If a cop in Ohio says you're speeding... case closed!

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Speeding By Visual Guess upheld by Ohio Supreme Court


Police officers in Ohio can issue speeding tickets based on sight, state supreme court rules.

Ohio Supreme Court In a 5-1 decision yesterday, Ohio's Supreme Court upheld a speeding ticket based solely on how fast a driver appeared to be moving. The court considered the case of motorist Mark Jenney who drove through a State Route 21 radar speed trap operated by Copley police officer Christopher R Santimarino on July 3, 2008. Santimarino guessed based on the appearance of Jenney's black SUV that it was traveling at 79 MPH in a 60 zone.

Santimarino claimed that his thirteen years as a traffic cop and his certification in speed estimation by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy qualified him to make expert visual determinations of how fast vehicles are moving within 4 MPH. In court, Santimarino testified that his radar showed Jenney was traveling at 82 MPH on direct examination and 83 MPH on cross-examination.

More... http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3160.asp

[fearpeddler]

once again proving ohio is run by some of the dumbest people in the land.....