Asking a cop to see the Radar gun when pulled over for speeding in NY?
598992
You have the right to confront your accuser and view all evidence. Not only did you have the right to see the radar, you have the right to see a log of all repairs done on it and the last calibration results. Fight it. When you get to court, if he shows up, request to see the calibration report, as well as the tape for your incident. Odds are he won't have one or both, and you will walk.
846118
My father was a cop and he told me some simple ways to avoid getting a ticket.  Here they are and I will keep it simple so everyone can do it:\n\n1)  Pull way over so the poor guy doesn't feel like he is going to get run over by being on the edge of traffic.\n\n2)  Be polite, you are not being singled out.  If you weren't doing anything wrong, you wouldn't of been pulled over.  Don't sass the cop.  Treat him with respect and use rank and name or call him Officer or Trooper.\n\n3)  Don't deny you were doing something wrong.  See #2.  If you deny you were doing something wrong it is akin to calling him a liar\n\n4)  Have your drivers license, insurance information, and registration ready when you are approached.  \n\n5)  Keep your hands in full view of the officer\n\n6)  At night turn on your inside cab light so he doesn't feel a threat of possible attack.\n\n7)  Keep him talking as long as you can while not abusing him or denying you are wrong.\n\n8)  Use your manners!  Show respect and dignity for law enforcement.  Remember it is their turf and you are on it, the officer has the power and you need gentle application of it.\n\n9)  Smile\n\n10)  Thank him for letting you off!
999768
Actually, the police are trained in identifying plates and expiration stickers from other states.  If you are doing something suspicious or possibly violating a traffic law, you could get stopped and cited.
641871
Dear Tony Cologne,\n When you say a red car appearing to move faster, do you mean to the human eye or to the device that the cops use. I think you may have some confusion that is evident in popular lore about the Doppler shift. \nHowever, you might have a point about the cops coming to a complete stop and then catching up again within a quarter mile. At 37 mph a quarter mile is 24 seconds. That means the whole time they are stopping it is adding to your lead as well as the whole time they are accelerating to catch up. Then once they surpass your velocity they have to exceed it enough to catch up within what is left of the 24 seconds they started with. Plus, nobody pulls over right away the instant the lights start flashing. If you had a savvy lawyer you might have a case, plus the judges know these cops usually embellish the truth. Who cares, its a traffic ticket, might as well fight it and have some fun. Its not like you'll get the death penalty if you lose.
254943
If they can arrest a person on private property, why would they not be able to radar a person on private property? Granted, if on private property they are likely focused on the matter in the area, perhaps a domestic dispute, but why would there be an expectation of privacy when you pass private property, upon which a police officer, is via a car? \n\nNow, if you mean the whole area, including the road, is private property, then I would assume no, as the presence of the police must be based on cause, which could be as simple as a neighbor calling in about suspicious noises. However, once on the property, the police's powers, while possibly limited if they are present because of a search warrant, still exist in terms of monitoring and apprehension. If a person is speeding on the property, unless that speeding, or other type of driving, is lawful on the property, the police would have reason to use a radar gun, or just to detain the person and possibly arrest him. At the very least, the matter is best understood by knowing what kind of driving may be performed on what kind of property.   \n\nIn either case, my strong suspicion is that they can in some cases.
427354
Go to court and plead guilty.  I have been to court many times and have seen people try to prove that the radar gun is not calibrated properly...All I have to say is good luck.  Again, plead guilty and ask for leniency.  Especially if it is your first offense.  In MD, the have what is called probation before justice where the fine is reduced by half and no points are given towards your driving record.  Again, I have never been screwed by going to court and pleading guilty, always had the fine reduced and points reduced or eliminated.  Never just pay the fine.  I hope that is what you were asking.  To get out of a speeding ticket, just apologize and ask if there is any way they can cut you a break.  I've gotten out of a handful of tickets with just a warning by being respectful to the officer.
895054
Guilty as charged. No twinkies for you. I recommend you slow down. Radar is only affected by angulation and then it is typically on your side, not mine.  Go pay your fine.
471001
OK civilian cops need a reason to pull you over un like what the second person said.  The can stop you because there are numbers on the tag and when the officer ran you plate the more then likely came back as expired, the DMV should have put something in computer for the cops so it would say that you had a temp tag but more then likely it did not make it into the comp and the cop needed to see the numbers on the tag and run those to make sure it was not stolen from another vehicle.  there are also regs on how it should be displayed so if it was done wrong he could have stopped you for that
714523
stop the policeman giving you a ticket for speeding.\n\nI'm sure we will all find this useful.
1134456
On a stretch of road that ran straight for about 3.5 miles, I clocked a oncoming vehicle at 136mph. I had never had one that high and was wondering if the radar was not accurate. I reset it and it showed 147mph, to my luck another unit was behind me about 1.5 miles and was able too stop the vehicle. Needless to say no ticket issued, he was jail bound and his vehicle towed. Not had one that high since.
