Ohio court says officer's visual is enough to ticket speed

Yes, it's true. All the officer has to do is estimate your speed and cite you for it. And then you have to pay the fine. After all, when you are standing or sitting still, you should be able to tell how fast someone is, um, driving.

Motorists in Ohio, beware: Speeding is in the eye of the beholder, especially when police are the ones guesstimating.

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled a trained officer's "visual estimation" of a vehicle going over the posted speed limit is enough to convict a motorist.

Local law enforcement agencies say the ruling in their favor does not mean they will stop using radar guns, while the guilty driver's lawyer says the decision "stinks." That man was cited for going nearly 20 mph over the posted limit.