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Traffic Act 1987
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38 Proof of speed
(1) A person shall not be found guilty of an offence of or relating to
exceeding a prescribed speed limit solely on the evidence of one
witness to the effect that, in the opinion of the witness, the person
was driving the vehicle at a speed faster than that permitted for that
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(2) A complaint for an offence of or relating to driving a vehicle at a
speed exceeding a prescribed speed limit shall specify the speed at
which, or faster than which, it is alleged the defendant drove the
(3) Evidence may be given in any proceedings in a court for the
purpose of showing the speed at which a vehicle was travelling at a
particular time by reference to the calculation of the speed of that
vehicle as shown on a traffic infringement detection device and,
where evidence is so given, it shall be prima facie evidence that the
vehicle was travelling at the speed so calculated at that time.