Peter: The best chance to win is through a technicality. Look for errors on the officer's report; time, date, road conditions, traffic, license #. Also, there's the possibility that the officer may not show up in court, and you win by default.
If you search the web about "police radar", you will find several sites which offer detailed commentary on the legal points of officer training, experience, observation of the infraction, etc. Unfortunately, this may all have little bearing on Isreali civil jurisdiction. BTW, USA radars come with a printed, signed C of C attesting to the calibration. No idea what the recommended cal interval is. I have a Kustom K-1 X-band unit, and it also came with a little tuning fork (also with it's own C of C). When struck, and held in front of the radar horn, the fork tines physically move back and forth at a velocity equal to 50 MPH. Thus, a field check simply involves striking the fork and demonstrating an indicated 50 MPH. FWIW, I have never had this unit read incorrectly. It's sensitive enough to clock a car at one kilometer, or a human walking at about 200 meters. I have deliberately tried to induce error in it with a cell phone, amateur 2-meter 7 watt transceiver and a 5 watt CB 11-meter transceiver. (Guess you don't want this testimony!) I have always thought, if I felt like really sticking my neck out, that I would try to get the radar unit impounded as evidence until the trial. After all, the ultimate witness against you is one person swearing that they operated a meter correctly. That meter is now evidence against you, and it's condition must be preserved for your inspection at trial. (If a pistol is obtained from an investigation scene, it's impounded as evidence. So why not a Doppler radar?) The tactic here isn't fair; it's economic blackmail. A radar is sold to a municipality as a an enforcement tool, which just happens to pay for itself and go on making bundles of bucks (shekels?) How long till your trial? How long will the municipality be denied the use of the radar? How much money per day? How many continuations can you get? Your hope is that they decide that you aren't worth the loss of the revenue stream. Let us know if you need to change you email address for a while. <grin> Ed Ed Price [email protected] Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA. USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Services Is Our Specialty Shake-Bake-Shock - Metrology - Reliability Analysis -----Original Message----- From: Peter Merguerian [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Speed Measuring Devices Dear All, Yes, I did get a speeding ticket today! I am not sure if I was speeding or not - I do not have my eyes on the speedometer all the time! I asked the policewoman to show me the calibration certificate on her speed measuring gun. She did not know what I was talking about! I inspected the gun and did not see any stickers on it. I plan to go to court and attempt to convince the judge that the speeding gun was not calibrated and/or the gun's measurement data may have been affected by emissions from another device. Can anyone in the calibration business send me professional opinions on the methods and reasons for calibrating speeding guns? What is the best way to present this case in court? Peter Merguerian Managing Director Product Testing Division I.T.L. (Product Testing) Ltd. Hacharoshet 26, POB 211 Or Yehuda 60251, Israel Tel: 972-3-5339022 Fax: 972-3-5339019 e-mail: [email protected] website: http://www.itl.co.il TO LEARN ABOUT AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND REQUIREMENTS, CONTACT ME AT THE EARLIEST STAGES OF YOUR DESIGN; REQUIREMENTS CAN BE TRICKY! ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
