Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
1) Radar/Lidar _________ be used for speed enforcement only.
Shall
1-3, 1
2) Prior to using lidar for enforcement purpose, the operator must be certified in the use of ___________ and have successfully completed an additional lidar training course.
RADAR
1-3, 2
3) The Department _______ _______ deploy nor enter into agreements to use speed detection devices where a photographic or video image is used as evidence and a notice to appear is not delivered to the driver at the time of the violation.
Will not
1-3, 4
4) All Areas _________ have an Area radar/lidar coordinator who has received specialized radar/lidar coordinator training provided by their respective Division radar/lidar coordinator.
Shall
1-3, 7
5) What is required for most prima facie speed limits, unless the roadway meets the definition of a local street or road?
Engineering and Traffic Surveys (ETS)
1-4, 10, b
6) A __________ _________ is defined in Section 40802(b)(2) CVC.
School Zone
1-4, 10, b, NOTE
7) The ETS must be within ___________ years of the radar/lidar speed violation date on target roadways. However, a seven year and ten year exception has been added to section 40802 CVC.
Five
1-5, d
8) The seven year exception is provided if, at the time of the alleged violation, the prosecution provides what four criteria?
- Officer issuing the citation has successfully completed a POST approved radar operator course of not less than 24 hours.
- When lidar or any other electronic speed measuring device is used, the officer has successfully completed the aforementioned radar course and an additional POST approved training course of not less than two hours for the specific type of equipment.
- The speed for the accused was unsafe for the conditions present at the time of the alleged violation unless the alleged violation was issued for 22349, 22356, or 22406 CVC.
- The radar lidar or other electronic speed measuring device used to measure the speed of the accused meets or exceeds the minimal operational standars of the NHTSA, and has been calibrated within three years prior to the date of the alleged violation by an independent certified lidar or radar repair/testing facility.
1-5, d, 1, a-d
9) The ten year EST alternative will apply when all of the criteria listed above are met with what two additional criteria?
- An ETS was conducted more than seven years prior to the date of the alleged violation.
- A registered engineer evaluated the section of highway and determined that no significant changes in roadway or traffic conditions have occurred, including, but not limited to changes in adjoining property or land use, roadway width, or traffic volumes.
1-5, 2, a-b
10) Section 40802(c) CVC requires each radar/lidar unit be calibrated within the __________ years prior to the alleged violation by “an independent certified laser or radar repair and testing or calibration facility.”
Three
1-6, 11, b, (1)
11) Radar/lidar recertification is required after every _______ months of operation.
30
1-6, 11, b, (3)
12) When radar is the selected method of calibration, Patrol vehicle speedometers shall be calibrated by using what two methods?
- While in motion, operate the mounted equipment in stationary mode, or
- Transmit stationary-only (handheld) enforcement radar devices.
1-6, 11, d, (1-2)
13) Who is the Office of Primary interest for departmental radar/lidar program.
Research and Planning Section (RPS)
1-7, 13, b
14) Public inquires specific to Area radar/lidar programs should first be directed to the ________________________, Public Information Officer, or _______________________ of the Area inviolved.
Area Commander or Area radar/lidar coordinator
1-8, b, NOTE
15) The authority to operate radar is now part of the Department’s authority to operate police radios under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license _____________.
KA4993
1-9, 16
