I was pretty much cruising on an empty I-580 west at around 2:30 AM. I got pulled over and the cop said I was going 84 mph on a 65 mph zone. I honestly didn't even know I was going that fast. What was funny was that I had to do the DUI test.

Anyway, the court date on my ticket says "w/i 60 days." In most cases, I've seen people with specific court dates. I'm assuming this means I just show up randomly within 60 days? Has anyone seen this before? I'm not familiar with this process.

 

just wait for it to come in the mail....you'll get all the specifics then.

 

just curious, was the cop rolling or camping with a radar? i have heard cop cant pull over people for speeding if they are rolling cause theres no recorder to capture that, is that true?

 

No.

 

They can give u a ticket if they can somehow have an idea how fast you are going. They can be stopped with a radar, rolling with the radar mounted on their roof, pace you (compare your speed with their speedometer). Unless you fight the ticket, their way of measuring your speed is valid. There are specific ways of fighting each method of speed measurement.

 

cinco de mayo weekend cops every where, as for the ticket u should get a notice within 60 days if not call the court house and find out. if not they will say u forfit never payed and put a bench warrant out.

 

Where on 580 were you?
I'm assuming it was the CHP, right?
Like others have said, you will get the specifics in the mail.

 

No, completely false.

 

if u look on the ticket it will say "approx speed" so they can say ohh i think he was going 80 without any proof and u can 1 fight it if u know u werent or 2 just take the ticket pay the fine and go to school... lol. they are pretty good at guessing though down a 40 i was going 65 so i slowed down when i noticed all of a sudden i turned the corner bam pulled over "u know how fast u were going?"-cop "umm 45?"-me "no u were going about 60" - cop... lol. he let me go though /phew....

btw watch out on 680 by calavaras and Montague/landess exits alot of cops on it recently. 2 motorcycles +1 reg car lately on both sides.

 

hehe, i see chippie in here

 

Ahhh...the urban legends rise again.

If you read the back of the citation, there are more details. The most important thing you need to read is inside the red box where you signed your name. The court doesn't have to send you a darn thing in the mail, and it may not send you anything. So don't "just wait for it to come in the mail." Within 60 days is vague, but thats just how the court system probably works in that county. In Santa Clara County, we are given specific dates to write on the citation depending on what week the citation is issued. Bottom line, it's up to you to appear in court within 60 days to enter a plea. If you look at the top left corner of the document, you will notice it is actually called a "Promise to appear." Hint, hint.

 

i see chippie dont want to give away his secrets! or the county wont make there $$! jk jk

 

whatever....i've gotten something in the mail after all my citations.

 

I SECOND that! so i take it g35 chippie indeed IS a CHP!?! Let's be BFF! HAHAH Daym wouldnt it be cool if u met an officer of the law whether it be chp, sheriffs etc and they were kool like those two cops in Superbad?!? Hahah wouldnt that be something. Sorry for being random but dang let ur imagination's run wild! Muahaha

 

^^^lmfao!