I Had My Tesla Cybertruck on Cruise at 82 MPH and A GA State Patrol Gave Me a Ticket For Going 89 MPH, Says Anything Over 85 Is a ‘Super-Speeder’ Fine

If you are speeding and intentionally pass a state trooper, you are a special kind of dumb. Pay the ticket, stop crying, and chalk it up to lesson learned. At best if he goes to court, the judge will uphold the speeding ticket (which he admits to.). Why would the trooper “target” a Cyber Truck? The violator is not as special as he thinks, except in the dumb category.

I don't think he was targeted. I think he made several wrong decisions in this scenario. The first being speeding, the second being foolish enough to knowingly pass an officer while speeding. Third is his audacity to argue the speed with the officer. It's one thing to go 5 pmh over the limit...most officers let that slide. 12-19 mph over? He deserved the ticket. Maybe his license should be suspended.

If he can he should attend the court and have his proof ready. It's quite possible the officer will not show and if they do then Brantly should be able to question the officers radar calibration .

Common Sense would tell you, do not pass a squad car! It ticks them off, and it's not indicative of a Sharp driver. I'm sure you get the drift, lol! This was actually something that was taught to me when I was about 12 years old. I suppose common Sense isn't really common.

Driver was already speeding so that’s not in his favor. But i don’t think it was solely because of the vehicle being driven. It might have been the radar, it might have been the cybertruck’s speedometer, it might have just been the officer saying it was more than 82 just to get the “super speeder” violation even if it was 82. However my curiosity stems from OP saying he was pacing the officer and the officer slowed down to get in the other lane. If that’s true, then the officer alone was doing 82 (or 89 by his/her calculations)… which they were obviously not leading by example and were speeding just as well… they are a representative of “the law” not “above the law”… seems to me both were speeders (or both super speeders if the officers report is deemed the official speed driven). If you gets a ticket then the other should as well.

The GA trooper pulled him over, not because he was driving the Cybertruck but because he had an out-of-state tag. So, chances of him coming back to Georgia to fight the citation are slim to none. That’s why he got the super-speeder ticket. It’s a win for the state. Georgia State Troopers and Sheriff’s offices, especially in rural areas, are KNOWN for using this tactic to ramp up revenue.

Why not put cruise at 70 mph? Would had evaded the situation.

Well first of all, the person driving the Cybertruck shouldn't have been doing 12mph over the speed limit. Now me personally, I think 5 over is ok, but anything faster than that, IMHO, you deserve to be pulled over. Now with that said, it is possible that the Cybertruck's cruise control and speedometer may need to be recalibrated, if you were, in fact, doing 19 over. Also it is possible that the cop targeted you because he just doesn't like Teslas or Cybertrucks. So, you might want to get the calibration of your speedometer and cruise control looked at.

He should definitely not pay the ticket, does not need a lawyer he should speak to the prosecutor ,
and since the cop doesn't have lock on his radar gun the prosecutor will have to downgrade it to 82 mph.
That's what I will do, especially if he's resident of the state.

I'd go to court and tell the judge everything you've said here, ending with, "I am guilty of speeding your honor, absolutely, just not 89 mph, as this officer states and because I was NOT going 89 mph is the reason I stand here in front of you, in person, your honor. I'm guessing his system may need calibrating? Idk, So I will have to plead not guilty."
Really, in traffic court in GA, you would be able to say this to the solicitor and never even have to speak with the judge. Good luck and slow down a lil, be safe

The vehicle manufacturers usually have the speedometer set 2mph above your actual speed that you are going . You can check your own actual correct speed with a tomtom or Garmin gps tracker to confirm your actual speed . I use a tomtom gps tracker on my vech to confirm my location and actual speed that I was going to see what my speedometer was saying.

Law enforcement uses certified speedometers. Tesla speedometers read whatever Elon wants them to read at any given time.

The article presupposes that there are only two possibilities, those being that the officer was lying or that his scanner was malfunctioning. The third possibility is that the driver was lying.

