[dcdoug]

Wow, that's crazy. What do they write the ticket for - what's the leeway given for variance in speed estimation? Or is the officer's specific speed estimate considered final judgment?

E.g. If someone is going 60mph in a 30mph, probably pretty clear they are speeding by at least 10mph or more and I'd have less heartburn if they got a ticket for something reasonable if it wasn't caught on radar. If someone is going 45 in a 35, harder to tell the difference between say 40 and 45, so what do you write the ticket for?

Seems like there's got to be more to this specific case (maybe it was an egregious violation that someone was trying to escape on a technicality) to have a 5-1 ruling.

Any more info?