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Date Posted: 19:13:24 05/20/01 Sun
Author: Hey Mr. Bill, you are such the expert on radar... why is it that you have to continuously try and buy radar detectors on E Bay?
Subject: Blast from the Past
In reply to: First indicator of impersonation 's message, "Blast's From the Past" on 15:24:02 05/20/01 Sun

From: "Bill Parks"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 6:05 PM
Subject: BoardRoom: re: Radar Question?

>
> Time: Wed, 21-Jun-2000 23:05:57 GMT IP: 152.163.207.188
>
>
> All of these methods of speed detection can and have been
> successfully challenged in all jurisdictions in this country.
> Laser has not been given judicial notice of its' scientific
> accuracy in many jurisdictions, particularly NJ, where a defense
> attorney in a prolonged trial where much scientific evidence from
> NASA was being given anyway to refute the reliability of Laser,
> picked up the unit from a table and waved it at the courtroom
> walls clocking the walls at 27 MPH!!!! That was a $12,000
> defense to an unrighteous ticket! Vascar is just plain
> unreliable; verasity of the operator can be questioned; sealed
> calibration can be challenged, and many courts don't like the
> fact that VASCAR doesn't give a definitive speed yet an average
> speed over a supposed pre-determined distance. MAny
> jurisdictions have banned the use of VASCAR, particularly after
> many successfull challenges. RADAR is the most reliable of the
> bunch, but is it being calibrated before and after each use? was
> it moving or not? what were the weather and surrounding elements
> and conditions? Because police radar is susceptible to certain
> types of outside interferences. Who did the internal
> calibrations and are they present in court to be cross examined
> re: the lab calibrations, if not, then the calibration slip must
> be excluded on a hearsay objection, and all other evidence of
> speed obtained from the unit must be excluded under the
> exclusionary rule and a motion of acquittal must then be made to
> the court, whereupon they would have no choice but to dismiss.
> Hope this helps, but you still have to know the practice book on
> procedure in that jurisdiction and how to present a case like
> that in court, which most attorneys do not know how to do!
> Regards,
> Bill Parks
>

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