Re: aircraft speeding tickets

[Alan Lambert <gerard@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Bill Bergman wrote:

> Chris said: "However, if officer "A" makes the observation and officer
> "B" writes the citation, officer "B" can only provide "hear say"
> testimony, which is illegal."
> 
> Just my opinion, but I would guess that the CHP airplane would simply
> radio the color of the Alfa, along with a general location, and the CHP
> car on the ground would track the offending Alfa, guage the speed and
> pull it over. No hearsay involved. Not that any Alfa owner would ever
> speed!
> 
> I must have missed something on this one, but I will keep my top down.
> 

Your assumption ain't right. The plane measures the speed and radios it 
to the parked cars--they pull out bewhind, ask the air if the car they 
are tailing is the miscreant, then turn on their lights and stop him---At 
least that's what the CHP officer who ticketed me told me!



> Bergie
> 
> 
> 

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Regards,
Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
           *******Los Altos, California (office)*******

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