"By the time I went by him (we were headed towards each other) he already had his flashers on and was preparing to U-turn to come after me."

I bet there was a second trooper on the Grassy Knoll.

Seriously, it's my sense that one of the main reasons police issue warnings is that their bust isn't of a quality that they want to spend time defending in court. I don't know enough about any radar to doubt the potential deadliness of new instant-on units, but maybe his display *really* read "55MPH (+/- 65 MPM, 92 percent confidence interval)".

OOOT: I am reminded of an old physics teacher's defense for running a red light: "Well, officer, I was going so fast the yellow light looked green..."

Jim