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Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth
Seems like a crooked reason to give a ticket...honestly how can an officer really determine with any level of accuracy if you were going to fast for the conditions? I mean if you're going to slap someone with a ticket you should at least have a general basis other then "it seems like you were going a bit too fast". A warning in this situation should have been more then enough.
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Exactly. I spent a little time in law enforcement and have never heard of anyone receiving a citation for "driving too fast for conditions" unless they were being a dick and it resulted in an accident.
I've stopped people for driving faster than I thought was appropriate for the given conditions but it was always just a warning as in "Hey dude, the road is pretty nasty up ahead. There have been 3 accidents there in the last hour. If I were you I'd probably take it slow and easy. Good luck". A cops job is to enforce the law, not to interpret the fucking law based upon his whims.