Cops in Ohio allowed to Guesstimate Speed

[99cobra302]

apparently it is now legal in ohio for a cop to guesstimate your speed, and if he thinks you are speeding you get a ticket.


Court: Officer's Speed Estimate Enough For Ticket - Cincinnati News Story - WLWT Cincinnati

COLUMBUS --
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.

Read: Court's Decision

The court's 5-1 decision said 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 a police officer in Copley, 25 miles south of Cleveland, in 2008.

The officer said it appeared to him that the man was driving too fast, and his radar confirmed it. But when the officer could not produce evidence of his certification in using radar, the court found the driver guilty anyway because the officer could show he was trained to estimate speeds to an accuracy of 3 to 4 mph.

The dissenting justice said that applying a broad standard to officers' observations should not override juries' instructions to determine the credibility of the officer and testimony in question.

Cincinnati's chief deputy prosecutor, Charles Rubenstein, told News 5's John London that police have used visual estimation of speeding around this part of Ohio for years.

 

[lobra97]

sweet!
"Sir do you know how fast you were going"?
"uhhhhhh"...

 

[STAMPEDE3]

This is nothing new as it is like this in most places and has been for years.

Part of officers radar training requires them to estimate speed and then verify it with the gun.

Most are accurate within +/- 2mph.

 

[lobra97]

bullshit just like the cameras that snap pics. few days ago wife and i were at a light waiting....POS changed green then yellow red in like 10 secs. we saw the flash form the camera and both said "****" outloud. POS light changed so damn fast! so were just waiting for the ticket in the mail. think were gonna try and fight it, its bullshit

 

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[thomas91169]

This is nothing new as it is like this in most places and has been for years.

Part of officers radar training requires them to estimate speed and then verify it with the gun.

Most are accurate within +/- 2mph.

I was gonna post the same thing. Nothing new here, they are trained to notice when a vehicle is speeding and when it isnt. Usually its just common sense, if youre sitting still and 1 car is going faster than the others....pretty obvious.

Cops know what a car traveling at 45, 55, 65, 75 etc looks like, both by training and experience.

 

[BlckBox04]

yes cops in ny nj are trained in courses to be able to guesstimate

 

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