Ever wonder where some stats come from?

[cheezz]

He caught up to me while I was at a red light 15 minutes later. He said, "Well, my radar went off the scale, so I'll just write this one for 80 mph, ok?" I said, "Yes, sir."

He lied. He didn't time you. I believe they proved on mythbusters that you needed to go in excess of 200 mph before you could tilt the radar. Each state has their legally accepted forms of proof of speeding listed somewhere. If a cop has legally acceptable proof, they will generally nail you with it. Here in Pennsylvania, if a cop knows you were speeding but can't prove it, they will usually write you a ticket for 'failure to follow a traffic control device' (speed limit sign) They will tell you how it adds no points to your record and the vast majority of people mail in the fine, never realizing that they just got scammed.