What happens if 2 cars are speeding one following the other, Who does the officer pull over?

Question

Suppose 2 cars are doing 70 in a 55, one following the other 100 feet apart. Which one gets pulled over, the leader or the follower? I often find myself tailing another car on the highway going faster than I usually would thinking that if we were to drive by a speed trap, the guy in front of me would get pulled over. Who gets pulled over. I am thinking once the radar gun zaps the first guy it won't be able to reset in enough time to zap the one trailing it so the cop has to chase down the first car or if the radar gun can zap both does the officer catch the whatever vehicle is closer as he jumps out into the highway to pursue

Answer 1

I've been in that situation and they pulled us both over.

Answer 2

This happened to me once and the cop pulled us both over and cited us both. I live in AZ. Police are trained to "eyeball" speeds and it will hold up in court.

Good Luck

Answer 3

its pretty much up to the officer..

ether one or both or none at all

Answer 4

Around here they usually pull over the easiest one. (the second car)  Occasionally there will be a police helicopter with radar & a roadblock a mile or so ahead, so they can get a group at once.

Answer 5

the cop will try to pull over both..most of the time he will only get one..but yeh thats what happens

Answer 6

He can pull you both over, but you can fight it since he can really only officially clock one car at a time. My dad got pulled over with another guy when they were drag racing after a red light. Ha. Anyway, my dad the good citizen he is, admitted he was speeding. The other guy fought it and got his ticket dismissed!

Answer 7

I was speeding with 2 other cars once in NM.  I was in the middle and I was the only one that pulled over.  The trooper gave me a ticket and when I walked into the State Police Department to pay the ticket, I told the lady that the bad thing was I was the only one that stopped.  She told me I should have taken it to court and it would have been thrown out cuz he didn't ticket the other two guys too.  They flash their lights at people who are speeding in groups, but they'll pull you over if you're the only one speeding.  It could be different in your state though.  Why not just ask an officer next time you see one at a gas station?  He'll tell you straight up

Answer 8

Well when I was in the situation as a leader I was the only one pulled over  because the cop said that he could not pull us both over at once.  This was in Georgia.

Answer 9

Heres something i am way to familiar with. OK lets say your on I95 in the U.S. and you are going 85 in a 65 but you are tailing someone closely, guess what your getting pulled over. Lets do the same thing but you have a bit of distance on the other car, they get pulled over. Now lets bring this to a State road. Lets say you are going 65 in a 45, in this case it doesn't matter how close or far you are they will most likely run the plates from the back car and pull over the first car. Then if theres another police in the area they pull over the second car. Depending on the state and how pissed off the cop is he can charge you with speeding, reckless driving, illegal street racing, and even the occasional no signal light.

I had two of those lovely tickets in Charlotte, N.C.. Lets just say not a pretty looking number to pay.

Answer 10

It depends on how it is set up.  If the officer is behind you, he will probably pull over the car in the back.  If he is on the side, then probably the car in the front.

Answer 11

The cop will pull over both vehicles...it happened to me!

Answer 12

Well lets say that two cars are 100 feet apart and traveling at 70mph in 55mph. The cop radar the first one and seconds later radar the second vehicle. Since the rate of the radar bean is milliseconds to get a reading on an object, it has enough time to get another reading within seconds. To a cop it is easier to chase down the second car first then the first car. That doesn't mean the first car has gotten away. As they is chasing the second one he can radio in the descriptions of the first one. As long as the cop is able to get either one it doesn't matter. The ticket will have the same value amount on either car.

Cops put out speed radar on hwy and certain area. These big machine is able to zap multiple cars at once.

Answer 13

It would most likely be the first one. but they might get both people or call for backup.

Answer 14

if you in PA dont  worie they have the car in front cause in PA the pigs have to b settn still 2 catch ya speedn

Answer 15

This depends which one the Police officer zeros in on first.

It could be the lead car or one behind.

If there are patrol cars around, the officer manning the speed trap may radio ahead and have all in the line pulled over.

This happens on some major highways.

They send out unmarked cars and have one just ahead and one comes up the rear.

The two unmarked patrol cars then starts their flashing lights at the same time and has all cars from the lead to the last car in the line pull over.

Often there are a couple of marked patrol cars just behind the unmarked car coming up the rear.

This apparently happens on some Interstate freeways.

Good Luck

Answer 16

The officer should pull both vehicles over.