Monday, July 02, 2007

What would win in traffic court, the readings from a Police Radar Gun, or the reading s from a portable GPS unit? When I was asked this question last week, I gave the only answer I could think of. The Radar Gun reading would win. Police Radarguns are calibrated at the factory, certified, and are supplied with tuning forks to test the accuracy. Today, I must give a different answer.

I read in the paper today that there are several cases in Canada and Australia where people are bringing in downloaded GPS data to prove they were not speeding. In more than one case, the GPS readings have provided enough reasonable doubt to let the ticket be dropped. Now, this probably will not work in every situation so I will not guarantee anything, but I think it's time to invest in a nice Garmin Quest 2.

Ryan