Ohio Speeding Ticket Ruling
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Yes, it is a privilege to drive in Ohio, but does that void all due process of the accused?
Why are there traffic courts?
Does no law officer ever make an error eyeballing speeding cars or trucks?
Checks and balances it is a concept that is slipping away fast...
We as citizens grant the privilege of police power to those we trust to protect us
from harm.
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From: Cleveland, OH
Originally Posted by JonasM,Jun 9 2010, 10:26 AM
Looks like something may be done about this:
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/20...ding_ticke.html
JonasM
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/20...ding_ticke.html
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Common sense may prevail....and thank goodness both sides of the aisle support it.
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Originally Posted by efthimios,Jan 26 2011, 09:15 AM
I'll tell you that in the city and county I work at as a cop, you could easily get that thrown out if I tried to do that. I got one thrown out because I used the 'pace method' for probable cause to pull someone over, and apparently even though our speedo's are calibrated by the factory that isn't good enough ... so visual estimation being less accurate than pacing will have a hard time standing up in court, until more cases can slip through and then they will refer to those cases for case law .......... in all honesty though, in order to get radar/lidar certified you have to be able to visually estimate the speed of a car within ~4mi of it's clocked speed during your certification process, so you do get fairly good at visually estimating someone's speed which works great if someone is going 60 in a 35, but when you visually estimate someone at say 47 in a 35 you are walking a fine line (imo)
Good insight
