How to Avoid getting a Speeding Ticket
How to Avoid getting a Speeding Ticket
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What must the officer do, and what should you do How to avoid being nicked when you are stopped
If you were caught on a Radar gun If you were caught on Camera Summary of Detection Methods
What to do if caught What to do at the scene What is "Reasonable and Prudent?" Evasion Methods
Here's a few tips on how to be reasonable and prudent Evasion Devices The final word from a Traffic Officer

If you were caught on a Radar gun

If you were caught on a Radar gun.Ask to have a look at the radar gun and check that the gun displays the speed that you were stopped for. If possible, get the make, model and serial number of the radar gun. Ask the officer to demonstrate that the radar gun is calibrated (he will probably not do this, if not assume it is not calibrated and use it as evidence). Do not regard self diagnostics as accurate, Radar guns are calibrated with a pair of tuning forks, and only this external test may be considered accurate. If the officer refuses to demonstrate the calibration, ask him to prove that he has tuning forks in the car (he will probably not be too happy at this point, but he can not do anything, your requests are legitimate). If he doesn't, tell the judge because this means (at least in your eyes) that that the gun is not calibrated.

If you were caught on a  LIDAR gun.Ask to have a look at the radar gun and check that the gun displays the speed that you were stopped for.If possible, get the make, model and serial number of the laser unit.Note the positioning of the unit in relation to the sun or any other bright red or white light. LIDAR uses infrared light., and does not work as well when aimed into infrared light sources like the sun or high beam headlights. Ask when the unit was last calibrated. Ask to see a demonstration of the calibration.  The same notes apply for the RADAR gun. These however, are not tuned by forks (I do not know how they are done).

YOU MUST MAKE NOTES AT THE SCENE.   The officer certainly will.  In court you may be asked if the notes were made while the events were still fresh in your mind.  If you want to use the notes, then the answer must be a yes. Note the following:

  • The answers to any questions you asked the officer.
  • Any items you noted above.
  • Positions of OTHER CARS.  You may be able to claim that he metered someone else, but stopped you (particularly lorries, since radar is good at locking into a larger object)..
  • The weather conditions.
  • The time and date.
  • Your direction of travel and the source and destination.
  • The lane you were in and the name of the road, also the area.
  • The officer's direction of travel and lane, or note if he was parked
  • A brief physical description of the officer so you recognize him in court (PHOTO if possible)
  • Take the officer's number, and the unit number on his car.