CraigWaterman11
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I recently just purchased some ebay dash cams, I think they were like $60 for front and rear. I know this will sound crazy but I mainly bought them for the Police more than other motorist. Now, I do have incidents all the time in Boston, please see video below. This is just a couple normal days there.
For the Police what I noticed them doing, and not so much to begin with until after I bought my radar/laser detector. What happens is when I am pulled over in my Mercedes, it's a Sportier version C class with rims, and tinted windows, they aren't actually scanning me by Radar or Laser though they initially are saying they are. For instance, I even had one State Police Officer go so far as to mark Radar on the ticket, mark 85mph in a 55 mph, then cross out radar and put estimated and clocked. Next, he marked out 85 mph down to 80. When I questioned him about how he ascertained my speed, and I wouldn't mind seeing the radar, he told me he followed me and clocked me by his speedometer. I had a huge problem with this as he was never following me, I moved over, and he stopped about 50-75 yards in front of me on a highway, he proceeded to back down the break down lane towards my car, and stepped out and asked me to pull in front of him. The funny thing is the reason I bought the radar detector was because I would get a ticket and it didn't make sense. They walk up to your window, ask for license and registration correct? I know they are looking around the vehicle because they have what is called the "Plain sight" doctrine that doesn't require them to have probably cause. I never really considered that they also could be looking to see if I had a radar/laser detector to call their bluff on something. I would like to say it's only happened once......but nope. I just finished fighting a ticket where the local officer went so far as to threaten to arrest me if I didn't hide the radar detector because they are "illegal". Oddly enough the first thing he asked was "does that work", after I told him what I paid for it and how good it worked that's when he got upset. He told me he got me on radar, and of course I never argue with them there. When I received the ticket he left it all blank but the speed. I had someone else in the car with me. When I went to the magistrate hearing, they were baffled because I wanted to know how he ascertained my speed, and they couldn't tell me. There were absolutely no notes on the ticket. Either way, here's the quick video,
Dash Cams in Boston, MA USA
For the Police what I noticed them doing, and not so much to begin with until after I bought my radar/laser detector. What happens is when I am pulled over in my Mercedes, it's a Sportier version C class with rims, and tinted windows, they aren't actually scanning me by Radar or Laser though they initially are saying they are. For instance, I even had one State Police Officer go so far as to mark Radar on the ticket, mark 85mph in a 55 mph, then cross out radar and put estimated and clocked. Next, he marked out 85 mph down to 80. When I questioned him about how he ascertained my speed, and I wouldn't mind seeing the radar, he told me he followed me and clocked me by his speedometer. I had a huge problem with this as he was never following me, I moved over, and he stopped about 50-75 yards in front of me on a highway, he proceeded to back down the break down lane towards my car, and stepped out and asked me to pull in front of him. The funny thing is the reason I bought the radar detector was because I would get a ticket and it didn't make sense. They walk up to your window, ask for license and registration correct? I know they are looking around the vehicle because they have what is called the "Plain sight" doctrine that doesn't require them to have probably cause. I never really considered that they also could be looking to see if I had a radar/laser detector to call their bluff on something. I would like to say it's only happened once......but nope. I just finished fighting a ticket where the local officer went so far as to threaten to arrest me if I didn't hide the radar detector because they are "illegal". Oddly enough the first thing he asked was "does that work", after I told him what I paid for it and how good it worked that's when he got upset. He told me he got me on radar, and of course I never argue with them there. When I received the ticket he left it all blank but the speed. I had someone else in the car with me. When I went to the magistrate hearing, they were baffled because I wanted to know how he ascertained my speed, and they couldn't tell me. There were absolutely no notes on the ticket. Either way, here's the quick video,
Dash Cams in Boston, MA USA
I have some great video of driving in India 
