I have heard of several people fighting a ticket with claims of the radar gun not working or being used right. In all cases they lost (all people I know). I wish you luck and please let us know how it turned out.
Looking at it from their side, if a Judge ruled that the radar (or laser) guns are not reliable that would open a BIG can of worms. Everyone that gets a speeding ticket will try to fight it. Hey, that might be a good idea. If everyone fought their cases in court then all the police will be tied up in court all day and wouldn't be able to give out ticket. Also, if they knew writing a ticket would result in them going to court maybe they would think twice about it. (Never mind me, just dreaming.) Here is maybe some good advice... My brother in law is a truck driver. Speeding tickets to him means he could lose his license and his job. When he gets a ticket he contacts his lawyer. His lawyer contacts the courthouse and they plea-bargain down to a lesser charge. Usually it ends up to be a "Non-Moving" violation which doesn't add points to his license. He has found that they will plea-bargain because they don't want you to go to court, they don't want to pay the police officer to sit in court, they don't really want to mess with you. Now the cost of dealing with a lawyer is not cheap, but it keeps him on the road and it saves him lots of money on his insurance which is always more than the ticket. Something to think about. Brian ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: RE: Speed Measuring Devices Author: "Bailey Jeff" <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: 11/16/00 12:55 PM Hi Peter, I am by no means an expert on this subject but I believe they use a tuning fork to calibrate the standard radar guns (the ones based on Doppler shift) so you may have asked to see the cal cert for the tuning fork. I think the police usually calibrate there standard guns daily and if she did not even know what you were talking about when you mentioned the cal cert she may not even know what it means to calibrate something so you may be able to make a case on that. If you were pinched with one of the laser radar guns you may be into a tighter spot and I have no idea how often or even how they calibrate those nasty guns. Good luck, and don't crack under the pressure when the judge is glaring at you! :-) Jeff Bailey Compliance Engineering SST - A Division of Woodhead Canada Phone: (519) 725 5136 ext. 363 Fax: (519) 725 1515 Email: [email protected] Web: www.sstech.on.ca All comments contained in the message are my own and do not necessarily express the views of SST/Woodhead Canada Limited. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Merguerian [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 9:28 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] ------------------------------------------- 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]
