Hello from MA (Need help!)

[jibba730]

Hello,

Just wanted to say hello and state that I think this is a great forum for the little people to try and fight the system.

I am in the process of appealing a magistrate's upholding of a speeding ticket I received on the Mass Pike. Long story short, I got clocked with LIDAR (Kustom Pro Laser 3) @ 760ft going 58mph in a 30mhp zone, approaching the Fast Lane tolls.

This set of tolls was at the bottom of a rather steep decline. I have read in a couple of places on the internet where it's stated that LIDAR should not be used on declines (state law in GA?).

Does anyone have more information regarding this? I have also read about the general issue of "sweep errors" with LIDAR, is there more information regarding this? Any assistance provided would be greatly appreciated.

There's so much information in this forum that I feel a little bit overwhelmed...

[MarshVegas]

You sound educated on lidar ,the only thing is the magistrate won't hear you out. The only leg you might have to stand on is if you were targeted before you were actually in the 30mph zone yet ?
Welcome to the forum and Good Luck on your appeal

[jibba730]

Thanks Marsh. At first, that what I thought (wasn't a 30 zone yet). But it turns out that it's a weird stretch of the Pike where there's an extended 30 zone before approaching the tolls.

Think I'm still going to do some more research on sweep errors and the descending a hill thing. There's a lot of info here to digest (just starting to get a hang of the search feature)... I have a little bit of time until my appeal, so I'm going to bone up as much as I can.