It is probably just me, but I always read that sign with meaning number 2:
check:
stop or slow down the progress of
Similar: halt, stop, bring to a standstill
Them’s powerful radar waves - they can make your car slow down, like driving into a strong wind. A radio wind!
I’ve seen groups of officers working with planes not just pull over one car, but pull over platoons of cars. Everyone from the red Ford Ranger to the white Dodge charger is speeding? Grab them all.
Well, sure, JAQ, but the sign doesn’t say how much the radar slows you down. But those radio waves do still impart a nonzero momentum to your car.
(though this does still depend on the cop aiming the radar gun at you as you’re approaching him, not after you pass him)
If you are seeking cases which address “full disclosure about the use of radar to monitor speed,” I doubt you are going to find it. If you are looking for cases in which radar speed evidence was deemed to be admissible in your state, you’ll need to tell us what state you’re in. To provide one example, Connecticut’s leading case is here. In many states, radar evidence was made admissible by judicial notice by a specific act of the legislature, so you won’t necessarily find relevant case law for your state.
Do you have a cite for these benefits? And for the contention that police issuing tickets for speeding increases compliance?
Increased enforcement of speed limits does increase compliance, but it doesn’t last when enforcement is lowered, and its localized to where the enforcement is taking place. You can look at the paper Speed Enforcement and Speed Choice as a starting point if you want to know more. There’s other research out there as well.
Around here the signs say Speed Enforced by Aircraft which brings to mind strafing runs.
I would like to remind you that, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” If, like me, you believe that most posted speed limits are bullshit and want to consistently travel faster, getting a quality radar detector can save your hide on a consistent basis.
Better yet, get an anti-radar detector. Mine can disrupt radar long enough for me to slow down but not so long that the police can detect that their radar is being interfered with. That is actually an FCC violation and a federal offense, so you don’t want an actual scrambler.
I have always found that hiring a lawyer has been to my advantage. And the lawyer typically costs less than the ticket, the points , insurance rise etc. Most of the time the lawyer has asked for a jury trial and the case has been dismissed in pre-trial.
I saw one of those on my first drive into either Georgia or Florida, and that was exactly the image it called to my mind.
When I was a kid, I thought the planes that caught you speeding would land on the highway and ticket you.
As far as CT goes, Karma is a bitch–I recall that years ago, their staties started having medical problems, that ended up being traced to the habit of putting the energized radar gun in their laps while working, and toasting their wedding tackle.
Opps…
You’re correct, I wasn’t actually there at the courthouse, so all I know is that’s what he says happened.
It took place in Sacramento County, California. I don’t know what the actual statutes are, and honestly I don’t feel like looking them up right now.
Does the price of a lawyer at least give you second thoughts about running lights, speeding etc.?
In Pennsylvania we have signs that make me wonder. “DRUNK DRIVING” with the red slash through it and under that “YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT”.
To me it sounds like a challenge, and, honestly, most people can afford their first DUI.
Similarly, I like to read the “fine” in “$200 FINE FOR LITTERING” to mean, “acceptable or appropriate.” But I’ve usually got something better to use that $200 on than scattering it along the freeway.
I thought they still did that with a stopwatch and those white hash marks on the side of the road every quarter mile or so.
I’m sure that is still done in lots of places, but this particular video shows more sophisticated stuff going on:
Speed Enforcement by Aircraft: View From The Plane (speed enforcement starts at 2:50 or so).
I wanted to see more actual speed enforcement, but they spend most of the video flying over urban areas and observing stuff.
It’s pretty neat how they have the augmented reality going on there.
It looks like the officer is clicking waypoints as he watches traffic and GPS + maps are used to figure out the actual distances instead of relying on pre-measured sections of road with hash marks.
By “clocked,” I just meant “noticed.” I don’t have any idea what specific tech the airplane used to determine I was speeding.
If it happened anytime in the last 40 years odds are high that it was VASCAR.
That’s actually possible on long stretches of 5 in central California. Ruler-straight and flat for miles.
Local trivia: Harris Ranch (a decades-old steakhouse in Coalinga) has an airstrip and is very popular with the CHP pilots for lunch.
