From: sdw@lig.net (Stephen D. Williams)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 95 10:18:29 PDT
To: roger@coelacanth.com (Roger Williams)
Subject: Re: speeding detected by civilians
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> In article <3u4g3t$pn8@nntp.crl.com> Buzz@static.noise.net (Buzz White) writes:
> 
>    >> Vernon Hills, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, has passed legislation allowing 
>    >> citizens to check out radar guns from the local police department to 
>    >> catch speeders in their community. The radar guns are combined with 
>    >> cameras in order to instantaneously capture the car, license number, and the 
>    >> rate of speed. The citizens can check out the units for a week at a time. The 
>    >> police have stated that they, at this time, will use the data to issue 
>    >> warning letters to the violaters.
> 
>    Can they use them to bust COPS that speed?   Heh heh.
> 
> If Vernon Hills has any citizens left with spines, you can bet that
> the local police are going to start to get a couple hundred pictures
> of cop cars per week... Hell, I'll bet that I could take that many
> by *myself* :)

I'm absolutely dying to do that with cops around here (N.VA/Tysons) area...

I got a ticket at 2:30 AM while my car was on cruise at 55MPH, almost
no hills, guy said he 'paced' me for about a mile doing 70 2-3 miles
before he stopped me, yet he was too lazy to use his radar...
I paid $40 and spent a few hours getting an officially certified
speedometer test, etc.

Still trying to go to court: first date was for July 3rd, which they
decided at the last minute to take as vacation, told me to appear
July 5th, when I found out that the continuance was for Aug 9.  (For
a June 5th or so ticket.

After 50 calls to the court house trying to get through, I found out
that the officers don't even have to turn in paperwork unless I don't
pay the bond and then they just turn it in 4-5 days before the court
date.

The parking meter at the courthouse was fraudulent (20 min for my $.25 for
30 min fee), and I've noted numerous speeding and illegal Uturns, parking
in active roadway's without lights, etc. offences by local police...

sdw

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