Posted: 4/6/2008 12:21:29 PM EDT
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Ok so if there are any AZ police officers/lawyers that could answer this question that would be great. I was driving east bound on some road out in the middle of nowhere in green valley (doing some work for a mine) and a Pima County Sheriff was driving West bound after he passed me he made a u turn and pulled me over. He told me i was going 61 in a 50 and gave me a citation saying he got me by radar. However it was about 5:30-6pm right when the sun is almost setting so it makes that really nice blinding glare if are driving west bound so i know it was very hard for the officer to see my car also the officer was driving an Expedition so with the sun shining right in his car along with the huge Expedition windshield i could clearly see into his vehicle and never saw him pointing a radar gun at me as he was driving at me. So my question is can a police officer get you by radar if they are driving in the opposite direction as you are? Also what makes this even better is i never acknowledged my receipt of the citation (I never signed the ticket) all the officer did was hand me an envelope with the ticket inside and said have a nice day. After looking at the ticket i noticed that he wrote "served" the the location I am suppose to sing saying that i acknowledge receipt of the citation. Is this ticket still valid since i did not sign for it? |
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Like the guy above me wrote. I too was pulled over in the same situation. I drove past a police car and then he made a U-turn as well. The officers sounds like a dick, I've driven past police cruisers going 11 mph over and wasnt stopped. Not sure if he was waiting for someone going faster or not...that sucks. |
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Yes he had moving radar in his car. The system emits two radar beams, one at the oncoming car and one at the road directly in front of the cruiser. The beam aimed at the oncoming car returns a speed value that is equal to your speed plus his speed. The beam aimed at the ground returns his speed which is subtracted out of the closing speed measured by the first beam. As others have said. It is not necessary (not even important actually) for you to have signed the citation. He "served" you when he handed it to you. |
Were you speeding? I'm assuming so, since you don't deny it. Then man up and pay it. Now, if you weren't speeding, we have a different discussion. |
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