People v. Nasella

Michael Potter, M.

The defendant is charged with operating a motor vehicle along a portion of Drumgoole Boulevard on Staten Island, at an excessive rate of speed, namely, at 48 miles per hour in a traffic zone having a posted rate of speed of 40 miles per hour, in violation of section 60 of the Traffic Regulations of the City of New York. Speeding at the scene of the alleged infraction was checked by radar, and highway signs to that effect warned the motorist.

The defendant denies the charge, and impugns the worth of radar as a speed-checking agency. The People maintain that it is a reliable…