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You can face your accuser (the traffic cop) and you can challenge the calibration/accuracy of their radar/lidar gun.

If you challenge the accuracy they have to prove it was tuned recently (usually 6 months~) prior to issuing the ticket and tested the day of (usually).

There IS an audit trail for of certificates and logs of tuning for radar guns so they can prove it in court if challenged.

There is NOT an audit trail for traffic cams because the companies don't expose enough information to audit.

If you challenge a traffic ticket from a red light camera, you will usually win because they can't prove you guilty.




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