Quote Originally Posted by lampost
What's this "one mile over" law of which you speak??

It's easy for me to read between the lines to know what the law is, but is that a national law or a Colorado law?!? That is fuckin' ridiculous..

Most cops in CO don't even look twice if you're doing up to 10mph over!! This law has nothing to do with speeding!! You're right it's just to basically give them more legal defense to pull ANYONE over. They don't have to have a reason to pull you over anymore!

As most people know, speedometers are not 100% accurate (neither are radar guns). Your speedometer may say you're going 35mph, the speed limit... but you may actually be doing 36. The gun may be slightly more accurate and pick up 36. So now he has the right to pull you over?

Also, because of this inherent inaccuracy (compounded by the inaccuracy in the cop's radar gun as well) the cop will always have an excuse to pull over someone doing the speed limit!! If you are going 34-35mph, and he wants to pull you over, he can now easily SAY that you were going 36mph even if he got a reading of "35mph". He now has that uncertainty to use to his advantage. A 1mph increment is easy to fudge and most cops would probably feel justified in doing so if they found drugs in the car!! Hell, when I set my cruise control the speed probably varies from 2-3mph as I go up and down hills and the grade changes...

This is nuts to me! I always thought the cops gave you that 5mph over kinda because of this...
like i said new law. i just heard about it within the last month. it was even posted on a reader board on I25 saying "75mph means 75mph." as for the rest of your statement they dont care, you were not there to vote on it, none of us i doubt were there. this is how they do shit under our nose. keep it quiet nobody shows up for the hearing, BAM its a law. of course im no expert it just seems until its on the news most dont know. its not about drugs being found its about money, thats all these traitors want power and money.


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