A few details on the ticket -
DH had just gotten on the highway, so I doubt he was going as fast as 80 - he hadn't had time to get up to that speed. I wasn't looking at the speedometer (I was in the car with him at the time) but I believe he was doing maybe 70-75. If I'm right, that means the cop padded the radar reading to get up to 80, which is 25+ mph over the speed limit (55), which is a higher fine. If the ticket had been for 75, he would have just taken his lumps and paid up. He
is guilty of speeding, just not guilty of speeding
that fast.
DH has gotten tickets before, but they're all old and out-of-state, and he paid up, so no points.
The cop did misspell our street address, but we weren't counting on that to get out of the ticket. He did get our last name right, which in and of itself is a challenge.
Cop was stationary, on the median, in amongst some tall grass (now I know why they haven't mowed the grass on that median all year!) and facing toward the direction we were coming from. He was definitely using instant-on radar because the radar detector only chirped once.
(The funny thing is, I've been pulled over for speeding exactly once, and got off with a warning... and my husband calls
me a leadfoot...
)