Chicago Court Throwing Out LIDAR Speeding Tickets

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @06:18AM from the should-happen-more-often dept.

bridgeco writes "Chicago Traffic Court Judges have been throwing out speeding cases in which the driver's speed was measured with a LIDAR. Judges are asking for a special 'Frye Hearing' to determine the accuracy of these devices. Many motorists nabbed for speeding by a laser gun, instead of radar, are seeing their tickets thrown out at Chicago's traffic court because of a legal issue that the city's law department has been unable to overcome. Within the past year judges in Cook County Traffic Court in Chicago determined that speeds captured by lidar were not admissible because the devices had not been proven scientifically reliable in an Illinois court, said Jennifer Hoyle, spokeswoman for the law department, which prosecutes most speeding tickets in the city." (Here's some background on LIDAR from Wikipedia.)

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Gaydar? by DriedClexler · 2009-11-10 06:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Are they also going to review marriage applications that were rejected because of a civil servant's gaydar?

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Re:other problem by joposer · 2009-11-10 08:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

really?
Re:other problem by Stupendoussteve · 2009-11-10 08:54 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Curse you, AC. Can't get anything past you!
MOD ABUSE by Beardo+the+Bearded · 2009-11-10 14:05 · Score: 0, Offtopic

MOD ABUSE -- responding to parent post is not off-topic.

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