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Is it entrapment if a cop rides your a** while you're going the speed limit?

Asked by stemnyjones (3976points) December 18th, 2011

I just moved to a very rural area. I have to pass through another small town to get to my house, where the speed limit is very low (35mph for the most part) and the cops are known for being ticket-crazy.

The main road is a 4 lane, two lanes on either side. The other day I was going the speed limit (39 in the 35, actually) in the right-most lane. Someone else was going the speed limit in the lane beside me, slightly behind me but not leaving enough room for someone to pass. I didn’t notice this until a cop began riding my tail, without lights on or anything. He was too close for me to feel comfortable braking, but in order to let him pass I would have had to speed up above the limit.

Say I had sped up past the speed limit and he had pulled me over for speeding. Would this have been considered entrapment, since he was riding me so close and presumably wanting to pass?

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