275702
In GA, he will have either clocked you with his speedometer as he drove behind you, or he used a radar or lasor equipment to clock your speed.\n\nNo he does not have to show you the reading. ( that would be allowing you into the front of his car and this can be a security issue and is not required.  Normally the officer will keep you in your car and not bring you back to his.\n\nNext the radar or simular equpment must be certified and meeet requireement set forth,  next the officer has to do a tuning fork test of the radar equipment each day prior to the start of his shift.  A log of this is keep in the car.  His doing an additional test was not even required, he was only being nice to do another test for you.  The fact he did that will only streghten his case.\n\nNow in GA, the officer has to be up to date on his radar training ( and be certified by POST)  at times officers let thier annual training get behind.\n\nAnd there is no proof of the test, he merely hits a tuning fork and holds it up in front of the radar unit, it will show a specific speed. there is no print out to prove anything.\n\nYou can if you wish to have a trial, get copies of the officers POST records, verify that the radar equipment has its proper FCC ratings, and so on.\nYou can ask for the records that shows the officers have been doing the testing and calibration of the unit as required ( it will be a note book that the officers merely signs that says the test was done and it passed.
1124738
A big gun, a fast car and a badass attitude, just kidding,I have no idea, ask your local police or D.A. office
793340
Police are trained very heavy in multi-tasking so yes the can talk on the phone and chase people at high speeds and talk on the radio while running after someone and send a description of the suspect via phone or radio. So give them a bit of a break. Tough job. Before you criticize try it first. Bet you will be all over them thanking them when YOU need them. \nBut yes you Can report them if they are relay doing something wrong. just get the car number. But as far as speeding for them...How do you know they are not on a mission....they do have to obey the laws but if they are on a call that needs a silent alarm..do you know...NO. And buy the way Fire trucks and Ambulances have to adhere to the rules too..even with the lights and sirens on!
725947
report him???  i see it all the time.  i've seen cops put their lights on and go through a red light then turn it off after they go through...i have seen them speed and go under the speed limit.  this can cause accidents too.  \n\nyou may want to write in the complaint without your return address and make sure to put down the cars #, exact location, crime, etc.
583573
When you show up to court file for what is called Discovery and that will drag it out for a while.  Ask for certificate of radar certification and calibration, what that does is question the officers training for the radar gun and verifies that the gun he checked your speed with has been calibrated.  This can be used with every means of him/her checking your speed including him/her pacing you witch can be contested clear down to tire size effecting his speed odometer reading.  They will either make them spend weeks trying to find this stuff to be true or they will give up.  Your discovery motion depends on how the officer rated your speed but this gives you a good idea of how to prove "beyond a shadow of a doubt" that you were actually speeding or not.
581197
I believe the process may be different from state to state. For example, if somebody driving a car with tags from Alberta (Canada) and gets pulled over and is cited by the Florida Highway Patrol for speeding, it's less than likely that the issue will be pursued after the court summons is sent from Florida to Alberta, which is quite a distance, around 3,500 miles. Conversely, if somebody from Montreal is pulled over from the New York Highway Patrol on I-87 (which is only about an hour's drive away), I've read somewhere that certain border states have treaties with border provinces to pursue the offender. \n\nPersonally, I had such an experience, and here's how it went down:\n\nI was living in a Southern state (say, maybe immediately north of South Carolina) and was driving to Montreal, Quebec, to visit some friends. Despite my radar detector use, a Pennsylvania State trooper, using instant-on radar (which pretty much renders your radar detector useless), nabbed me at 87 MPH in a 65 MPH zone. At the time, I had just obtained my driver's license from the afore-mentioned southern state, but I still also had my driver's licence from Quebec as it hadn't expired yet. On a whim, I gave the trooper my Canadian driver's licence, and he used that info to ticket me for $230. The trooper was actually pretty cool about it by telling me that "...if I didn't pay, they weren't gonna come chasing me all the way up there." Well, having little money (and no scrupules), I didn't pay the ticket, which was sent to my Dad's address in Canada. Six months later, an arrest warrant in my name was sent to my Dad's place, which was in effect for 24 months. For obvious reasons, I stayed the hell away from PA during that time, the arrest warrant expired, and my speeding ticket erased from the records of the PA State Police. Actually, I still kinda tighten up my PC muscles as I travel through PA to this day. Please don't tell on me! :)
881054
I don't know about in NY, but it can happen in GA;  cop wrote ticket for failure to yield right of way; guy even admitted he ran the red light light; witnesses all agreed;  judge let him go b/c officer should have written "failure to yield right of way while making a left hand turn"!!