Speeding In Yosemite
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:47 am
Has anyone been pulled over for speeding in Yosemite?
I got pulled over in Yosemite last night while leaving the park. The bridge that takes you back to the 41 (where the road splits to the 41 or 120/140) is where the Ranger was. I was coming from the 120, and he was basically doing the Valley Loop. Needless to say he had a stop sign, where I had the right away.
According to him, I was "flying" through the woods in that area to the point where "he couldn't keep up." He claims I had to of been doing 50+ at one point.
For starters I think it would be pretty much impossible to do 50 in that area with how sharp those curves are, plus I'm in a CR-V which means I probably would have flipped it or at least crashed doing so. Regardless, I know I wasn't doing 50.
With that said going up the hill leading to Tunnel View is where he "finally was able to catch up to me," and then pulled me over at Tunnel View. He said going up the hill I was doing 48, which again I would argue being I'm in a 4-cylinder CR-V with ecoboost on. Needless to say the motor would have been reeving high to get it going up the hill that quickly.
All that aside, the Ranger was real nice and let me off with a warning. But my question is what are the laws in Yosemite regarding warnings? I believe in California (I could be wrong) like most states you get a paper saying you've been warned. He didn't do that. Are the laws different as far as paper warnings go in National Parks? Can they just do verbal warnings?
Was a bit confused about this being in Virginia they give you paper warnings.
I honestly felt he either was checking me out because there was a vehicle doing something wrong that matched my description (and I'm okay with that), or he felt I was speeding, without actually running radar. Wouldn't he have given me a ticket for doing nearly 15 over if he had me locked on? I guess that's where I'm a bit suspicious.
I could believe I was doing closer to 40, but I know I wasn't doing anything close to 50. For starters I know the car well, and I don't try to ever go over 5 unless I'm going up a hill or not trying to ride my brakes going down hill.
Anyone know how any of that works in the park?
Thanks
I got pulled over in Yosemite last night while leaving the park. The bridge that takes you back to the 41 (where the road splits to the 41 or 120/140) is where the Ranger was. I was coming from the 120, and he was basically doing the Valley Loop. Needless to say he had a stop sign, where I had the right away.
According to him, I was "flying" through the woods in that area to the point where "he couldn't keep up." He claims I had to of been doing 50+ at one point.
For starters I think it would be pretty much impossible to do 50 in that area with how sharp those curves are, plus I'm in a CR-V which means I probably would have flipped it or at least crashed doing so. Regardless, I know I wasn't doing 50.
With that said going up the hill leading to Tunnel View is where he "finally was able to catch up to me," and then pulled me over at Tunnel View. He said going up the hill I was doing 48, which again I would argue being I'm in a 4-cylinder CR-V with ecoboost on. Needless to say the motor would have been reeving high to get it going up the hill that quickly.
All that aside, the Ranger was real nice and let me off with a warning. But my question is what are the laws in Yosemite regarding warnings? I believe in California (I could be wrong) like most states you get a paper saying you've been warned. He didn't do that. Are the laws different as far as paper warnings go in National Parks? Can they just do verbal warnings?
Was a bit confused about this being in Virginia they give you paper warnings.
I honestly felt he either was checking me out because there was a vehicle doing something wrong that matched my description (and I'm okay with that), or he felt I was speeding, without actually running radar. Wouldn't he have given me a ticket for doing nearly 15 over if he had me locked on? I guess that's where I'm a bit suspicious.
I could believe I was doing closer to 40, but I know I wasn't doing anything close to 50. For starters I know the car well, and I don't try to ever go over 5 unless I'm going up a hill or not trying to ride my brakes going down hill.
Anyone know how any of that works in the park?
Thanks