Radar Beats GPS In Court — Or Does It?

TechnologyResource writes "More than two years ago in California, a police officer wrote Shaun Malone a ticket for going 62mph in a 45-mph zone. Malone was ordered to pay a $190 fine, but his parents appealed the decision, saying data from a GPS tracking system they installed in his car to monitor his driving proved he was not speeding. What ensued was the longest court battle over a speeding ticket in Sonoma county history. The case also represented the first time anyone locally had tried to beat a ticket using GPS. The teen's GPS pegged the car at 45 mph in virtually the same location. At issue was the distance from the stoplight — site of the first GPS 'ping' that showed Malone stopped — to the second ping 30 seconds later, when he was going 45 mph. Last week, Commissioner Carla Bonilla ruled the GPS data confirmed the prosecution's contention that Malone had to have exceeded the speed limit and would have to pay the $190 fine. 'This case ensures that other law enforcement agencies throughout the state aren't going to have to fight a case like this where GPS is used to cast doubt on radar,' said Sgt. Ken Savano, who oversees the traffic division. However, Commissioner Bonilla noted the accuracy of the GPS system was not challenged by either side in the dispute, but rather they had different interpretations of the data. Bonilla ruled the GPS data confirmed the prosecution's contention that Malone had to have exceeded the speed limit."

Comments

Re:Standard Calculus

[Stormwatch]

The fact that the data is not metric in the first place is the most pathetic part... METRICATE YOUR SHIT ALREADY, STUPID GRINGOS!

Re:Forget the math, you're missing the point here.

[4D6963]

Wow, holy shit you're one dumb mother fucker!

So, the Military has multi-million dollar radar systems, operated by a team of specialists, that think a 30,000 pound airplane is a bumble bee.

Haha dumbass! Radars don't think the airplane is a bumble bee, the airplane is designed to have the radar cross section the size of a bumble bee, as to avoid detection entirely. The radars don't think it's a bumble bee, they just can't detect it, because the plane was specially designed to avoid their detection!

Wow, your moronity is mind blowing. That's really something exceptional you have there. I mean it, sounds like the kind of stupidity that is so intense that it actually becomes your best asset, like, people could pay to hear dumb shit like that!!