What does "stationary" means in speeding ticket?

Question

I got a ticket by a cop using a hand held radar gun, but on the tickets, "stationary" is checked. He was standing outside of his car with the unit.

Answer 1

Stationary only means that the officer was not moving when you were clocked on radar. For court purposes this box must be checked to show the judge what the officer was doing at the time of the clock.

Answer 2

The radar has two modes, stationary and moving.

In the stationary mode, the patrol car is parked, and the unit only displays the target vehicle speed.

In the moving mode, the radar unit has to calculate the patrol car speed and the combined speeds of the two vehicles. The counting unit then does the calculations to determine the target speed.

Answer 3

Yes it is legal.  Stationary means that the officer, patrol vehicle, and the radar gun were not moving.  

The greater the angle between the radar gun and the target vehicle, means the slower speed the radar gun will show.  The vehicle's true speed would be faster than what is shown on the radar.

The reason you rarely see a cop standing outside the patrol car and shooting radar, is that it takes a while for the cop to jump into the patrol car once he spots a violator.  This extra time may cause the violator to escape being pulled over.

Answer 4

He was stationary with the radar....he was standing "still".  Versus following behind you and tracking your speed.

Answer 5

It means he was'nt moving himself. The radar gun was "Stationary". They can nail you with radar guns while THEY'RE moving as well, but they have to note it as the error factor is much higher.