.
ZV
here in the AZ i had a ticket dropped when both occifers werent present. i didnt even have to request it, the judge asked the one cop where the other was, he said not present and the judge said dismissed. done. i would have won anyway, the cops stopped me in a parking lot, never saw me drive or even walk on a public street.
Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety
CHAPTER 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 23-1-15. Public parking lots within police jurisdiction.
Any real property which is used as a parking lot and is open to use by the public for motor vehicle traffic shall be within the police jurisdiction with regard to the unlawful operation of motor vehicles in such parking lot.
Such parking lots shall be posted with appropriate signs to inform the public that the area is subject to police jurisdiction with regard to unlawful operation of motor vehicles. The extension of police jurisdiction to such areas shall not be effective until the signs are posted.
In any such area the law enforcement agency concerned shall have the authority to enforce all laws or ordinances relating to the unlawful operation of motor vehicles which such agency has with regard to public streets and highways immediately adjoining or connecting to the parking area.