retired_tanuja

Got caught a few weeks ago, and I have a couple of questions that I'd love answering in order to decide whether I should plead guilty or not guilty.

Basically point 1 is that he caught me from 85metres away, which was the EXACT moment he could possibly first see me as I drove round a corner. Do they not have to have some sort of pre-judgement (i.e. lasers are supposed to be used to back-up a constables judgement that people are speeding - NOT the tool for catching speeding on its own).

Point 2 is that as I came around said corner, a lamp-post will have come between myself and the constable holding the laser gun. Would that provide evidence enough that this obstacle could interfere with an accurate laser reading?

Any advice warmly appreciated

retired_tracyfrost

What speed was you driving in what zone?

retired_tanuja

errrrrrrrm... it was claimed as 57mph in a 30mph zone

retired_mrszip

Only I way I've heard of getting out of it is to ask for calibration records for that day. If you do though and they provide them they will have your pants down.

Suck it up and accept the points.

retired_mickey5ca

They use the speed guns to judge speed, not an officers judgement

As for obstacles im not sure, could have skewed the reading but if anything a stationary object might reduce the speed he clocked you at.

Either way youre an idiot, almost double the speed limit in a 30, bye bye licence....

retired_nini59

if you were speeding then shut up and stop trying to squirm your way out of it, if you weren't then you can contest it.

retired_tracyfrost

errrrrrrrm... it was claimed as 57mph in a 30mph zone </BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry bud i'm gonna be boring and say its your own fault, you were speeding so just accept the points/fine and swallow it

retired_MikeMcC

if you were actually seeding then you should just cough up mate, if a copper has caught you with a speed gun you havnt really got a leg to stand on ( lets face it, a lamp post isnt going to be going at 57 mph, is it?! ) how else is copper going to prove you were speeding?

alidog

Mate of mine was a traffic cop for 20 years. I'm sure I remember him telling me that rain can (In theory) affect the reading of these devices as it can deflect the laser and that there should be a section on the form you were given marked "Weather", which lazy policemen often leave blank.

If it's blank, check the weather in that area on the day and if there's the remotest possibility that there was rain then you should challenge it on those grounds claiming you distictly remember that it was raining.

At least that's what I recall him saying, he's not been in the police for about 8 years now and god knows if a) things have changed, b) he was talking sh#t or c) I've remembered it all wrong.

Make of it what you will.

retired_michman524

Might not be points at that speed, could possibly lose your licence