On 28-1-2010 11:21, somebody wrote:
> "andrel" <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
> news:4B6### [at] hotmailcom...
> 
>> I think I even know a Dutch case along this lines: a random guy in a
>> (probably flashy, if I know him well) car is followed by two under cover
>> policeman that think he might be a person that will drive to fast.
>> Indeed he does and after an hour they put him to the side of the road,
>> charge him with speeding and confiscate his car because he is driving
>> more than 50 kilometer per hour too fast.
>> The case comes for a judge and the guy defends himself saying: i have
>> seen these two guys already in that town 100km from the place where they
>> arrested me. I have seen them repeatedly and of course I was speeding,
>> two dodgy looking guys were following me all this time.
>> The guy gets cleared, gets his car back and the police gets new
>> instructions.
> 
> Can speed without repercussions so long as he has good grounds to belive
> that he is being followed?
> 

In this case it was easy to *prove* that he was being followed. And in 
this case it was also clear that he was speeding because of the actions 
of the police. So he has to be acquitted. It is, or is close to, what 
the Americans call entrapment.

If there is a *really* good reason for speeding, you may get away with 
it. E.g if your wife is in the process of giving birth and you get 
pulled over you get a stern lecture on why you should not do that and 
what to do instead, and a police escort to the next hospital.

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