Originally Posted by jdmsijdm

if you get a lawyer, and on the day of court your lawyer asks for proof that the officers speedometer was correctly calibrated at the time of the ticket, and he does not have that proof, which he won't, then the judge will dismiss this, and you win.

Originally Posted by SMOKEYBEAR

I wouldn't bank on the officer or Trooper not having his or her calibration. Any officer that paces cars with his patrol vehicle to write speeding tickets "lives and dies" by the car calibrations. Sure there's a chance, but if thats your defense..it's a long shot at best. I have every calibration from every cruiser I have ever driven. I have ten years with VSP. The code of Va requires the patrol vehicle to be calibrated once a year. Each calibration is good for a year via the code, but most departments do it twice a year.