[Newsbot]

Title: Inconsistent radar testing casts doubt on validity of millions of speeding tickets
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2016-01-25 06:36:29
Canadian

[uwish]

I beat a speeding ticket because when I went to traffic court I asked to see the calbration. They couldn't provide it, thrown out..

I was not going 20 km/hr over the speed limit.

[DrCaleb]

The tuning fork is the only way to calibrate them. But it take a while sometimes, and cops don't understand that a poorly calibrated radar is useless.

[andyt]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

cops don't care that a poorly calibrated radar is useless.

FTFY. Most people will just pay the ticket, the cop gets his quota, so it's all good.

[BartSimpson]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

The tuning fork is the only way to calibrate them. But it take a while sometimes, and cops don't understand that a poorly calibrated radar is useless.

Most courts will find you guilty anyway and tell you to pay the fine.

See, it's not about justice, it's about revenue.

[DrCaleb]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

The tuning fork is the only way to calibrate them. But it take a while sometimes, and cops don't understand that a poorly calibrated radar is useless.

Most courts will find you guilty anyway and tell you to pay the fine.

See, it's not about justice, it's about revenue.

Around here, it's an instant dismissal if the Crown doesn't have the evidence that an offense was committed. Without a calibration certificate, it's 'just a guess' at the speed the vehicle was going.

One of my first jobs out of school was rebuilding and refurbishing hand held radar units.

[DrCaleb]

The more I think about it, the more this seems wrong:



I can understand the violations in Atlantic Canada being lower than the prairies because there is not a straight road to be had out east longer than 500m . . . but come on Saskatchewan! You can beat BC! Their roads are terrible!

[BartSimpson]

Quebec generates more revenue in tickets than Ontario. Ontario must be jealous.

[DanSC]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Around here, it's an instant dismissal if the Crown doesn't have the evidence that an offense was committed. Without a calibration certificate, it's 'just a guess' at the speed the vehicle was going.

Ugh Elizabeth II really is lazy