Like I said: suck it up, or move to Europe.  Your choice.

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> My Advice:  Pay the fine.  Justify it as payment for all the
> times
> you were speeding and didn't get caught.  Is it unfair or
> untrue?
> Too bad - the legal system is not about what is true or fair,
> only what can be proved to a "reasonable" jury or judge.
> If everyone who claimed that "it was somebody else" could
> try and justify their position by what "they" say in court, no
> one would ever get a ticket.  Only (maybe) good professional
> witnesses could testify for you - a piece of paper that they
> have notorized is probably not sufficient as the
> judge/prosecution can't ask it questions.  What you need
> is either an impartial witness or video tape.  Of course with
> the video, you still need the professional witnesses to tell the
> judge the distance and time you traversed in order to show
> the speed you were really going (maybe one of those
> P.E.'s or P.Eng's :) ).  Not to mention you need a good lawyer
> to represent you.  From your other replies, saying the police
> were liars won't get you anywhere, the judge has heard it
> before and won't like it.  Unless you can show that the
> equipment was out of calibration or reasonably prove that
> the radar actually did and not may have, locked onto the other
> car you're out of luck.  Life ain't fair, cut your losses, pay
> the fine (and traffic school and higher insurance).
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> Note that I'm not a laywer so the above may be entirely wrong.
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> Ken
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