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From: alien@gcc-bill.ARPA (Alien Wells)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: speedometer calibration and radar
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Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 11:51:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 27 11:51:04 1985
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> ... after being ticketed for 71 with cruise on at 55 ...
>My questions:  What are the chances that my speedometer is 15 mph
>off calibration?  How can I find out?  What are the chances that 
>the radar (operated by an Ohio State Patrolman, not some local
>Wyatt Earp) screwed up?  

One thing that police *often* do is to serve up 'leftovers'.  They get some
guy for 71, then they keep using that same radar reading for other cars.  You
can check for this, if you want, by subpoenaing (sp?) the record of the officers
tickets that he gave out that day.  If there is a string of tickets for 71, you
can probably get off.

However, if the ticket is from out of state, you may well be best off just 
paying the ticket and paying it quickly.  If you give them no hassles, the
ticket is rarely reported to your home state, and thus it does not appear as
points on your record.  If you fight it or don't pay, guess who are the first
people they tell?

					Alien