06-03-2010, 07:40 AM
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Ah....Guys...This is nothing new. Radar is only used to back up the Officer's observation. To write traffic tickets using Radar you must be certified. To be certified you take a course on Radar Operation. It teaches the basic principles of radar, how to use the radar gun & speed estimate training. 25 years ago as a rookie in training, I sat for hours with a State Police Instructor observing vehicles on the highway, then estimating their speed & using the radar gun to see what speed the vehicle was actually travelling. On the final exam I had to be within 3 miles an hour of all vehicles. All through the years when I had to go to court on a ticket I had written, I had to say, I first observed the speeding vehicle, estimated it's speed & then used the radar to back up that estimate. If ever challenged on having the ability to estimate speed or being certified, I merely produced my State issued certification card. Also, we had to be re-certified every 3 years. So, This is old news. Just sounds like a ticket was challenged all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court where the Court upheld the age old ruling & practice of the way things have always been done.
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