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  • darkshark
    Nothing.
    • Nov 2004
    • 4189

    #1

    For those of you who are good at math

    i recently got a speeding ticket, and im about to go to court to fight it, the officer wasnt using radar or a laser, he only judged my speed by eye, so here are my facts....

    car model: 1994 VW Jetta
    0-60: 10.1 seconds
    quarter mile: 17.6 seconds (a quarter mile is 1320ft)

    From H street to the L street stop sign is ~1200ft,
    The officers siren, went on at ~750 ft (pulled over immediately)
    there is also a 4% downward slope thats ~300ft long
    4% grade slope adds 2 mph/s to my acceleration

    i need to know my approximate top speed from the beginning of H street
    to about 750 ft, if you need any other information to figure this out ask meh!!
    he said i was doing 65, but i really dont think i was =P any help would be great, cause math is my worst subject =/

    and heres a map if it will help http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9619/mapjj8.jpg
  • Triplex72
    CUSTOMIZED
    FFR Simfile Author
    • Oct 2005
    • 975

    #2
    Re: For those of you who are good at math

    sweet FF skin.
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    • sertman
      DADALADAH
      FFR Simfile Author
      • Jun 2005
      • 3910

      #3
      Re: For those of you who are good at math

      If he judged your speed by eye then theres no way that ticket is going to hold up. he's going to have a hell of a time convincing a judge that he can tell what speed you're going by eye, and actually write you a ticket for it.

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      • msbrunnettemickey
        FFR Player
        • Sep 2004
        • 1780

        #4
        Re: For those of you who are good at math

        This is why you buy one of these



        My mom has one to know when to slow down XD
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        • stretchypanda
          shock me shock me
          • Sep 2004
          • 4123

          #5
          Re: For those of you who are good at math

          Originally posted by sertman
          If he judged your speed by eye then theres no way that ticket is going to hold up. he's going to have a hell of a time convincing a judge that he can tell what speed you're going by eye, and actually write you a ticket for it.
          Absolute truth. If the officer told you he didn't have a radar, you didn't have to accept the ticket.

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          • Moogy
            嗚呼
            FFR Simfile Author
            • Aug 2003
            • 10303

            #6
            Re: For those of you who are good at math

            you were going 99999999 trillion miles per second
            Plz visit my blog

            ^^^ vintage signature from like 2006 preserved

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            • Reach
              FFR Simfile Author
              FFR Simfile Author
              • Jun 2003
              • 7471

              #7
              Re: For those of you who are good at math

              Way too many unknowns to figure this out.

              He doesn't have any evidence to support the fact you were speeding though so I don't see what the problem is. XD

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              • dunlop
                FFR Player
                • Apr 2006
                • 469

                #8
                Re: For those of you who are good at math

                How fast were YOU going, and what is the speed limit on the road? The have to allow a few miles over anyways.

                Like everyone is saying, if he didn't get you on the radar, you'll be fine.
                The secret to your future lies hidden in your daily routine.

                The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

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                • darkshark
                  Nothing.
                  • Nov 2004
                  • 4189

                  #9
                  Re: For those of you who are good at math

                  well he said i was doing 65 when he came up to the window, and wrote down that i was doing 60 on the ticket, and i figured i was doing about 45, but it was still a 25mph speed limit lol

                  Originally posted by Moogy
                  you were going 99999999 trillion miles per second
                  dont i get like a Nobel prize for breaking the speed of light?
                  Last edited by darkshark; 07-15-2006, 07:47 PM.

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                  • sertman
                    DADALADAH
                    FFR Simfile Author
                    • Jun 2005
                    • 3910

                    #10
                    Re: For those of you who are good at math

                    Originally posted by darkshark
                    well he said i was doing 65 when he came up to the window, and wrote down that i was doing 60 on the ticket, and i figured i was doing about 45, but it was still a 25mph speed limit lol



                    dont i get like a Nobel prize for breaking the speed of light?
                    wtf 20 miles an hour over

                    i thought it was like he said you were doing like 65 in a 50 or something

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                    • darkshark
                      Nothing.
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 4189

                      #11
                      Re: For those of you who are good at math

                      ya, so thats why i wanted to know my exact top speed for that section, so if the ticket still does hold up, i can at the very least prove the cop wrong and make him feel like an idot lol

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                      • 180digi
                        FFR Player
                        • May 2004
                        • 969

                        #12
                        Re: For those of you who are good at math

                        Originally posted by darkshark
                        idot lol
                        Irony lol
                        You'll never walk alone.

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                        • Doug31
                          Falcon Paaaauuuunch!!!!!!
                          FFR Simfile Author
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 6811

                          #13
                          Re: For those of you who are good at math

                          As reach said, your numbers lead to an unsolvable problem with the information given. When I started trying to solve, I decided that your acceleration from 0-60 in 10.1s could no way have been a constant acceleration, so I don't know what the acceration would even be. There are probably more problems like this in trying so solve that, so no one is going to. If someone comes up with an answer based off of your information, it's probably wrong.

                          Basically, you really need to just argue that how fast it looks like you are going to a cop is not accurate. However, if you were going like 45 in a 25, that's not good, because I doubt you could get anyone to believe that the cop's estimate would be off by near that much.

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                          • emptiness
                            FFR Player
                            • Feb 2005
                            • 453

                            #14
                            Re: For those of you who are good at math

                            judging your speed by eye?? wtf you can use that against him...no math needed..lmao. You're gonna win..no doubt
                            Back in 5 mins

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                            • emptiness
                              FFR Player
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 453

                              #15
                              Re: For those of you who are good at math

                              you really can't rely on old specs...btw
                              Back in 5 mins

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