On my way to work there's a 10 mile stretch of rural 2-lane highway that routinely gets chocked up with a semi in front and a line of cars behind it that refuse to pass. There's a couple long stretches with great visibility, such that you can get in the left lane and pass for long periods safely so long as there's no cross traffic.
A few months ago I passed one of these "slow trains" only to get pulled over by a cop a mile or so down the road. Pretty sure he was in the line of cars that I passed, or perhaps he was on the side of the road hidden from view. His reasoning was that "he suspects I was going a lot faster than the speed limit" and that passing that many cars is an unsafe maneuver. He was very vague and just gave me a warning.
I didn't think anything of it, just made a mental note to watch for cops next time, but then today while passing another small line of cars on the way to work, the third car in line was a cop
There was room enough for me to slide in behind him, I didn't want to risk passing him and getting pulled over. Keep in mind I'm not passing at an unsafe speed at any time, just normal passing speed, basically the speed limit, give or take a couple mph (other cars I'm passing are going about 10mph under the limit). There's zero traffic going the other way, so I certainly don't find it unsafe, or I wouldn't pass.
Do I have a leg to stand on if I got pulled over passing more than one vehicle? I have no idea how radar works, can he clock me accurately if my car is passing him? Or does he just do a rough estimate taking his own speed into account?
A few months ago I passed one of these "slow trains" only to get pulled over by a cop a mile or so down the road. Pretty sure he was in the line of cars that I passed, or perhaps he was on the side of the road hidden from view. His reasoning was that "he suspects I was going a lot faster than the speed limit" and that passing that many cars is an unsafe maneuver. He was very vague and just gave me a warning.
I didn't think anything of it, just made a mental note to watch for cops next time, but then today while passing another small line of cars on the way to work, the third car in line was a cop
Do I have a leg to stand on if I got pulled over passing more than one vehicle? I have no idea how radar works, can he clock me accurately if my car is passing him? Or does he just do a rough estimate taking his own speed into account?