Re: OT / Speeding Ticket!

Posted by Gerald J. on August 03, 2006 at 19:45:44 from (67.0.103.18):

In Reply to: OT / Speeding Ticket! posted by Hoosier JD on August 03, 2006 at 17:03:42:

I served as an expert witness decades ago fighting speeding tickets. Lost every case. The magistrate believed the wildest tales from the officers. Like seeing the radar go off with high speed, slowing, crossing 100' of interstate median and going back the other direction in persuit at high speed all in 5 seconds... I sure hate to be paying for care of that patrol car.

Still its hard to envision a red Vette' doing under 120 on an empty interstate at 3 AM.

One thing that every customer failed was watching his speedometer and then calibrating it. None had looked at their speedometer near the time the radar was applied. Had they looked at the speedometer when seeing the patrol car and then checked it with a stop watch on mile markers or better the aircraft spots, then there's some argument possible about equipment and I was certainly aware of my speed and this is what I saw.

Without that direct testimony, the best expert witness can't win you a case. I've not seen that applied, but after four losses I refused to take on any more unless the accused could make such testimony. And I've not testified in a speed case since.

Gerald J.

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