Can an officer issue a ticket for failure to control speed if he did not witness it? Please give detailed information and any sources that you know of. Thanks!
by 
researcher
ANSWERS: 10
-
Speed camera springs to mind.
-
An officer can issue a ticket for anything he/she wants. Will it hold up in court? That's the real question.
-
I am assuming that if the officer did not witness it, Someone called and reported it. If this is true, than yes, if that person files an official complaint. From there it would be your word against theirs. The officer has to either Record your speed with his radar detector, be able to accurately judge that you are going over the speed limit, or receive a complaint from a witness.
-
It would depend upon what evidence was presented to the court. If this is related to your other question evidence would include the relative position of the two vehicles, the point of impact and any witness statements, including yours and the other driver's.
-
Need more information. How do you know he did not witness your speed?
-
A friend of mine got into an accident all by himself. He lost control on a turn, in the rain, and rolled his pickup truck over a couple times in a grassy field by the road. Nobody got hurt, thank goodness! But it was clear that he must have being going a pretty good speed, and certainly too fast for those rainy and slippery conditions. Proof positive, self-evident, ipso facto, the dumb cluck had it coming. So the officer on the accident scene wrote him a citation for "Excessive Speed". It's the same at a two-car collision. Whichever car has dents in the front bumper is automatically at fault! This was the car that was driving too fast for the conditions that day.
-
Unless they have camera proof with standard-ishue detection devices recordings they shouldn't be able to arrest.
-
Yes. A private citizen can sign a citation on another citizen, at any time. All thats required is for the citizen to be able to prove a traffic violation occured in his presence.
-
Yes... I'm sure. My son was ticketed for following too close when he hit the van in front of him after being splashed in the face with median sprinklers. HE managed to dodge enough to only clip the van stopped at a light, and the damage showed he was braking hard. A pickup or SUV RAMNNED the back of the van at damn near full speed. The cop was called, came, and gave my son a ticket. I'm not sure if other guy (the SUV) got a ticket. So, it sounds like if it reasonable to assume then you can get a ticket. So, if there's reason to believe you were failing to control your speed, then I'd say "yes".
-
Yes. If you get into an accident that is obviously causes by excessive speed, then you are guilty. The evidence is proof enough.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC