# California speedtrap - on private property?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-speedtrap-on-private-property/26686>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 24, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-speedtrap-on-private-property/26686 "2000-07-24T20:58:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-speedtrap-on-private-property/26686/21 "2000-07-26T10:16:11Z")

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I don’t care about the trespassing claim, but since this IS california, he shouldn’t be hiding behind anything at all. Further, it IS not legal for a cop to issue a ticket from private property, period. No tickets in shopping centers, no police reports for car wrecks in parking lots, Etc.

I do believe that a judge would find someone’s driveway to be private, no matter what constitutes as a “right-of-way” in the city(of course this will depend on the judge, the cop, the city, Etc.). If the judge wasn’t involved, and it was just a complaint sent in to the station, the ociffer would definitely be slapped on the hand for doing it, simply because of the trouble it could cause.

I also doubt that a simple call into the station would land your friend on “the list”. Now, questioning their authority and in a court of law, questioning their right of search and seizure will get you on it for sure(ask me about being on the list sometime :)).

-Sam

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