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Originally Posted by slant eyes
i remember hearing from some traffic school that when chp makes an attempt to tag you speeding on the highway with a radar gun. they must stand in plain sight. does anyone have anyway of verifying this? and if they are using a radar, should the posted speed limit signs always say 'radar enforced'?
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I don't know where all this wishful thinking comes from, but I wish I was still that optimistic. They can use unmarked cars, marked cars, roadside cameras, helicopters, whatever the hell they want to use to catch you. You're the one breaking the law by speeding, theyr'e just there to enforce it.
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Originally Posted by TM875
I think you might be correct, but it's a state-by-state thing. I would imagine that "hiding" falls under the entrapment clause of the law. For example, it is true that a cop cannot follow you, without lights on, waiting for you to speed. By following you and waiting for you to break the law, that's entrapment.
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Entrapment is when they provoke a person to perform an illegal action that that person would not have performed without that provocation. That's why fake prostitutes in sting operations always have to wait for guys to ask them first. Hiding is not entrapment; sitting next to you at a light in an unmarked car and revving the engine while grinning and looking over at you would be. The difference is that by hiding, they're increasing the chance of catching you in the act of committing a crime, while revving at you while stopped may cause you to do something that you wouldn't have considered doing if they hadn't been there.