If you have been stopped for a speeding ticket in Chicago Illinois it may be your lucky day. Chicago Illinois Speeding Tickets are being dismissed based upon the technology used by the Chicago Police Department. The technology causing the legal issue is a lidar laser gun device.
Cook County Traffic Court judges in Chicago have determined that speeds captured by lidar devices are not admissible because the laser gun has not been proven scientifically reliable in Illinois Court. Lidar is the primary speed detector being used in Chicago and the drivers being ticketed are using the loophole to slip through court without being fined.
Chicago Prosecutors argue that lidar is valid because it has been proven as scientific in other states in America. Illinois judges outside of Chicago are split on their views of lidar being legally sound. For lidar to become scientifically admissible and legally sound in Chicago a Frye hearing is needed. The hearing can be labor intensive and very expensive and the city of Chicago is not ready to embark upon this legal voyage.
For the moment speeding in Chicago is a like gambling some time you get lucky sometime your luck runs out.
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