IH 10 – Eastbound, west of Sonora after Rest stop

Sonora, TexasMar 17, 20140 Comments

We experienced a speed trap recently in Sutton County on our first day of our vacation. I had just bought a brand new Nissan Xterra so we decided to go visit some family in California. We set our vehicle on cruise control to 80 after I had just let my wife’s dog out at the rest stop. After leaving the rest stop we got back on the highway and got the cruise control back on and I see an officer hit his lights on the other side of the highway. I barely saw him because of the large truck traffic. I told my wife uh oh he just pulled someone over. Thinking he just caught a trucker speeding. He then turned around and got behind me but about 20 car lengths away, so Wasn’t sure if he was pulling me over or a truck or another car but I figured safety first, I’m pulling over. He then proceeded to get behind me and got out of his car and walked up to my window and asked if I knew why he was pulling me over. I said I’m not going to call him a liar to his face but I know wasn’t speeding so that can’t be why. he smiled and said I was doing 91 in an 80 MPH zone. I said Sorry again I’m not calling you a liar sir but I have cruise control set to 80 and if I you tracked me at 90 something is wrong with my brand new car or your radar and he smiled and asked for my license and current insurance card. I complied to his orders all the while asking him to recheck and mentioning again that my vehicle only has 400 miles on it so I am 100% sure my vehicle is not broken and I was set to 80. He walked away. I asked my wife again ” Was I doing 91?” She said in no way could you be doing 91! It’s a speed trap and we need to just take the ticket and fight it. To avoid a confrontation or argument, as the officer walked back I just signed where he said sign. and said be safe and he walked away smiling. So how on earth could he say on the ticket that traffic was light? It was 10:12 am on a Friday Morning on I-10. A total speed trap that will be written about to my Texas state representative of District 53.

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