Deceptive traffic citations
First, let me introduce myself; I am a 69 year old man that has been driving since I was 16 years old and have never received any driving citation or ticket except in Louisiana, specifically the Lasal...
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senecal.tony wrote:
As we approached a so called “construction zone” in the city limits of Tullos I noticed several cones and the sign alerting me to reduce speed ahead from 55 mph to 45 mph and immediately began slowing down. Motor Home drivers know that when you hit the brake and have the “Jake Break” on, the vehicle immediately starts to slow by virtue of the engine compression and this was done by me as soon as I seen the notice to reduce speed.
You said you started slowing down and that with a Jakebrake the motorhome starts slowing immediately. But the question you need to ask yourself is were you going the speed limit or less at the moment you passed the sign? I would say many of us, myself included start slowing down, but don't actually reach the target speed until well after the sign.
senecal.tony wrote:
One other important item; Two other vehicles went directly in front of me entering into the reduced speed area going much faster than we were.
Debton
If this is true then yep, you got unfairly targeted. Radar comes out it an ever expanding cone from the radar gun. So if two other cars raced past you at the time the gun was active then it recorded the faster speeds of the cars and the PO decided to pull you over. You can't really do much unless you have real proof to back up that the cars were the speeders.
