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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."
You can do that, but then you could also get nailed with careless or wreckless driving....
Wreckless driving usually gets you in less trouble than the alternative...
Reckless. </pedant>
In a few posts, somebody will prove he even broke the sound barrier.
You missed the fact that the 68 is in feet per second. 68ft/1sec * 1mile/5280 * 60sec/1min * 60min/1hr = 46.4 Mile/Hr Come one, that's just standard unit conversion.
Look, do you want the rigorous NASA method or not?
You idiot, the uncertainty principle only kicks in when objects are small enough to be dominated by quantum effects.
Like a European car...
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