# Was this police officer warning me?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-police-officer-warning-me/655445>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 11, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-police-officer-warning-me/655445 "2013-04-11T21:23:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-police-officer-warning-me/655445/21 "2013-04-13T07:31:08Z")

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> [@ZenBeam](#):
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> Maybe they just write them up for 1-9, even though the radar showed a little higher. In that article, it says But why don’t they? Is it recorded directly? Or is this just official policy, but the reality is different?

I can’t imagine that it’s a good idea to publicly admit to allowing officers to lie on court paperwork. ETA: Or maybe it’s not completely a lie. If you go 50 miles in an hour, you did, strictly speaking, go 45 miles in that hour before you went 5 more…

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