I have heard stories of people trying to submit GPS data logs in the past to prove they were not speeding. The judges would not accept the data because it could be considered suspect, particularly if you presented it on a USB dongle since the data is beyond easy to modify. Radar does have its issues, specifically if you are in a group of cars (have you ever been blamed for speeding when the car beside you was passing you). Unless you can provide data in a method that is deemed "un-crackable", I doubt it would be allowed. I could easily re-run the route that I was on when I got stopped, take the track log and modify the time stamps (if they are present and that depends on the GPS data stream you selected). You would want the time stamps to be there to compare against the time the police officer stated on the ticket. I have to take this jab at the judicial system though, despite the fact the the citations say you are not pleading guilt or innocence at the time of the infraction, you are pretty much labelled guilty, the police never lie in the courts point of view and if you claim you are innocent, you get treated as if you were guilty anyway. The only way I can see to defend yourself is to have the same set up in your car as the police do and have it display speed on the recording. Then again we saw recently what happened someone who tried that in Missouri.
I second this motion. I have had to do the phone bill review recently. I inherited a situation where one of our offices has 23 analog lines. No one bothered to review the bills. Of those 23 only 12 go to the phone system. 3 are lines I dont HAVE to have. I talked to dial tone providers and we decide to get rid of most of the analog lines and go to a full PRI. We save roughly $200 a month on that one move, I get more effective use of the 23 lines the PRI gives me. We also modified out long distance to much cheaper rates. So much cheaper, we canceled metro service. At another office, I found a compeditor that was able to save me over $300 a month by going from thier PRI to someone else (from Verizon to SBC). Last item we did was ban 411. We are going to have to change peoples habits but we averaged $97 at one site per month in 411. Hmm, I need to see if I can get some of the savings put on my check.
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I have heard stories of people trying to submit GPS data logs in the past to prove they were not speeding. The judges would not accept the data because it could be considered suspect, particularly if you presented it on a USB dongle since the data is beyond easy to modify. Radar does have its issues, specifically if you are in a group of cars (have you ever been blamed for speeding when the car beside you was passing you). Unless you can provide data in a method that is deemed "un-crackable", I doubt it would be allowed. I could easily re-run the route that I was on when I got stopped, take the track log and modify the time stamps (if they are present and that depends on the GPS data stream you selected). You would want the time stamps to be there to compare against the time the police officer stated on the ticket. I have to take this jab at the judicial system though, despite the fact the the citations say you are not pleading guilt or innocence at the time of the infraction, you are pretty much labelled guilty, the police never lie in the courts point of view and if you claim you are innocent, you get treated as if you were guilty anyway. The only way I can see to defend yourself is to have the same set up in your car as the police do and have it display speed on the recording. Then again we saw recently what happened someone who tried that in Missouri.
I second this motion. I have had to do the phone bill review recently. I inherited a situation where one of our offices has 23 analog lines. No one bothered to review the bills. Of those 23 only 12 go to the phone system. 3 are lines I dont HAVE to have. I talked to dial tone providers and we decide to get rid of most of the analog lines and go to a full PRI. We save roughly $200 a month on that one move, I get more effective use of the 23 lines the PRI gives me. We also modified out long distance to much cheaper rates. So much cheaper, we canceled metro service. At another office, I found a compeditor that was able to save me over $300 a month by going from thier PRI to someone else (from Verizon to SBC). Last item we did was ban 411. We are going to have to change peoples habits but we averaged $97 at one site per month in 411. Hmm, I need to see if I can get some of the savings put on my check.