What is the name of your state? MA
I got a ticket going 80 in MA, which sucks because every one in MA goes 80. The ticket says the cop used LIDAR. I own a calibration lab and have see exaples everyday that show that most people don't understand calibration or traceability, so I thought I'd look into their calibration as a means to debunk the ticket.
Right off the bat I noticed that the ticket doesn't list any identifying information on which detector (if the dept. owns many) was used. Without that information there isn't any way to prove traceability/accuracty to a standard. However, there are ways around this.
I've read that many departments only calibrate a few of their detectors and when summoned to court just bring the certificate for the calibrated detector. What I want to know is, is there any way to determine how many detectors a department has? If there is, and if even one of their detectors failed the last calibration, it would be impossible for them to prove that the detector that failed the calibration wasn't the one used on me.
Oh, also, when the cop asked me how fast I was going I said 80. It was really more like 84. But on the ticket he wrote 80. Why would he ask me and then write down what I said. Wouldn't his LIDAR tell him how fast I was really going?
I got a ticket going 80 in MA, which sucks because every one in MA goes 80. The ticket says the cop used LIDAR. I own a calibration lab and have see exaples everyday that show that most people don't understand calibration or traceability, so I thought I'd look into their calibration as a means to debunk the ticket.
Right off the bat I noticed that the ticket doesn't list any identifying information on which detector (if the dept. owns many) was used. Without that information there isn't any way to prove traceability/accuracty to a standard. However, there are ways around this.
I've read that many departments only calibrate a few of their detectors and when summoned to court just bring the certificate for the calibrated detector. What I want to know is, is there any way to determine how many detectors a department has? If there is, and if even one of their detectors failed the last calibration, it would be impossible for them to prove that the detector that failed the calibration wasn't the one used on me.
Oh, also, when the cop asked me how fast I was going I said 80. It was really more like 84. But on the ticket he wrote 80. Why would he ask me and then write down what I said. Wouldn't his LIDAR tell him how fast I was really going?