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That is the very question I keep an empty Krispy Kreme box in my car. When a cop asks I just hold up the box and respond with, “Because you could smell them.”
I NEVER answer a leading question from a cop. Instead, I turn it around. “Why no, Officer! How fast do you think I was going?” Since I have my phone mounted in a holder on my dashboard (for maps) and I make a notable move to arm it for video when the officer is walking from their car to mine, they know they are being recorded for use in court.
For some reason I can’t explain, they always are very polite. When I turn the question around, they just answer it. When they say I was 1 to 5 mph over the limit, I ask how they determined that. I always get the same answer:
“I clocked you with my speedometer.” Then I ask (politely) if they know that the court will not accept that reading as accurate. It’s true, because without disassembling a speedo it can not be accurately set. All that can be done is for the motor pool to inform the officer using a particular vehicle of how much the speedo is off at some speed.
If the officer tries to say that “I got you on radar,” that also is invalid because radar only gives the difference in speed between the officer’s vehicle and yours. They’ve done the math in their head to add their radar reading to the speedo reading. The same issue with the speedometer reading applies.
They know this. They will not take it to court, if you are polite and don’t try to argue at the stop. Instead, they will issue a warning and then put a note in your state file that another cop will see if you are stopped several times within a short time period.
*TRUTH IN STATEMENT: Does not apply to DWI, or to careless (or worse) driving.
MS72 about 1 month ago
How fast was I going?
Linguist about 1 month ago
“No, I don’t know, officer, but I’m sure you’ll enlighten me.”
Stodgefinn Premium Member about 1 month ago
She doesn’t know why, that’s why she’s asking!
Daltongang Premium Member about 1 month ago
That is the very question I keep an empty Krispy Kreme box in my car. When a cop asks I just hold up the box and respond with, “Because you could smell them.”
gary.eddings4157 Premium Member about 1 month ago
“If you would elucidate, I will submit to your superior erudition?”
SrTechWriter about 1 month ago
I NEVER answer a leading question from a cop. Instead, I turn it around. “Why no, Officer! How fast do you think I was going?” Since I have my phone mounted in a holder on my dashboard (for maps) and I make a notable move to arm it for video when the officer is walking from their car to mine, they know they are being recorded for use in court.
For some reason I can’t explain, they always are very polite. When I turn the question around, they just answer it. When they say I was 1 to 5 mph over the limit, I ask how they determined that. I always get the same answer:
“I clocked you with my speedometer.” Then I ask (politely) if they know that the court will not accept that reading as accurate. It’s true, because without disassembling a speedo it can not be accurately set. All that can be done is for the motor pool to inform the officer using a particular vehicle of how much the speedo is off at some speed.
If the officer tries to say that “I got you on radar,” that also is invalid because radar only gives the difference in speed between the officer’s vehicle and yours. They’ve done the math in their head to add their radar reading to the speedo reading. The same issue with the speedometer reading applies.
They know this. They will not take it to court, if you are polite and don’t try to argue at the stop. Instead, they will issue a warning and then put a note in your state file that another cop will see if you are stopped several times within a short time period.
*TRUTH IN STATEMENT: Does not apply to DWI, or to careless (or worse) driving.