"ROBT BECK" <robt.beck2@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<WRVOa.69119$n%5.17024@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>... Hi folks, I don't know if this is the appropriate forum but maybe someone can point me in the right direction. I got a speeding ticket in Chino, CA a while back that I wish to fight in court. The officer was hiding in the dark on private property where he couldn't be seen from the street and he was using radar. Are there any codes that he could have been violating (be specific please if you can)? Thanks for any help.

Nothing says he can't hide or clock you from private property. He must
be in uniform and using a marked vehicle (VC 40800), but that doesn't
mean he has to be out where you can see him.

There are fairly complicated rules governing when a road is an illegal
speed trap (VC 40802): unless the road is a "local street or road"
(residential street) or a posted school zone, there must be a current
speed zone survey that justifies the speed limit.

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Not a lawyer,

Chris Green

On 9 Jul 2003 16:30:54 -0700, cj.green@worldnet.att.net (Christopher Green) wrote:
"ROBT BECK" <robt.beck2@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<WRVOa.69119$n%5.17024@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>... Hi folks, I don't know if this is the appropriate forum but maybe someone can point me in the right direction. I got a speeding ticket in Chino, CA a while back that I wish to fight in court. The officer was hiding in the dark on private property where he couldn't be seen from the street and he was using radar. Are there any codes that he could have been violating (be specific please if you can)? Thanks for any help.Nothing says he can't hide or clock you from private property. He mustbe in uniform and using a marked vehicle (VC 40800), but that doesn'tmean he has to be out where you can see him.There are fairly complicated rules governing when a road is an illegalspeed trap (VC 40802): unless the road is a "local street or road"(residential street) or a posted school zone, there must be a currentspeed zone survey that justifies the speed limit.

Surveys are not needed on local roads and max speed
zones. There's more to being a local road than it being a residential
street.

Skip <skipfromla@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<7cbpgvk5549gqer6io1udqa35pd90sb9b8@4ax.com>... On 9 Jul 2003 16:30:54 -0700, cj.green@worldnet.att.net (Christopher Green) wrote:"ROBT BECK" <robt.beck2@verizon.net> wrote in message news:<WRVOa.69119$n%5.17024@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>... Hi folks, I don't know if this is the appropriate forum but maybe someone can point me in the right direction. I got a speeding ticket in Chino, CA a while back that I wish to fight in court. The officer was hiding in the dark on private property where he couldn't be seen from the street and he was using radar. Are there any codes that he could have been violating (be specific please if you can)? Thanks for any help.Nothing says he can't hide or clock you from private property. He mustbe in uniform and using a marked vehicle (VC 40800), but that doesn'tmean he has to be out where you can see him.There are fairly complicated rules governing when a road is an illegalspeed trap (VC 40802): unless the road is a "local street or road"(residential street) or a posted school zone, there must be a currentspeed zone survey that justifies the speed limit. Surveys are not needed on local roads and max speed zones. There's more to being a local road than it being a residential street.

Definition of "local road" is one that most two-lane residential
streets will meet and few other streets will meet, though. You're
right about no survey for "maximum speed" zones.

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Chris Green