Well the girl and I were out driving the other night heading to the Peoria Best Buy. We have to drive through a town called Pekin to get there. I am stopped at a stop light waiting to make a left turn. It is night time. Light turns green, and I get on it somewhat hard. An officer is parked on the opposite side of the road with his lights turned off. I see him, let off the gas and look down. I am doing 54 mph. Honestly didnt know what the speed limit was, and had only planned to shift out of first and then let off. Also, I have smaller than stock tires, and havent fully corrected it in the pcm. So I was more than likely doing 53 mph. The road had a 45 mph speed limit. Right when I let off the gas I hear my radar detector give out one beep.......then a second beep. For those who have radar detectors, you know that this is a far cry from being shot. When im shot with radar, I get a full on annoying beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppppppppppppppppppppppp....until the radar is pass. After i pass the cop, he turns his car on and pulls a U-turn to chase after me. I am doing 45 mph. He follows me for a block or two and then turns on his lights. A second after turning on his lights, he turns on his search light and shines it straight into my rear view mirror. So imagine being in a car, then a truck pulls behind you, turns on his brights....and then multiply that by 5. Honestly, I could barely see the road any more, and this is with the autodim feature turned on. So I barely manage to pull to the side of the road because there are varying ditches to avoid. Cop walks up and tries to set a trap:
"Any reason you were doing 59 in a 45?"
"I wasnt going that fast, officer."
"license and insurance, bla bla bla"
Walks back to car and im expecting a warning for several reasons. I wasnt doing 59, he didnt get me with radar, and I didnt fall into the trap of admitting I was going 59. Sure enough he comes up a couple minutes later with a ticket. Hands it to me, and is about ready to walk off when I ask him about changing the court date because I go to school in a different state. He says he doesnt control that, and I must contact the courts. Then he turns and walks away.
I had no chance of asking for the radar, and the guy was being a complete dick. You know when people come up to you and start talking and dont give you any time to ask a question.....yea those people are usually trying to get through a lie.
So my thoughts right now are to pay the ticket, get 3-months court supervision and file a complaint with the Pekin Police Department. The complaint will mainly deal with the blinding spotlight while driving 45 mph at night, then also make reference to the lack of radar and the speed I never reached.
What are you opinions on my options?
Sorry it was soo long :lolsign:
"Any reason you were doing 59 in a 45?"
"I wasnt going that fast, officer."
"license and insurance, bla bla bla"
Walks back to car and im expecting a warning for several reasons. I wasnt doing 59, he didnt get me with radar, and I didnt fall into the trap of admitting I was going 59. Sure enough he comes up a couple minutes later with a ticket. Hands it to me, and is about ready to walk off when I ask him about changing the court date because I go to school in a different state. He says he doesnt control that, and I must contact the courts. Then he turns and walks away.
I had no chance of asking for the radar, and the guy was being a complete dick. You know when people come up to you and start talking and dont give you any time to ask a question.....yea those people are usually trying to get through a lie.
So my thoughts right now are to pay the ticket, get 3-months court supervision and file a complaint with the Pekin Police Department. The complaint will mainly deal with the blinding spotlight while driving 45 mph at night, then also make reference to the lack of radar and the speed I never reached.
What are you opinions on my options?
Sorry it was soo long :lolsign:
I'll have to ask my Uncle who is an officer or my neighbor who is an officer as well. I'll have to see what they say, if anything can be done <_< 
