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Always challenge the radar gun and when it was last certified.  |
Never lost a case involving a defendant challenging the radar certification. A good traffic cop comes to court with his radar certification, street survey conducted with the last 5 years, his schooling and expertise in radar enforcement. I shot radar from the mid 70's to 2005 in Los Angeles. When you testify hundreds of times you know what to testify to and have heard all the excuses and reasons why it wasn't them. And believe me if I had a doubt, I didn't sign up the violator. They were too easy to catch..............Now maybe if you're in some podunk town you might find some police officer who just might not put much effort in to his testimony..........  |
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Hey there, I am from the other side of the fence. I agree mostly. To win a case involving a defendant challlening the radar certification is very rare. But it does happen. There are folks who say: " I want to keep my driving license, no matter what it does cost". Under such circumstances you would ask the authorities amongst other things to show you the " life certificate" of the speed camera. The technical equipment needs to be checked from time to time and gets a new calibration seal. Now, if the technical check is overdue or the "life certificate" reveals that the speed camera had to be repared soon afterwards, you have good chances to win the case, because of course it can happen that speed cameras don't work as they should. When this happens, this likely means, all the 300 speed tickets on day x on the autobahn y were wrong. Then you can say, 299 people paid for a speed ticket when they should not have to.
I don't blame the brave policemen ,to whom I tip my hat , for being let loose with ****ty equipment when such things happen, but they do happen and therefore it can't be wrong to take a control sample from time to time especially when it is sponsored by people who can afford it.