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GPS Tracking Device Beats Radar Gun in Court

Posted by timothy on from the double-edged-sword-at-least dept.

MojoKid writes "According to a release issued by Rocky Mountain Tracking, an 18-year old man, Shaun Malone, was able to successfully contest a speeding ticket in court using the data from a GPS device installed in his car. This wasn't just any old make-a-left-turn-100-feet-ahead-onto-Maple-Street GPS; this was a vehicle-tracking GPS device — the kind used by trucking fleets — or in this case, overprotective parents. The device was installed in Malone's car by his parents, and the press release makes no mention if the teenager knew that the device was installed in his vehicle at the time."

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  1. Heh, heh, heh. by Mesa+MIke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take that, you oppressive pigs!
    We've got counter-measures.

    1. Re:Heh, heh, heh. by von_rick · · Score: 5, Funny

      All of this doesn't resonate with what I have learned in Hollywood movies. Malone should be the cops name. Its just doesn't sound right.

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    2. Re:Heh, heh, heh. by Chris+Burkhardt · · Score: 5, Funny

      Forgot to say that his VERY OPPRESSIVE PARENTS installed the device on his car...

      Only to protect him from the cops.

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  2. Damn you, technology! by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 5, Funny

    The highly accurate radio wave reflection system or the highly accurate satellite positioning system? One of you must be wrong! Machines can't lie?! MACHINES CAN'T LIE?!!??!!

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    1. Re:Damn you, technology! by _Shad0w_ · · Score: 4, Funny

      Computer says no.

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  3. Re:So... what was wrong with the gun? by kauos · · Score: 5, Funny

    After he provided his GPS data as evidence, the cops should have back tracked from the point in time where the speed camera and the GPS disagree. They know the spot in the road, they know the direction he was heading in. He's an 18yo kid so surely he was speeding somewhere within the last 5 minutes.

  4. Even a consumer grade by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a handheld Garmin GPS (with car mount) that specifications claim that it is within .75 knot accuracy on the speed display.

    I used it to get out of a speeding ticket outside of El Paso. I said the GPS said I wwas doing 75, the cop said his radar gun said 76 and it is calibrated. I responded thatt my GPS uses government satellite signals. He let me go.
     

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  5. Re:So... what was wrong with the gun? by pintpusher · · Score: 5, Funny

    dude, take calculus.

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