Challenging Speeding Tickets When Laser or Radar Were Used to Measure Your Speed
For people who receive a speeding ticket, it can feel like an overwhelming process. Many people fall under the misconception that if the officer used laser or RADAR to measure their speed, there are no defences. Police tend to hold these devices out as exact, unchallengeable, and perfect instruments for measuring speed.
Even if that were true (and it’s not) that does not mean the evidence of the result, or its degree of accuracy, is automatically admissible in court.
As a criminal defence lawyer who has handled thousands of traffic ticket cases, I have seen cases where the speed reading was found not to be credible, reliable, or admissible. A recent BC Supreme Court case adds a layer of complexity to the ability of police to prove the speed reading is accurate and the margin of error.
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