Ohio Speeding Ticket Ruling
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Ohio Speeding Ticket Ruling
Just got this from a buddy in Cleveland. Be careful driving through Ohio.
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Officer Estimates Enough For Speeding Convictions
By: Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's highest court has ruled that a person may be convicted of speeding purely if it looked to a police officer that the motorist was going too fast.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an officer's visual estimation of speed is enough to support a conviction if the officer is trained, certified by a training academy, and experienced in watching for speeders.
The court's 5-1 decision says independent verification of a driver's speed is not necessary.
The court upheld a lower court's ruling against a driver who challenged a speeding conviction that had been based on testimony from police officer in Copley, 25 miles south of Cleveland. The officer said it appeared to him that the man was driving too fast.
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Officer Estimates Enough For Speeding Convictions
By: Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's highest court has ruled that a person may be convicted of speeding purely if it looked to a police officer that the motorist was going too fast.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an officer's visual estimation of speed is enough to support a conviction if the officer is trained, certified by a training academy, and experienced in watching for speeders.
The court's 5-1 decision says independent verification of a driver's speed is not necessary.
The court upheld a lower court's ruling against a driver who challenged a speeding conviction that had been based on testimony from police officer in Copley, 25 miles south of Cleveland. The officer said it appeared to him that the man was driving too fast.
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This is a bunch of cr*p!
What ever happened to innocent till proven guilty!
I can just see it.... David1 flips off a cop.... the cop pulls him over..... says you were speeding.... what does he do?
What ever happened to innocent till proven guilty!
I can just see it.... David1 flips off a cop.... the cop pulls him over..... says you were speeding.... what does he do?
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Originally Posted by Lovetodrive2000,Jun 3 2010, 07:24 PM
This is a bunch of cr*p!
What ever happened to innocent till proven guilty!
I can just see it.... David1 flips off a cop.... the cop pulls him over..... says you were speeding.... what does he do?
What ever happened to innocent till proven guilty!
I can just see it.... David1 flips off a cop.... the cop pulls him over..... says you were speeding.... what does he do?
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I don't think it really surprises anybody that Ohio is the leader in illegally enforced speeding tickets. When you have magazines like Road & Track and Motor Trend talk about how thye do their best to avoid the state, or simply lock in cruise control till they get through it.
Gotta love Ohio's mentallity. We need more cops to enforce speeding violations, so they write more speeding tickets, creating more revenue to hire more cops. They then realize that they may need to lay off cops due to under funding, so there is only one solution.....more speeding tickets.
Gotta love Ohio's mentallity. We need more cops to enforce speeding violations, so they write more speeding tickets, creating more revenue to hire more cops. They then realize that they may need to lay off cops due to under funding, so there is only one solution.....more speeding tickets.