Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Speeding Ticket By Visual Guess - Page 2

Papa_Complex · 06-04-2010, 09:03 AM

It's been like that in New York for decades. I was ticketed near Watertown NY, back in the early '90s, for doing 72 in a 55. I was doing more like 65, but the trooper's "visual estimation of speed" was considered to be valid even though it didn't involve timing between two fixed points, as would be the case with a system like VASCAR.

Hydrant · 06-04-2010, 09:41 AM

I got a ticket from an airplane while headed to see my brother at Marshall University, rural 4 lane road. Just a visual from 2 points. It was a nice rural state road in the middle of no where. I didn't bother fighting it, I was 22 and did not really know the ins and outs of what to do. Plus it was about two and a half hours away so I wasn't going to kill a day to fight it.

fasternyou929 · 06-04-2010, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by azoomm

100mph is TOUGH on that bike. I mean, it's nekkid, so the wind buffeting is incredible to me after riding something with farings.

But, I totally get what you're saying.

Expert testimony IS expert testimony. In this case, the officer was certified in speed estimation. That makes him "certified" to make such an assumption. I don't know how they came up with 79mph, seems rather specific for an estimation.

My guess: 80mph is probably a new tier of ticket and the driver would have a better chance fighting that one.

06-04-2010, 09:03 AM	#11
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	It's been like that in New York for decades. I was ticketed near Watertown NY, back in the early '90s, for doing 72 in a 55. I was doing more like 65, but the trooper's "visual estimation of speed" was considered to be valid even though it didn't involve timing between two fixed points, as would be the case with a system like VASCAR. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

06-04-2010, 09:41 AM	#12
Hydrant WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Moto: 2003 Suzuki TL1000R, 2002 Honda CBR 600 F4i Posts: 660	I got a ticket from an airplane while headed to see my brother at Marshall University, rural 4 lane road. Just a visual from 2 points. It was a nice rural state road in the middle of no where. I didn't bother fighting it, I was 22 and did not really know the ins and outs of what to do. Plus it was about two and a half hours away so I wasn't going to kill a day to fight it.