Independence Police are pulling people over like crazy for no seatbelts!

 

I got pulled over ihe other night. He thought I was drunk, I explained to him I was only a bad driver and he let me go and told me to keep it between the lines. :lol:

I got a ticket in IN right across the bridge on 65 this weekend. He was literally walking out and holding his hand up for people to stop. Seemed very stupid and dangerous to me.

 

 

After you cross the bridge and right before Lewis & Clark Parkway is HORRIBLE for that. They usually have about 2-3 cops out there running radar on weekends and Monday mornings. I learned that while going to IUS.

You can hide wherever you want, you can sit on private property with the permission of the property owner, no you don't have a right to see the radar, if you don't make eye contacted when you are being ordered over be prepared for additional charges, and honesty is the best policy in my opinion.

 

I was pulled over twice when I was younger and was honest with the officer and told him that I knew I was speeding... I still got the ticket lol.

You can hide wherever you want, you can sit on private property with the permission of the property owner, no you don't have a right to see the radar, if you don't make eye contacted when you are being ordered over be prepared for additional charges, and honesty is the best policy in my opinion.

 

Hey Ru, maybe you can answer this one for me. It's not regarding radar though. Last year at this time I got a ticket for no seatbelt in Ft. Wright. I was sitting at a red light, intersection of 3L and Highland. I hear this loud noise and then notice a helicopter flying so low I thought it was going to land in the intersection....so did everybody else sitting at the light. Got the green to proceed then I see the cruiser lights and pulled over into Burger King. Officer gave me ticket for not wearing seatbelt. However, on my ticket, the Officer wrote "viewed from above". Certainly FW police were not using a copter to help write up seatbelt tickets, were they? I mentioned this to the FW officer but just got a look with no answer.

the seat belt law is another one that I don't care for.

the seat belt law is another one that I don't care for.

 

All about the mighty dollar!

Happens a lot in Ohio. I was north of Kings Island heading south and a police officer was standing in the emergency lane and waved me over. Up ahead there were other police cars writing tickets to those of us who were waved over. They were running radar from a plane above.

 

This same thing happened to me on my way to a hunting trip last November.

You can run radar in the rain, I couldn't imagine using a chopper for seat belt enforcement but you got me and seat belt tickets are cheap. I honestly believe the seat belt law is about saving lives. I do think some enforcement actions are about the money but I don't feel that way about seat belts.

Anyone know any good radar detectors?

If you get pulled over with one of those, don't expect to get a warning..

Okay...well here is another radar question then?

 

I have always been told that you have the right to ask to see the radar gun, if that is true, how does that work if the radar gun is in the sky? Or, am I wrong in saying that you are allowed to see the gun?

 

I'm not entirely certain that you have the "right" to see the radar, but if you do get to see it, your speed might not even be on it. They don't always "lock in" the speed on the radar.

If you get pulled over with one of those, don't expect to get a warning..

 

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Here's another question. I've always heard that police aren't allowed to use radar when it's raining. Something about it being dangerous because people will see a police car and hit the breaks and possibly spin out and cause an accident.

 

Any truth to that?

 

In my experiences, it's always best to be honest. I've only been pulled over for speeding 2 times in my life, but each time, I admitted that I was an out-of-towner and didn't know what the speed limit was. Once was at night in Woodford Co. on a road I had never driven before, the other was at night in Oldham Co. and snow had covered the speed limit sign. We even drove back down the road after being pulled over, because I was in disbelief that there was a speed limit sign there.

 

I've also learned that it's pretty handy if you know the officer who pulls you over.

 

I've seen people get out of tickets several times just because they knew the officer or someone the officer worked with.

 

Not true about the rain. At least I've never heard of any department having a policy like that.

I'm not entirely certain that you have the "right" to see the radar, but if you do get to see it, your speed might not even be on it. They don't always "lock in" the speed on the radar.

 

So the speed doesn't remain on the radar? Is it picking up other speeds or does it simply go back to blank? That's interesting.

So the speed doesn't remain on the radar? Is it picking up other speeds or does it simply go back to blank? That's interesting.

 

It depends. You can lock the speed in on a Radar where it will stay on there, but you don't have to do it. The Radar, if activated, will pick up whatever is giving the strongest signal in it's range.