06-25-2003, 04:50 AM
You have a point with subjective evaluation of speed if the officer is standing outside of the car, and you drive by him doing 42 in a 40. But, if he is following you, radar is irrelevant. Also, if you are obviously going extremely beyond the posted speed, he as an expert can testify to his estimation of your speed. If it is a posted 30 mph zone, and he claims you were driving in excess of 60 mph. The court will tend to accept the assessment of the officer. If they do use radar, then they do tend to show you the result, mostly I surmise to convince you to just pay the fine.
I once got a ticket for driving 50 in a 55 MPH zone. Radar was useless. It was literally monsoon conditions, where you could not see 100 feet in front of you. I was late for work, and young and very stupid.
I once got a ticket for driving 50 in a 55 MPH zone. Radar was useless. It was literally monsoon conditions, where you could not see 100 feet in front of you. I was late for work, and young and very stupid.
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