[net.legal] Defense for Speeding

niel@ihnss.UUCP (M. N. Ransom) (02/06/84)

What arguments might work to get oneself out of a speeding ticket will
vary from judge to judge.  I sat in on traffic court recently where a
defendant tried asking for calibration records, etc. only to have the
judge exclaim:  "I know what you're up to and I'm not about to turn this
into a `federal case'.  The judge then proceeded to declare the defendant
guilty.

seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert) (02/07/84)

> What arguments might work to get oneself out of a speeding ticket will
> vary from judge to judge.  I sat in on traffic court recently where a
> defendant tried asking for calibration records, etc. only to have the
> judge exclaim:  "I know what you're up to and I'm not about to turn this
> into a `federal case'.  The judge then proceeded to declare the defendant
> guilty.

The judge obviously doesn't care about justice, just about
making money off of alleged speeders. (Which is all too
common, but not usually so blatent.) I hope whoever it was
demanded a retrial.

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