[Flying Dutchman]

The only reason I am fighting this is because I was not speeding. I have been caught speeding, and I have paid every ticket I received because that is what I was doing. In this case I was directly behind the highway patrol officer for about 3 miles on the over pass north of Garden City. I was going 50 miles an hour since that is how fast he was going and I was not about to pass him. My passenger in the truck even remarked at how slow we were going. As we reached the curve on the east side of Garden, the officer pulled over, got behind me then pulled me over. He informed me that he clocked me doing 71 around the corner. I said I couldn't have since I was right behind him. He asked me if I had been drinking (I hadn't) and asked me why I was traveling on the highway. (?) He gave me the ticket and told me good luck.

So, either he was lying or his radar was wrong. Trying to prove he was lying (which I know the game too. Big difference between 70 or less in a 50 and 71 in a 50) would be futile. It would be my word and my passenger's word against his which never works. In court he said he tested the radar, but did not know what time. Also, he tested the radar the next day but again did not know what time. He could not remember, though, if he cited anyone else that shift.

Needless to say, I am appealing the decision. They opened the dorr in court with his training (he was unaware that specific forks are used, or that they sell tuning forks at music stores), with his statement that with 100% certainty the forks had never been damaged (he became an officer in 2006, the forks were last tested in 2005 and he testified that other officers had used his vehicle and the tuning forks but did not know if they dropped or damaged them) and stated that if the radar made a false reading, it would tell him. He could not explain how it tells him, but it does. If I have to subpeona things then they can look forward to having to produce all of his training, the training of any officers that used the equipment since 2005, maintanence logs on the vehicle and names of any and all people who worked on it, etc...... Needless to say, it will be very lengthy. It doesn't cost me anything, but it does them.