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Vascar can also be spectacularly innaccurate.  I served on a jury in
Superior Court for a speeding ticket case...not your ordinary speeding ticket.
The defendant was charged with 107 in a 55 zone.  While testimony made it
obvious that the defendant was exceeding the speed limit, it was also plainly 
obvious (by the testimony of the Highway Patrolman that made the stop) that
there was no way she could have been doing 107 mph; his time and distance
estimates for overtaking her were ridiculous.   Add to this the killer:  she
driving a 3-4 year old Chevy diesel sedan.  Those engines were governed to do 
only about 80 mph.  We could easily found guilty for exceeding posted speed for
say, 70 or 75 in a 55 zone, because it was obvious by her own testimony that
was her probable rate of travel.  HP and DA wanted 107/55, so we had to find
her innocent (to the evil glare of the DA).

VASCAR also has to be calibrated *by hand daily*...lots of room for mistakes.

Besides, all of the people that I've known to use radar use it to detect a
patrolman shooting *someone else*...it's clearly too late otherwise.

Tom Wilson

ctwilson@rock.concert.net