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I think you can take that 53 mph to court. Thats way too close to be legit.
In most jurisdictions police can do you for even 1mph over. There are a number of things in their favour, as they'll have multiple pieces of evidence (device readout + police statement minimum) against only you and your word. Some places will also give you a far worse outcome if you lose in court than if you just accept the ticket. At the very least you should talk to a lawyer first about how best to take it to court and the likelihood of winning.
End of the day, with the way car speedo's over-read, for you to be doing 53 mph your needle would've been reading ~56, which is well over.
reddit post about possibly uncalibrated speed meters
Yeah wtf, cops in socal don't typically even bother unless you're doing 15 over. Must have been desperate to hit their ticket quota