Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Super Sensory Speed Perception Leads to Conviction

Usually, the government has to show that the device used to determine a driver's speed is properly calibrated before the results of the speed detection device may be entered. In Ohio, however, state troopers are trained to develop super senses to determine speed of vehicles by merely looking at the vehicle...and this can lead to a conviction.
So here's my question...if the the officer testified that, based on his training and experience, he had estimated that the suspect's vehicle was
traveling 70 miles per hour. The radar results that were not admitted say the vehicle is traveling at 82 miles per hour. The ticket is for driving 79 miles per hour in a 60 mph zone. If the radar results were tossed, and the court finds that the officer is somehow equipped with super sensory speed perception, why isn't the ticket for 70 in a 60 zone?