About The Book

This book is a STEP–BY-STEP “How To” book, written to provide the lay person an equal EDUCATED opportunity to question the ticket issuing officer and win their radar speeding ticket. This book was written for all the motorists who were issued a radar speeding ticket and had no chance of winning their case in court. Without the knowledge and understanding of how radar REALLY works and given the proper tools to win your case, you have already lost your case before entering the courtroom. Everyone should have the ability to fight their ticket on a “level playing field”.

Since most motorists are placed in a position to represent themselves and have limited exposure to the judicial process, they typically receive bad advice from family, friends, co-workers, and others who were previously issued a radar ticket. The advice received typically include; “Fight your ticket and if the officer doesn’t show up your case is dismissed,” “Ask about his / her training,” “Ask about road surveys,” “Ask how he / she uses tuning forks,” “Ask how often he / she checks the radar unit’s calibration,” and ask when the last time the manufacturer checked the unit’s calibration.”

These questions are “semi” relevant; however, the real meat and potatoes are related to the officer’s knowledge of the radar unit and how the radar unit works. In this book, I give you the information in an easy “STEP–BY-STEP” process to present your case in front of a judge and to considerably tip the playing field in your favor.

What is Radar?

Radar is a tool used by law enforcement officers to determine the speed of vehicles. It is based on the “Doppler Effect”, named after the Austrian Physicist, Christian Doppler. The Doppler Effect is the change in a wavelength in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the wave source. The best way to describe this phenomenon is to listen to the blowing horn of an approaching train. As the train gets closer, the pitch of the horn increases and as the train passes, the pitch of the horn decreases. Although this example is based on “sound waves”, the radio waves emitted from a law enforcement radar unit operates in the same manner.

The radar unit transmits a radio wave at a given frequency and that radio wave bounces off an intended target (a car) and is returned to the radar unit at a different frequency. The radar unit calculates the difference in the radio waves into miles-per-hour.