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Does anyone have, or know where to get, manuals for the Eagle series radar guns that most police use?
I don't know the series # of the one that I was stopped with (doing 78 in a 65), but I'll need it. I can go through the steps to ask the troopers and/or file Discovery, but I'd sure like to know if it's available online somewhere.
I asked to look at the radar, and it showed 78 locked, with his speed showing 69. I read somewhere that 69 mph is a speed related to inaccurate readings of radar guns influenced by the fans in the cars ("shadowing error"). Has that been a successful defense, and if so, how do you prove it?
Also, I asked whether the radar unit is calibrated, and all the cop said was that he doesn't calibrate his gun, DOT does, so he "doesn't know how often it's calibrated". Sounded suspicious to me, though I'm not sure if he is required to do the calibrations himself, or if testing with tuning forks needs to be done with these units...I'm a bit concerned that if I request logs through troopers or DA, they could modify the records if something was obviously wrong.
He also said it took him a while to catch up to me because of a truck behind me. I don't know if it was there when he got the radar blip, but if I argue that in court, what's to stop the cop from saying "No, the truck wasn't there when I passed", even if it was?
thank you.
Does anyone have, or know where to get, manuals for the Eagle series radar guns that most police use?
I don't know the series # of the one that I was stopped with (doing 78 in a 65), but I'll need it. I can go through the steps to ask the troopers and/or file Discovery, but I'd sure like to know if it's available online somewhere.
I asked to look at the radar, and it showed 78 locked, with his speed showing 69. I read somewhere that 69 mph is a speed related to inaccurate readings of radar guns influenced by the fans in the cars ("shadowing error"). Has that been a successful defense, and if so, how do you prove it?
Also, I asked whether the radar unit is calibrated, and all the cop said was that he doesn't calibrate his gun, DOT does, so he "doesn't know how often it's calibrated". Sounded suspicious to me, though I'm not sure if he is required to do the calibrations himself, or if testing with tuning forks needs to be done with these units...I'm a bit concerned that if I request logs through troopers or DA, they could modify the records if something was obviously wrong.
He also said it took him a while to catch up to me because of a truck behind me. I don't know if it was there when he got the radar blip, but if I argue that in court, what's to stop the cop from saying "No, the truck wasn't there when I passed", even if it was?
thank you.