re. speeding ticket, Cosine Effect, Math Wiazrds - (Speeding Tick et) et. al.

[Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN)]

Some food for thought.. I've thought about that one as well, but the speed
registered on the radar unit would be lower, not higher than actual speed,
so I don't think that would help.  it might have helped had the officer
registered the relative difference due to your  angular velocity and showed
your speed lower.  In your case, the speed he registered was probably less
than you were going, unless...

An observation I made with one of those radar panels that was parked in a
25mph zone in my community.  A few times I observed, the radar getting the
speed I was travelling X 2.  For example, I'd watch the panel flashing 59mph
and then drop to 30.  I noticed this happened pretty regularly, registered
double speed for a few seconds before dropping to actual speed.
Interesting.

[    Well I was just reading some very interesting info on
http://www.copradar.com/preview/chapt4/ch4d1.html .  Now imagine the
position I am in as opposed to the radar source; I am on the downslope of a
hill in a sharp right hand corner.  The radar is also coming down a hill
turning to the right as well.  As he zaps me the angle changes radically as
we both are descending and turning eventually meeting each other head on, in
an S corner basically.  Can someone explain the real workings going on here?
I have a feeling that I was caught in the worst possible road type for
having radar overestimate speed.  Ah glorious math, or not?

Thanks!

Alexander van Gerbig -- '90 90q20v -- '88 80t (R.I.P)]