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Originally Posted by Scapegoat
Your word means **** to them.
Attack the equipment. Ask about the method used to calculate/get your speed.
If it was a stop-watch dealy, mention human error and that you weren't going that fast and it would be easy for an officer to miscalculate the speed, or hit the stop watch too late/too soon, etc.
If it was some kind of radar equipment ask for its maintenance records, when was it last serviced, calibrated etc. Go online now and research how often those things need to be calibrated to work correctly.
Take pictures of the area you were caught speeding in and before that. Ask the cop where he was parked/driving at the time he clocked you, and from which points you were at when he clocked you.
Time of day is important too, heavy traffic? other cars passing you, you passing someone, etc. Attack the situation, not the officer. The officer very well may have clocked you at the speed he gave you a ticket for. His equipment may have been faulty, human error may have come into play, or he caught a reading from a European Swallow.
Do you research on the equipment officers use to get your speed, or to calculate it and the laws governing their upkeep.
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This is the best advice in this thread thus far, except get a lawyer. Also, if you are absolutely convinced that you were not traveling at that speed, contact the police department ahead of time and ask that the officer bring in car video of the incident. However, I am assuming (and this is with no offense intended because maybe it is just the internet typing thing) that by the grammar in your posts and the "Driving While Arab" comment, that English may not be your first language. If you can't speak English clearly, you are going to be at an even bigger disadvantage. I have been in the Paterson and Newark Public Courtrooms many times and judges are quick to mete out the most severe penalties when someone can not get their point across clearly. Again, I say this with no offense intended, but maybe to convince you that a lawyer speaking on your behalf is not a bad idea. Anyway, good luck and let us know how you make out.