In any case, he should not fight it in court. He admits he was speeding, so the question is by how much he was speeding. Furthermore, he claims set his cruise control (according to him) on a speed that was 12 MPH over the speed limit. This shows intent to speed. I am immediately suspicious that when the cruiser let him pass, that Brantley stepped on the pedal to speed up, and that's where he exceeded 85 MPH. Calculating his cruising speed only matters if he was pulled over during the period of time that he's calculating, and either way he still calculated that he was speeding, which would not help his case.

You can have cruise control set and still drive faster than that. One could have it set at 45 and still drive 90. And he could have passed the trooper at 82, but been clocked at 89 before he realized it was a trooper ahead.

Reminds me of a time I passed an Indiana State Trooper on U.S. 30 going 65 mph (55 mph zone). He and I ran side by side for at least 2-3 miles. He slowed down, so I got over in the right lane still maintaining 65 mph. Then he flips on his lights to pull me over. He asks me why I was going 65 mph and passing a state trooper? I told him that my first class of the day starts in 15 minutes. He said, he would give me a warning for being honest, and I saw you weren’t going to run. I said, I’m not that stupid! He laughed, and came with, “Well, you did pass an Indiana State Trooper!” Touché Officer, Touché!

You were speeding and that's against the law. 82 or 89, it's still speeding.

I live in the Atlanta area of Georgia and I do believe they target you based on the type of car you drive down here I drive a Chrysler Sebring Convertible which I purchased brand new in 2004 but I’ve kept it in really good condition since I’ve had it till I got that car I’ve never been stoped so many times in my life I’ve always felt it was because it is a very sporty looking car therefore they are more likely to be believable when they lie about how fast you’re going. I’m not a young driver I’m 75 years old in 2019 I was on my way back home from Savannah Ga which is a four hour drive from Atlanta I was driving in and out of rain so I know I wasn’t speeding because I always lower my speed a bit if the weather is bad not only that I saw the police car sitting on the side of the road from a little distance back so I slowed down even more because I know how they are attracted to my car so by the time I passed her I didn’t even have my foot on the gas but I got stopped anyway and she said I was going 95 miles an hour which was a total lie but being a woman of color I wasn’t going to argue with her she wrote me a $400 ticket and I went on my way about two days later I went ahead and paid the ticket on line cause even though she had lied about how fast I was going I wasn’t going to drive all the way back there to go to court just to loose anyway then 2020 came and so did COVID I barley left the house during that time everything was such a mess I never received the info for my tag so I didn’t have my new tag and then more or less forgot about it cause as I said I barely left my house and when I did it was to go to the drug store or something like that 2021 Doctors were now back to seeing people in person so I was coming home from my Drs appointment and was stoped for not having an up to date tag on my car while the officer was checking on my tag he noticed I had a supper speeder ticket, this was the first time I had even heard of a supper speeder ticket had no idea what that was you see the officer that pulled me over in 2019 didn’t bother to tell me about it nor did she bother to tell me it would be mailed to me and was separate from the ticket she gave me when the officer went back to check about the supper speeder he found out my license had been revoked for not paying for this supper speeder ticket I knew nothing about and apparently they don’t even have to notify you that your license has been suspended something else I didn’t know about so I got arrested for driving on a suspended license long story short by the time I finished paying to get my car out of pound, court cost, the supper speeder ticket, to get my license reinstated, tag fees and yes in Ga they still have Ad Valorem taxes on cars I had paid out if you count the $400 I had already paid on my regular ticket I had paid out over 3 grand. So at least Mr. Tesla was told ahead of time, which is more than they did for me, about the supper speeder ticket which as far as I’m concerned is nothing but a money grab.

This article is sich billshot. You do not lose your license for a super speeder unless you just freaking speed abotually. His points would have been 2 less for his speed. You have 15 points to lose your license. A super speeder is 6 his speed was 4. STOP MAKING THONGS TO BE SO FREAKING DRASTIC FOR HEADLINES! Yall are a cancer in this world now.

