07-11-2011, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Cunnos
Yes, this is what my friend intends to do. He said that he wants proof or evidence from the air radar that he was indeed going the speed they clocked him at. The hash marks/stop watch method could prove to me a tough thing to argue, but if it was indeed an air radar then proof should be available.
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The stop watch method is subject to human error, but the error has to be significant to throw it off. At 60 mph you are covering a 1/4 mile every 15 seconds, at 90 mph you'll do it in 10. They might be off by 0.1 to 0.3 seconds due to parallax error or reflexes.
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