12 am going northbound on 280... no one on the road. If they are near you then they are gonna see you. Cops (especially CHP) are quite good at telling the difference between 65 and 85+. He probably would have bugged you if you were going 70 (cause that's how a lot of cops are).

If the ticket had the radar box checked, then he used radar. Otherwise, he was guessing (thats why he didn't give your exact speed. (85+ is not exact). I doubt you can refute it much since you said there was no one else on the road. You don't pose a threat to other drivers, but you can't claim speed-of-traffic either.

If you were in the SanJose/SantaClara/Cupertino area, then he probably just merged onto the freeway and came up behind you. If you were further up 280 (like near the 92 280/92 junction) then he probably was sitting on the shoulder or on an onramp that he has a good view from.

In the L.A. area, cops go 90 on the freeway just to be able to pull up behind someone (who probably won't notice them).

I got a ticket on wednesday for the front window tint and for having my stereo up too loud. No moving violations. Not from CHP though. I got mine on Castro in Mountain View in front of Limelight. I think I have a chance to fight the sound violation - I couldn't hear my own stereo from 50 feet. I'll just wait to see what the fine is first.

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