Reply to "Speeding Defense?"

Russ,

Thanks for the leads and your help with this. Unfortunately, I have a final court date in less than a week so I'm stuck with what I've got. The lawyer figures he can at least negotiate a few MPH off the offence which would cut the demerit points to less than half. Any financial saving will be taken up by his fees for sure.

Your idea is fine, but my problem is that according to the Judge and Quebec law, any evidence I wish to present has to be able to withstand cross examination. Which means that if I used Road and Track's 0-60 times for a Pantera then I need to bring the Editor of Road and Track or a testing expert to court. Same with a physicist to deal with my formula for linear acceleration. I then have to have a GPS expert testify regarding the data recorded on my GPS. At that rate I am in for thousands in expenses for these experts. That, I guess, is the whole point. So we suck it up and negotiate - if we're lucky.

On the upside, I have fought and won or reduced almost all of the tickets I got in the past 10 years. The downside is that prior to that I also lost my licence. Twice. Now with the new laws in place, I am getting ready to watch them take the cat away one day and crush it into a little cube.

When that happens, I'll have some time to start over with my next dream Pantera. This time, a black primer shell with zero comforts, 800 HP and 20" wheels.