Cops are wonderful, aren't they?

[Joods]

 Okay, the reason I type in bold is so everyone can see my post easier; well, at least people with sight problems, but I guess you're right...

 Anyway, I know that video isn't widespread, in fact, I got that off of a 1998 shockumentary called "Banned from Television".

 And yes, I am old enough to drive, and no, I don't have a driver's license... yet. But I do know that giving someone a fine for going 2 miles above the
 speed limit is dumb...

Here's a little lesson for you...

In the vast majority of cases, you'd be hard pressed to find any police officer pulling over someone for going two miles above the posted speed limit and here's why: 

There is a margin of error that must be considered and that usually goes up or down by three. So if the speed limit is 25 and a cop shoots his radar at someone who appears to be going 28, he's not going to waste his time pulling that person over. It's wasteful when he could clearly catch a more serious offender. 

Second - all speeding tickets can be fought in a court of law. Someone getting pulled over for going 2 miles over the posted speed limit would be stupid not to take that to court to fight it. The judge would not only dismiss the ticket in its entirety, but probably chastise the officer for giving the ticket out in the first place. 

I've been driving for 30 years. I've gotten more than my fair share of tickets. Five years ago, I got nailed going 31 mph OVER the speed limit. Yep. I got nailed going 96 in a 65. I decided to take it to court and fight it. This was in PA. I got the ticket reduced down to 10 mph over and walked away with a $110 fine instead of what I was facing: A 30 day suspension of my license and 5 points that would have stayed on my record for four years. 

I've also gotten pulled over by a cop for going five miles an hour over the speed limit in Maryland. I took that to court too. It was dismissed because the judge told the cop he was an idiot for wasting the departments resources when the way he was parked was considered entrapment. When the judge asked the court room who else was there because of getting pulled over by that cop, nearly everyone stood up. All those cases were dismissed on the spot too. 


tl;dr version: No police officer worth his salt is going to waste time pulling over someone for going a few miles above the speed limit. It's too easy to fight it in court.  Given that video - it was probably staged because a driver going batshit crazy makes for good tv and entertains simple minds. Especially if you're saying the guy was pulled over for "speeding". Going two miles over, isn't exactly "shock" worthy.