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Re: Horror story regarding speeding tkt
In article <40nne3$se6@mojo.eng.umd.edu> anshu@glue.umd.edu (Anshu Mehra)
writes about his close encounter with (presumably) MD's finest:
Shoot you, huh? Must be from PG county! I wonder if he enjoyed the FBI strip
search...<evil G>
Did he have his lights on (either dome or behind the grille?). If not, you
should read up on the term "Entrapment." I do know of a friend that this
happened to about 7 or 8 years back in Howard County. He was being tailgated
at night by someone with their high beams on a back road. This happened
a lot to him since he usually stuck within 5 mph of the speed limit; drove me
crazy ;-) After a while, he sped up to try and put some distance between
him and the offending car. When he hit 15 over the limit (50 in a 35, I think)
the dome lights on the car behind him came on and he was given a speeding
ticket.
He successfully pleaded entrapment and the charges were dropped. I would
consider legal council.
<RantingMode=On>
One of these days I'm going to get the car number of the
Laurel/PG cop who, when coming to a yellow->red light, turns on his lights
just before he hits the intersection and then turns them back off right after
he clears the intersection.
<RantingMode=Off>
Good luck in court,
Jordan
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