When fighting traffic tickets, sometimes even elementary knowledge of mathematics can keep you from spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on your speeding ticket. Through explaining an extremely basic concept to the courtroom, you can give yourself an almost airtight defense to any speeding ticket, no matter if you were actually guilty of the infraction or not.

First off, we’re going to start at the end of the concept of fighting traffic tickets and work our way backwards.

A vehicle moving at the rate of one mile per hour will cover 1.47 feet in one second.

To find out the distance a vehicle will cover in one second at any speed, simply multiply 1.47 by the desired speed. For instance, if a vehicle is traveling at 60mph, it will cover 88 feet in one second. For two second, obviously, it will cover 176 feet, and so on and so forth.

If you are trying to determine how many seconds it would take a vehicle to cover a known distance at a specific speed, simply divide the distance by the speed. Then divide the result by 1.47 feet.

This will yield the number of seconds it would take the vehicle to cover a known distance at a known speed.

For example: A vehicle traveling 60 mph will cover 300 feet in 3.4 seconds—-300 divided by 60 divided by 1.47 = 3.4 seconds. If need be, you can verify this calculation by multiplying 3.4 seconds times 88 feet (the distance traveled in one second at 60 mph) and the result brings you back to 300 feet.

So, how does this apply to fighting traffic tickets?

If you’ve been issued a VASCAR ticket, you should be given a few facts about your infraction. You should be told the speed you were traveling when clocked, the distance over which you were clocked, and the time it took you to cover that distance.

If the citation or incident report claims that you covered 300 feet in 4.2 seconds,  and you are being charged with speeding at 60 mph in a 50 mph zone, you would be able to immediately prove the fallacy in your charges.

At 60 mph, you would have traveled 370 feet, not 300 feet. However, at 50 mph you would have traveled 309 feet in 4.2 seconds, indicating that you were clearly driving within the posted speed limit.

This proves that the charging officer(s) must have made a mistake in their calculations. Because this is the case, that particular set of evidence is thrown out the window. Being the primary piece of evidence in nearly all cases, too, the lack of said evidence would almost certainly clear you of all charges.

Fighting traffic tickets couldn't be easier with this easy to use system. If you're serious about fighting traffic tickets and saving money, this is a little defense that can almost immediately win your case.