Police Evasion Research Paper

With twenty percent of all American drivers receiving a ticket in one year, a person will find himself or herself speeding in an area of town known for heavy police presence (Citation Statistics). When this happens, a person has two options. Take the ticket and move on, or avoid the possible consequences of a ticket by evasion, which could include: increased insurance rates, the parents or spouse rant later, or even the lesser known self guilt trip. When it takes ten minutes for a police officer to write a ticket and ten minutes to evade the same police officer, any sane person would evade the police. When a person finds one’s self in this certain situation, he or she should first locate the closest side road, an old country road works best. More than likely, the police officer will not follow the individual wherever he or she decides to turn. In the rare and unlikely event, the police officer does decide to follow him or her, one should press the accelerator as far down as it will go. Then, the individual should not remain on the same road for the

The process is exuberating because, well, the person is running from the police. The individual should reflect on the previous ten minutes of their life. This reflection should include where the evasion originated, the posted speed limit and the speed at which the individual was traveling. After the location is determined, the person should not return either down that road or by the spot for at least a week in order to avoid a ticket. Then, one should consider why he or she was speeding, because everyone has an excuse. The reflection should also include the difference between the traveling speed and the posted speed. Armed with these two pieces of knowledge, one can lead to an inference of at which rate of speed a police officer begins issuing tickets and the person can conclude a “radar hot spot”. Disclaimer: the technique as described above is neither suggested or