Friday, June 18, 2010

HOW FAST WAS I GOING??

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohioans are outraged over last week's Ohio Supreme Court decision that said a police officer could write speeding tickets just by looking at a vehicle and estimating how fast it is moving.  The justices' ruling said that no radar detector is needed for a speeding citation to stick, just a certificate showing the officer has been trained to make educated guesses on what a speedometer is reading. Justice Maureen O'Connor, who wrote the 5-to-1 decision, stated: "We hold that a police officer's unaided visual estimation of a vehicle's speed is sufficient evidence to support a conviction for speeding," assuming the officer is trained and certified by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy or similar organization. O'Connor is running for chief justice in the November election, and two other justices -- Judith Ann Lanzinger and Paul Pfeifer -- are running for re-election. Pfeifer is unopposed.

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