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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/100-mph-not-100-km-h-in-manitoba-1.4094203?cmp=rss  
 
This person should have realized that the speed was excessive, but they did it.  
 
My problem here is the 168 km/h. The photo clearly shows 168 and 100, presuming that this represents km/h and mph. It mentions in the article those numbers. However, 100 mph is 160.9344 km/h, not 168 km/h. Any metric conversion calculator will show that.  
 
If tickets are based on the imperial measurement and then converted to metric, people are being overcharged because their speed is incorrectly calculated. In this case, 7 km/h. Yes, it will be less of an increase at a reduced speed, but it is still wrong. If I were this person, I'd be fighting this ticket based on these errors, which have been photographed.

168 KM/H is 104 MPH. He could of been thinking if he went 100 on his MPH speedometer he would going 100 KM/H. And like what most do, go a few ticks above the speed limit.  
 
The patrol speed I'm guessing is the speed limit setting and will notify the officer of anyone going above that setting.

What's there to fight? The person was speeding and lack a bit of common sense to put it very nicely. Case very quickly dismissed with a firm lecture from the judge.

the reporter made the mistake of printing 100mph instead of 104mph.

The guy does 168 km and he should quibble about whether he was charged for 100 mph or 104 mph?!?! Ridiculous. Not the point of the ticket when you're going the fast. Holy moly!

he has nothing to fight. He was caught on RADAR going 168 km/h.  
 
The 100 in the photo IS NOT in imperial (mph), it''s metric (km/h). There's no conversion taking place. Also why would the RCMP have 100 mph in their RADAR equipment?  
 
Edited by Trevor B, 2017-05-01 20:31:30

Ok....Here is my nickel since I can't give my 2 cents anymore. Did anyone actually look at the picture? Or does everyone just jump to conclusions. It say LOCK - 168 and PATROL SPEED - 100. After a quick Google search I come to the conclusion that 100 is the patrol car speed at time of radar.

The 100 shown on the right is the speed of the patrol car or if it's in stopwatch mode is the closing distance either or is used to calculate the speed of the vehicle being tracked. The display in the middle is the Lock display which displays locked target speeds. It will show the fastest speed of a target vehicle.  
 
So the display on the right is the speed the police vehicle was using to calculate the speed of it's target vehicle and the display in the middle is the fastest speed the target vehicle was going.  
 
Speeds are in Km/h  
 
I news article states the driver was doing 100mph I would assume they just rounded that number for the sake of the article  
 
The ticket that was issued to the driver will show 168km/h as that's what's shown on the radar. There's nothing they can do to fight it. Even if they argue they were doing 100mph on their speedometer it would be on the driver to prove the inaccuracies but 6km/h (3.7mph) on a speedometer that is in the miles per hour format would look very close to 100mph so I think it would be a very thin defence.

Fishing guy beat me to it. Lol.

Fishin Guy said "Ok....Here is my nickel since I can't give my 2 cents anymore. Did anyone actually look at the picture? Or does everyone just jump to conclusions. It say LOCK - 168 and PATROL SPEED - 100. After a quick Google search I come to the conclusion that 100 is the patrol car speed at time of radar. "

Thanks!!  
 
Either way, it's not showing a speed of 100 mph. And makes ZachT's post null and void. There's nothing that can be fought.

Fishin Guy said "Ok....Here is my nickel since I can't give my 2 cents anymore. Did anyone actually look at the picture? Or does everyone just jump to conclusions. It say LOCK - 168 and PATROL SPEED - 100. After a quick Google search I come to the conclusion that 100 is the patrol car speed at time of radar. "

Let''s make this very easy. I will even throw in a Canadian and an American dime in the mix. There's no way in the world a judge would toss a ticket over a slight miscalculation. That's just plain dangerous driving, period!  
 
If the judge somehow tosses out the ticket, that judge deserves to be fired, period!  
 
Edited by unbreakable1, 2017-05-01 21:01:33

Trevor B said "    Fishin Guy said "Ok....Here is my nickel since I can't give my 2 cents anymore. Did anyone actually look at the picture? Or does everyone just jump to conclusions. It say LOCK - 168 and PATROL SPEED - 100. After a quick Google search I come to the conclusion that 100 is the patrol car speed at time of radar. " Thanks!!     Either way, it's not showing a speed of 100 mph. And makes ZachT's post null and void. There's nothing that can be fought. "

Just gotta eat it. Fighting it rarely makes sense unless you want to put Len Eastoe's kids through college.  
 
I got pinched a while back at 121k and I'm pretty sure the ticket was almost 500 clams.

took place in the Carman area, sufficient distance from the US border and well within Manitoba. He would of been passing everyone like they were standing still. While the driver very likely did mistake the 100 mph on his speedometer for 100 km/h.  
 
On the other hand, if a driver from Canada went 55 on our KM/H speedometer, it would mean they were going 34 mph. While slow, not exceeding the speed limit, might get a ticket/warning for going too slow though.  
 
My Equinox can actually be changed between metric and imperial. It doesn''t show both. But you have to remember to do that, it doesn''t change automatically when you cross the border.  
 
Edited by Trevor B, 2017-05-01 21:22:23

ZachT said "http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/100-mph-not-100-km-h-in-manitoba-1.4094203?cmp=rss     This person should have realized that the speed was excessive, but they did it.     My problem here is the 168 km/h. The photo clearly shows 168 and 100, presuming that this represents km/h and mph. It mentions in the article those numbers. However, 100 mph is 160.9344 km/h, not 168 km/h. Any metric conversion calculator will show that.     If tickets are based on the imperial measurement and then converted to metric, people are being overcharged because their speed is incorrectly calculated. In this case, 7 km/h. Yes, it will be less of an increase at a reduced speed, but it is still wrong. If I were this person, I'd be fighting this ticket based on these errors, which have been photographed. "

First off, anyone getting off due to an error (which does not exist in this case) for such a excessive violation is ridiculous. Second, there is not error. Take a closer look at the picture, the 100 is under posted speed, meaning the speed limit in the zone being monitored.  
 
All radar equipment in Canada in metric. Not sure if this is something that can be changed from imperial to metric in settings, but it would be done in metric if this is a possibility.  
 
Again - someone always looking for someone else to blame. People need to own up to mistakes, and move on. Not blame someone else for what they did wrong (and yes, I know your not the person with the ticket - but based on your statements, your OK with people not being held accountable for there actions)

Luckily, his $940 ticket will only cost him $685 USD.

There isn't an error in the story and guy getting caught isn't saying there is an error. Story is from RCMP saying the caught someone speeding.  
 
Driver made error of thinking 100 KMH was 100 MPH  
 
 
Quoted from Article "The driver was hit with a $940 ticket Sunday afternoon after being caught going 100 miles per hour in the RM of Dufferin on Highway 13, RCMP said.  
 
RCMP''s radar gun caught the driver going 168 kilometres per hour, just over 100 mph, in a 100 km/h zone."  
 
 
First stated 100mph for effect as story is stating he got KM and Miles mixed up.  
Next Line 168 KM/H as per gun reading off RCMP. JUST OVER 100 MPH.  
104 MPH IS JUST OVER 100MPH  
 
Edited by RyanW2008, 2017-05-02 15:48:43

Fishin Guy said "Ok....Here is my nickel since I can't give my 2 cents anymore. Did anyone actually look at the picture? Or does everyone just jump to conclusions. It say LOCK - 168 and PATROL SPEED - 100. After a quick Google search I come to the conclusion that 100 is the patrol car speed at time of radar. "

Since 2 cents rounds down this is free advice. Not a nickel.