A new law has been put in effect where a police estimation of how fast you were going is good enough to issue a speeding ticket. An officer can simply guess the speed a motorist is going and then proceed to give them a ticket with no visual proof of the speed they were driving. A court case named "City of Barberton vs. Jenney" played a key role in this law. Jenney claimed he wasn't speeding and the officer had no proof of his radar gun certificate. After that the cop said he has had many years of experience and knew for a fact that the driver was speeding. The officer won the case and Jenney paid the $170.00 fine. I think that this law is terrible. In ANY court case there should have to be proof from each side to prove their point, it shouldn't be one persons word vs. the other. In this case, the police officers word is obviously going to stand up better against a normal civilians. I think that this is wrong and if the cop had no proof that he was speeding the motorist shouldn't have to pay a fine and should be free to go.
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