Estimates OK for speeding tickets, court rules

[Gan]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's highest court has ruled that a person may be convicted of speeding purely if it looked to a police officer that the motorist was going too fast.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an officer's visual estimation of speed is enough to support a conviction if the officer is trained, certified by a training academy, and experienced in watching for speeders. The court's 5-1 decision says independent verification of a driver's speed is not necessary.

The court upheld a lower court's ruling against a driver who challenged a speeding conviction that had been based on testimony from police officer in Copley, 25 miles south of Cleveland. The officer said it appeared to him that the man was driving too fast.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/estimates-ok-for-speeding-tickets-court-rules-741192.html
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:wtf:

Someone as old as PB would testify that everyone appears to be speeding.

This ruling is retarded.

[Sean of the Thread]

That's some serious bullshit.

[Parkbandit]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's highest court has ruled that a person may be convicted of speeding purely if it looked to a police officer that the motorist was going too fast.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an officer's visual estimation of speed is enough to support a conviction if the officer is trained, certified by a training academy, and experienced in watching for speeders. The court's 5-1 decision says independent verification of a driver's speed is not necessary.

The court upheld a lower court's ruling against a driver who challenged a speeding conviction that had been based on testimony from police officer in Copley, 25 miles south of Cleveland. The officer said it appeared to him that the man was driving too fast.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/estimates-ok-for-speeding-tickets-court-rules-741192.html
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:wtf:

Someone as old as PB would testify that everyone appears to be speeding.

This ruling is retarded.

I'll cut you.

And yes, the ruling is retarded.

[Bobmuhthol]

Huh. I thought that's how it worked anyway. I was under the impression that a ticket won't hold unless it has a trained cop's estimation on it.

[AnticorRifling]

The estimation needs to be backed with facts, timed between two known points, radar, etc. Just not "I know he was speeding, the wind told me".

[Cephalopod]

I thought this was an Onion satire piece on the Arizona immigration bill.

[Gan]

I thought it was satire as well.

Sadly its not. :(

[Inspire]

This country is fucking stupid anymore. Seriously fucking stupid.

[Celephais]

This country is fucking stupid anymore. Seriously fucking stupid.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/hdm51/I-see-what-you-did-there.jpg
... I hope.

[Gan]

I'll cut you.

And yes, the ruling is retarded.

:lol: