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Originally Posted by mikhail1973  Just out of curiosity, how do you beat the speeding ticket? You were going too fast, that's the bottom line, what's there to beat? |
If the police do not have radar it is pretty easy.
It they have radar it gets more complicated.
Without radar all you have to do is prove that there is reasonable doubt that the police could be wrong.
I beat one ticket, it wasn't speeding but a red light, by asking the officer where he was when I supposedly went through the light. His location was such that it was unclear whether I went through a yellow or a red. I won the case.
I have never had to beat a speeding ticket. But if they don't have radar the question always becomes how do they determine your speed.
Clearly if you are going 101 in a 65 zone it is pretty difficult to say that you weren't speeding but there are still technicalities. Like they have to have clocked you for a minimal time to identify whether you were speeding or not. Say that is 10 seconds. They have to prove that they clocked you for 10 seconds. They can't just say. We clocked him for 10 seconds especially if their vehicle is moving on a street that is perpendicular to the one you were on. If they cannot prove that you were also guilty of reckless driving it is helpful to you.
Bottom line is. Is that it is their responsibility to prove that you were speeding according to the law and that includes being able to prove that you were moving at a speed greater than the legal speed limit for a minimal period of time.
If they clock you with their speedometer and they haven't had their speedometer on that vehicle calibrated within the required time period for periodic calibrations, most likely they will lose the case and you will win if they claim that you exceeded the speed limit by only a few mph because under those circumstances there is reasonable doubt that you were speeding, so you are innocent.
If you ever get nailed with a ticket. Research what they have to do to prove that you violated the law and then attempt to show to the court that they didn't or couldn't have proven that you were violating the law based upon the circumstances at the time that the police claim that you violated the law.
The above is not legal advice and is not to be construed as such.
