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How to fight a laser speeding ticket in alberta.
Many speeding tickets result from the police officer following or pacing a suspected speeder and using his or her own speedometer to clock the suspect s speed.
I plead guilty and asked the crown prosecutor to reduce the amount of the fine.
Infrared light is emitted from the device targeting the vehicle in question and bouncing back to the device.
Laser stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
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Fighting a traffic ticket may feel like an uphill battle.
This article was originally published on aug.
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To determine the speed of a vehicle on the road the police officer will point the laser gun in the direction of the vehicle and press the trigger releasing bursts of infra red lights.
Working of a laser gun.
To successfully challenge a laser speeding ticket in court you must understand the working of a laser gun.
But if you base it on something you ve seen in a movie it might not work.
He told me i could pay the fine and not get any demerits or reduce the fine to 70 from 115 but keep the demerits.
A calculation is made based off the time the laser takes to travel back and by the difference in laser burst distances.
With this technique the officer must maintain a constant distance between the police vehicle and the suspect s car long enough to make a reasonably accurate estimate of its speed.
In most jurisdictions minor traffic violations such as speeding are infractions not crimes meaning you don t have the same rights as defendants do in the criminal courts such as the right to a jury or the right to a free attorney.
It is possible to successfully fight a traffic ticket in court.
I recently received a traffic ticket for speeding.
To challenge a speeding ticket the motorist or attorney needs to know which device the officer used to measure speed and the basics of how that device works.
The information i will share with you in this article is based upon my 20 years of experience as a sworn law enforcement officer and my 18 plus years in the speed counter.
You will not have to miss school or work as we will represent you in court on all your speeding careless driving stop sign or driving while unauthorized tickets among many other violations under the traffic safety act.
Radar the device calculates the speed of the vehicle based on the length of time it takes the radio waves to return to the unit from the target vehicle.