Ars reports on a novel use of in-car GPS technology: getting you out of undeserved speeding tickets. Apparently, a teenager was erroneously ticketed by a cop for going 62 in a 45mph zone. But his GPS device proved that he was only travelling 45mph. The case is ongoing, but if the judge rules in favor of the teenager, this could usher in a new era of using consumer technology as evidence in trials - or at least for challenging bad police practices.
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Speeding Ticket Challenged by GPS
by Alex Harris
July 21, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
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This is only novel to someone unfamiliar with the trucking industry. Most truck drivers carry Qualcomm satellite radios to communicate with their dispatchers, and the Qualcomm system keeps track of the truck’s location very accurately. The company (based in San Diego) has been having its records subpoenaed in speeding-ticket cases similar to this one for at least three decades.