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Inconsistent radar testing casts doubt on validity of millions of speeding tickets


Law & Order | 206781 hits | Jan 25 6:36 am | Posted by: DrCaleb
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Canadian speeders might be getting measured differently, depending on where they�re caught, CBC News has found.

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  1. by avatar uwish
    Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:26 pm
    I beat a speeding ticket because when I went to traffic court I asked to see the calbration. They couldn't provide it, thrown out..

    I was not going 20 km/hr over the speed limit.

  2. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:51 pm
    The tuning fork is the only way to calibrate them. But it take a while sometimes, and cops don't understand that a poorly calibrated radar is useless.

  3. by avatar andyt
    Mon Jan 25, 2016 3:54 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    cops don't care that a poorly calibrated radar is useless.


    FTFY. Most people will just pay the ticket, the cop gets his quota, so it's all good.

  4. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:09 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    The tuning fork is the only way to calibrate them. But it take a while sometimes, and cops don't understand that a poorly calibrated radar is useless.


    Most courts will find you guilty anyway and tell you to pay the fine.

    See, it's not about justice, it's about .

  5. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon Jan 25, 2016 4:50 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    The tuning fork is the only way to calibrate them. But it take a while sometimes, and cops don't understand that a poorly calibrated radar is useless.


    Most courts will find you guilty anyway and tell you to pay the fine.

    See, it's not about justice, it's about

    Around here, it's an instant dismissal if the Crown doesn't have the evidence that an offense was committed. Without a calibration certificate, it's 'just a guess' at the speed the vehicle was going.

    One of my first jobs out of school was rebuilding and refurbishing hand held radar units. ;)

  6. by avatar DrCaleb
    Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:57 pm
    The more I think about it, the more this seems wrong:



    I can understand the violations in Atlantic Canada being lower than the prairies because there is not a straight road to be had out east longer than 500m . . . but come on Saskatchewan! You can beat BC! Their roads are terrible!

  7. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:41 pm
    Quebec generates more revenue in tickets than Ontario. Ontario must be jealous.

  8. by avatar DanSC
    Mon Jan 25, 2016 8:42 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    Around here, it's an instant dismissal if the Crown doesn't have the evidence that an offense was committed. Without a calibration certificate, it's 'just a guess' at the speed the vehicle was going.

    Ugh Elizabeth II really is lazy



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