Reported license plate...

[golfguy]

I was speeding down a road and some lady said she got my license and was calling the police. If she did would I actually get in trouble just from her word.

[Citicop]

She could sign a compliant of some kind against you, depending on exactly where you are.

If you slow down and drive reasonably, this will not happen in the future.

-Citicop.

[scott715us]

I was speeding down a road and some lady said she got my license and was calling the police. If she did would I actually get in trouble just from her word.

Civilians can sign as prosecutor on traffic tickets just as officers can in TN. It's her word against yours, but it sounds like you should have been reported. Slow down.

[ChesCopPodz]

Depends on how far she wants to take it. If she wants to have you charged, she can have you charged. You'd both go to court. She'd tell the judge what she saw you doing, you'd have to explain it.

[corporal716]

Not in California. It is an infraction not committed in the officer’s presence. How would she prove that you were speeding? Did she pace you or use radar? It all boils down to he said she said.

With that said, I was a deputy sheriff and by no means an expert when it comes to traffic enforcement. We weren’t even required to write tickets. If Papabear chimes in he may have a different take on it. I’m sure he’s read the California vehicle code backwards and sideways and maybe aware of something I’m not.

[greg72982]

Not in California. It is an infraction not committed in the officer’s presence. How would she prove that you were speeding? Did she pace you or use radar? It all boils down to he said she said.

With that said, I was a deputy sheriff and by no means an expert when it comes to traffic enforcement. We weren’t even required to write tickets. If Papabear chimes in he may have a different take on it. I’m sure he’s read the California vehicle code backwards and sideways and maybe aware of something I’m not.

I agree with you. In PA we can file on info received but I would NEVER file a speeding charge on info received. That's a loser for sure. She may have had grounds for a careless driving charge though.

I like when you're taking an accident report and one of the driver's says "He was going too fast!" I then reply with, "How did you know that, through your visual radar?"

I clock alot of vehicles and at this point I can typically guess a vehicle's speed within about 3mph of the actual speed clocked. Even so, that would not hold up in any court that I've seen because my eyesight is not calibrated.