1) Never go past 9MPH over the limit as a rule. In some states 4MPH (and a couple: just follow the rules).
2) My wife was pulled over going 12MPH over the limit a couple months ago. Driving a (non-cyber) truck. Was it because the trooper doesn't like (let me check: Ford). No. It was because you were speeding AND sped right past a cop. Duh.
3) I didn't hear about the trooper's radar. Perhaps because the trooper didn't use radar that day. He knew he was going 80 and you caught up to him. So he slowed down and let you pass. And gave you a ticket for going fast enough to catch up to him when he was going 80. For clarity from the trooper's perspective: If you caught up to him fairly quickly, you were going more than 2MPH over the 80 he was going. OTH, he may have overlooked his own "slowed down" moment and charged you with going 9MPH faster than his 80 when he was actually only goin 74 at that point.
4) Regardless, going ABOVE the speed limit while PASSING a cop is never a good idea. Going 12MPH above the speed limit when passing a cop is just plain stupid.
5) Take your recording to court. Prove 82. Get the ticket for 82 after admitting and proving 82. Save yourself some money. Seriously. If you get lucky the cop won't show.

Had he set his cruise control at 70 mph, the posted speed limit, this wouldn't even be an issue. The guy was speeding, playing games with a law enforcement officer, and deserves what he gets! No sympathy from me.

Anybody who's spent any time in rural Ga. knows law enforcement sets speed traps, hides, and conducts coordinated speed enforcement. They aggressively give out citations. Exceed the speed limit when you know one is present at your own peril.
I've heard the same thing about being targeted from 'vette, Porsche, and other sports car drivers. The CT is high profile, so blatantly exceeding the speed limit like you're special isn't targeting.
Every time I've been pulled for speeding, the officer had me clocked faster than I was actually traveling. But I don't think they targeted me because I drove a Ram.

Justice served. Stop driving a Nazi car. Good on the cop

Just because the guy that pulled you over is LAW.Enforcement doesn't mean he walks on water, LAW Enforcement are known to LIE, unless the LAW officer can prove you were doing 89 mph, then he's TOTALLY LYING to the other person, unless the law is willing to show what the Radar Unit is reading (which does happen) and the person can show/prove that he was driving at 82 mph, I would say that the COP AND JUDGE ARE BOTH LYING AND AS FAR AS PAYING ANY KIND OF FEE, COURT FEE, EXTRA MONEY WHEN GOING 85 MPH YOU CAN FORGET IT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO PAY "JACK " TO ANYONE!!!

My father beat a speeding ticket decades ago where the cop said he did a U Turn, caught up and then judged speed. Doing the math it was impossible at the speeds to which he testified. My father's law partner (both were patent lawyers) went to court to argue the radar calibration was improper. The Judge said "you can't testify unless you're an expert witness. He said I'm an electrical engineer and have written rear patent applications, evidence went in and they won. Your results may vary.

Given that everything in the article is true, I would say he was not targeted for being a Tesla driver but for being an idiot.

What makes the driver think that he is entitled to blatantly ignor the law and speed in the first place?

Why do y'all think he was targeted because he was driving a Tesla? Had he been driving an Edsle I'm sure he still would have been pulled over.

Vehicle records speed, location, and direction per gps readings. Have court pull computer data. It's that simple. Also records what the cruise was set at during the particular time period.

Yes, he was "cocky" and was speeding! He assumed that the speedometer was correct and guessed he was right with his "mile marker test".
Him and many others needs to slow down.
Many, many times, speeders passing me, end up at the traffic lights at the same time as me.
It's mostly young males, under 45, that have to prove their "manliness" by speeding. They're IDIOTS!!!

TBH, you deserve every bit of what you do when you literally break the law in front of someone whose job it is to enforce it. That you drive that little boy's fever dream of a car is neither here nor there - but I do take satisfaction in seeing drivers of those abominations getting picked on. You asked for attention with that nonsense...and got it.

This was one of the most tedious, repetitive stories I've ever read, and that's by already-low Internet standards. More than the first half of it could have been condensed into four or less paragraphs (and much of that was already in the title alone), and it was a pain to slog through it all to get to the actually valuable information and legal advice towards the end.