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Originally Posted by UCI CamaroFan
Tell your friend that the standard deviation of a radar gun is 2-3mph. From statistics, this means there is a good chance that he was not actually speeding and instead it was the radar gun that was off. The court cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were speeding, and it will be thrown out. Iron Clad defense.
stats behind it: use a simple z-test, x - mean / std dev ==> 1 / 2.5 = .4... using a z-table, you can show that there is a 34% chance that your friend wasn't speeding and instead it was the radar gun that was off.
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Good info!
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Originally Posted by TommyTSquared
lol how do we know there is no proof? Based on any different number of factors any law can be skirted around. Why are you saying the cop screwed up exactly?! I really hope it isn't because he gave a ticket out for going over the speed limit...
edit: OP, was your friend driving a camaro?
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See above quoted post
And also, ever heard of innocent till proven guilty? Cop has to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that his radar unit was functioning flawlessly. As it is a machine made by man, it is incapable of functioning flawlessly.