US police use 'best guess' to catch speeding drivers

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With the proliferation of speed cameras on the nation's roads, more and more of us are becoming accustomed to the bitter aftertaste that results from being caught in the glare of a well-placed radar trap.

We may moan and stamp our feet, but the police officer or the piece of paper from the council are backed up by the (mostly) irrefutable proof of technology's gaze. The machines have proved our speed beyond all reasonable doubt, and that's that. Live with it, sir.

Imagine then for a moment that you live in the great state of Ohio, where the Supreme Court ruled this month that a police officer's visual estimate of a car's speed is sufficient to issue the driver with a ticket. That's right - in the land of the free a policeman's best guess is good enough to convict.

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