City of St. Louis v. Martin

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant has appealed from a judgment convicting him of driving 45 miles an hour in a 25-mile-an-hour zone. He was fined $25 and costs.

The City’s evidence: On September 26, 1975 St. Louis City police officer Birdsong was operating a VASCAR Unit.1 He had tested the equipment for accuracy with a stopwatch. He was parked when he saw defendant driving at what he “felt to be a speed exceeding the speed limit.” He activated the VASCAR Unit and after following the proper procedure for VASCAR operation, he obtained an average speed of defendant’s automobile at 45.6 miles an…