Driving back from Saturdays Mazda Rev it up I was on a 2 lane road through the middle of Florida. I was just leaving Arcadia and heading towards Oceechobee, this is a 65 mile run through nothing. Its perfectly straight roads with nothing on them.



All of the sudden I see something way off in the distance. As I roll up I see it a bunch of cones in the road with about 10 State Troopers parked on either side of the road.



One is standing in the middle of the road, he points at me and points to the side of the road.



Me: Whats going on?

Cop: Do you know how fast you were going?

Me: No...

Cop: A plane clocked you at 76 in a 60. Did you know you were going that fast?

Me: No, I was just cruising along eating french fries and drinking this here coke.

Cop: License and Registration...



Nice....



There were about 7 cars pulled over everyhting from SUV's to Toyota Camrys with old ladies at the wheel.



There is no way in hell you can go 60 on that deserted road these guys are just trying to boost revinue.



"Protect and Serve" isnt that the police motto. What were they protecting the general public from?? Maybe they were trying to protect a stray racoon that might wander into the road.



Well, I am getting one of those ticket defense lawyers to fight this. I purposefully never admitted anything to the cop. I was also very nice to him so he would not remember me. Time to take this one to court and beat it.



If I was speeding on a busy road being a menace I would just take it like a man and pay the ticket. Setting up shop in the middle of BFE is total bullshit.

 

Bummer

 

lol, i have read signs around here that say the highway is patrolled by plane but i never thought they would accually do anything

 

cops motto in no way anymore protect and serve the new motto is "hide and go seek" ******* pigs

 

http://www.speedtrap.org/

 

http://www.ticketclinic.com/view.cfm?id=593&county=1264





I am calling this place today. My ticket is for $119 but I will be damned if I am paying it. I would rather pay an attorney to stick this ticket up their ***.



I also reported the area as a speed trap on that website.

 

i always opt for a lawyer, my last tickets was $80, I paid a lawyer $250 to make it go away.



Why? 1, it's off my record 2, the more people who fight them, the less likely the are to hand out bogus tickets and trust me they hand out a lot of them.

 

Wow, that sucks. I could understand if you were breezing along at 90 mph, but only 16 over on a deserted road? WTF?



mmm....french fries...

 

damn..i guess they have nothing better to do....jim...maybe you should move to NJ...I think there are to many trees on the parkway to use planes to clock us

 

was this in the mini?