SPEEDING TICKET! How to fight this scenario...

[firebob]

This might help…

Call the department that issued the ticket and get the info for the radar gun (model number and serial number). Also get the upkeep log for the unit. Look up the unit on the net and see if they did all the required upkeep on the unit by the manufacture.

Between my wife and I, we have had 37 speeding tickets in 37 states over the last 8 years. Not one time has the required upkeep been done to the radar unites. The manufacture also states that if it’s not done then they are no longer accurate so it will not hold up in court.

It’s also illegally in the US for them to take my picture at a red light with out my consent before hand so this also gets tossed out of court if you fight it.

[Yaris Hilton]

Originally Posted by firebob

It’s also illegally in the US for them to take my picture at a red light with out my consent before hand so this also gets tossed out of court if you fight it.

I don't believe that's generally true, though there might be statutes against it in some localities. If so, I wouldn't expect to see cameras there. Got a legal reference for the above statement?

[firebob]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

I don't believe that's generally true, though there might be statutes against it in some localities. If so, I wouldn't expect to see cameras there. Got a legal reference for the above statement?

Net time I’m on the phone with my lawyer I’ll find out what they are. I never asked him what the cases were but he told me it was biased off 3 court cases from 2005 and 2006.

[*MAD DOG*]

Originally Posted by firebob

This might help…

Call the department that issued the ticket and get the info for the radar gun (model number and serial number). Also get the upkeep log for the unit. Look up the unit on the net and see if they did all the required upkeep on the unit by the manufacture.

Between my wife and I, we have had 37 speeding tickets in 37 states over the last 8 years. Not one time has the required upkeep been done to the radar unites. The manufacture also states that if it’s not done then they are no longer accurate so it will not hold up in court.

It’s also illegally in the US for them to take my picture at a red light with out my consent before hand so this also gets tossed out of court if you fight it.

He's right. Ask for a copy of the calibration certificate of the device. They have to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that the unit was functioning correctly + you have a human error element in there too. Fight it.