In South Dakota they like to pick on out of state trucks. And in SD you have to pay the fine (if you get one) before they let you leave. Good times in the Rushmore State.
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Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Injun, Mar 12, 2011.
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True. But in basic Police Academy, I received the same radar/speed judgment training you did. If I dig through my old papers, I might even be able to find my radar certification card signed by Dep. W. Hollis.
As observant as any officer can be, how can you tell a light is out in broad daylight while you are travelling at roughly 65mph and you're looking at a truck going roughly 70mph (passing speed 135mph, yeah?) while you are following another truck at two car-lengths' distance and the truck's lights aren't even on? That micro-second of time between seeing the passing vehicle and the brain registering that it's a truck is not enough time to see and recognize, especially with the awkward angle, whether that trucker is or isn't using his eatbelt or yapping on the phone.
Last I was taught, Probable Cause was required in order to initiate a traffic stop. The only PC I could observe was the truck's speed. Remembering, of course, the combined passing speed of the two vehicles being 135mph give-or-take 5mph.
Note to DieselBear and all outside observers: this is not Injun being a deliberate PITA, contentious b****. All of this was written with a twinkle in the eye and a "let's play" mischievous half-smirk on the lips.
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