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Reply to "Speeding Defense?"

Well, I have successfully defended many tickets. This video was just a first test of how to shoot in car. I plan to win this one. I just posted it because I loved the sound!

Anyhow, here's my planned presentation I will make to the court, whenever I get there:

SLIDE ONE
I have a google earth shot of the exact location where I was tricketed. I indicate my path, TURNING left onto this street, after stopping for a red light.

SLIDE 2
Here I show the location of the radar cop and indicate where I got stopped and ticketed by different cop down the road. All these are laid out correctly.

SLIDE 3
Now I indicate the google earth measuring tool to show the area that could possibly have been captured by radar, based on his position. I detail the area and define the minimum and maximum distance I could have travelled in this area.

SLIDE 4
Using the maximum distance, I then show a linear acceleration calculation formula to determine how fast I could possibly be going after turning onto the street until the furthest possible location where he could have got me on radar. The unknown is my speed at the end of the distance. The known factors I use are the max distance I could have travelled and the max speed possible.

SLIDE 5
To show the maximum speed possible, I refer to a Road and Track Test of a Detomaso GT5 - with a 0-60 time of 5.5. Based on the formula I use, it shows I would have needed another 150+ feet to reach the speed shown on radar.

SLIDE 6
Now all I have to do is show a video of my nav screen, as I travel that same maximum distance, with some decent engine noise, yet never reach the ticketd speed. That's the hard part. Based on initial tests yesterday, my car destroys the Road and Track 0-60 times, so it looks like I will have to use 1/4 throttle and add the sound effects later.

CLOSING:
In the end I will simply say, "Your honour, yes I was over the 30 mph speed limit. But not even a Ferrari could have reached 60 mph in that distance. As my screen indicates I was only going about 40, which is exactly what I claimed to the officer when he ticketed me. But he refused to look at my screen."

"This was the first time out with the car, and the first time I had used the new nav system. I tried to show the officer the recorded data which clearly indicated "Maximum Speed Recorded" which was only 45 mph but he ignored it claiming the other officer gave him a speed of 60 and that's all he knows. Clearly there is something wrong here."

THE VERDICT:
Assuming the judge never heard of a Detomaso, and the two cops who will be in court have never visited this PIBB, and no one else in court knows anything about physics or linear acceleration, I should walk away with 1 or 2 points and $150 instead of 5 and $400. And no legal fees either."
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