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Ok, I hear many people talking about getting tickets and wanting to beat them in court. I used a little trickery and got off on a technicality, but it worked for me in Northern Cali so it should work for everyone else...this is how the story goes...

After the officer had given his statement the Judge asked me if I had any questions for the officer. I said yes. I turned to the officer and asked, "Did you calibrate the radar before and after your shift had ended?" The officer, who had stated that he had checked the calibration at said points in his shift during his statement answered "Yes." I turned to the Judge and said, "Your Honor, I have no further questions for the officer. But, I would like to point out that I am almost certain that the officer is not qualified to calibrate radar. According to the CVC (California Vehicle Code) they must be calibrated by an independant agency once every two years and checked for calibration every (whatever time, I don't remember right now). The officer clearly stated that he calibrated it. Since he is not certified for this then the evidence is inadmissible in court."

The Judge agreed that the officer can't calibrate the radar and threw out my ticket because it was the statement he gave under direct examination and he can't change his mind without comminiting purjury and nullifying his statements anyway.

Hope this works for you guys....Can't wait to see what Qckslvr says about it tho...

 
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Interesting, thanks. If I ever get caught I'll try that... muahaha

btw: Do you now remember the Calibration time? Every.... .... ?

 
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Wow see what very well informed people can do to other people, you should be a lawyer lol

 
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Even tho I dont see any point in the question u stated to the court or if it has any effect other than the case being dismissed; I do have to say nice work.

 
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naw i see what he means, he got the officer to say that he calibrated the radar when he was allowed to therefore throwing the evidence out gotta love shifting words around

 
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What if the cop says no he didnt calibrate it, then what do u do?

 
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You can not legaly regress on any statement given under direct examination without commiting purjury. In other words, you can't say "No, see, what I meant was..." So, once the cop commits purjury his word will never be worth anything in any court.

Oh, and the calibration thing...I believe it has to be checked for calibration at the beggining and end of the shift as well as after every stop. But I'm not sure. The CVC is available online or you can buy it at any CHP station. I no longer live in Cali and I don't have the link to it anymore. Maybe one of the officers on the site can help you on that one.

 
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very nice work, bet the cop thought aw **** when you said that, ill think of that if i ever go to fight a ticket

 
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haha very impressive...congratulations

 
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very nice =)

 
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thanks for the tip.

 
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hmmm... theres a book or video about getting outta tickets in situations like this... anyone know what i'm talking about or like the titles ??

 
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I got off by having my mechanic right up a order that I had a malfunctioning blinker I got pulled over not having my blinker on so many feet before I turned by some Lady Cop she looked like a nasty lesbo to me. But I did have a sort of hyper blinker set up going on at the time so I kind of did have a issue in some ways.

Nick

 
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There's the difference between California courts and New York Courts. That never, ever would have happened in my state--the cop always, always wins. BTW, I am certified to calibrate a speed measurement device and having an independent agency do so isn't required in my state.

Good job though.