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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
Actually any calibrated radar device usually has range for error usually Plus or minus 1 or 2. If you’re going 21 or 22 I doubt they will bother. IMO most speeders are going way over the speed limit when ticketed.
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It's not so much the fact of the speed variation (I can't speak to that) but they need to be calibrated and licensed (certified maybe?) every period of time as required by law.
I received a speeding ticket which was my first ever moving violation in 50+ years of driving down in Broward County S FL 4 years ago before I moved down here. My mother was seriously ill and I rushed down from NJ, rented a car and drove too fast down Pines Blvd on the way to the hospital in Pembroke Pines and was stopped along with 20 other cars for 55 in 40. The cop wouldn't let me go but his automatic ticket printer was very fast - like a tire change at the Indy 500!. Anyway I flew back home, hired an attorney down here (Ticket Clinic) to deal with the ticket to avoid points. I was assuming he was just going to plea it down as he said they usually do successfully 90% of the time in FL. He subpoenaed the license of the radar apparatus and it was not properly certified as required by law and my ticket was fully dismissed and nothing was on my record. Attorney cost me around $500 IIRC but it saved me 5x that in insurance increases in NJ.
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