# Should police be able to guess your car speed?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-police-be-able-to-guess-your-car-speed/541869>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 4, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-police-be-able-to-guess-your-car-speed/541869 "2010-06-04T01:56:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-police-be-able-to-guess-your-car-speed/541869/1 "2010-06-04T01:56:31Z")

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The title of the thread says it all. [The Ohio Supreme Court says yes](http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ohio-supreme-court-upholds-speeding-ticket-by-visual-guess/). my position is: OH HELL NO.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-police-be-able-to-guess-your-car-speed/541869/2 "2010-06-04T01:58:44Z")

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I dunno, but I clocked [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=565669) doing 90 in a school zone.

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-police-be-able-to-guess-your-car-speed/541869/3 "2010-06-04T02:27:53Z")

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Mods, someone beat me to the topic so you might as well close this one.