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Old 06-04-2010, 10:55 PM   #25
KURB21
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Whoa guys...relax. Visual estimates are just used to help corroborate the speed displayed on the radar/lidar. So, for example, I can see a car that is visibly moving faster than the other traffic, I estimate its speed to be 78-82 or so, then I get it on laser at 80 mph. I can say that the readout was in line with my visual estimate. That is all a visual estimate is for. You get a feel for speeds over time, it is not rocket science.

I do not think anyone got a ticket based on a random guess. Also, if I see a car that is going almost twice the speed of other traffic, I can cite the car for something even though I never got a radar/lidar readout on the screen, just based on what I observed.

Law enforcement is a game, as a friend of mine says, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Between radar detectors and iPhone applications that list speed traps, people have plenty of help in the defense against police. People are not getting screwed over in court generally.
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