Van driver beats speeding ticket with GPS data

[StlouisX50]

Van driver beats speeding ticket with GPS data

11 November 2009
A driver of a Ford Transit Connect has successfully challenged a speeding ticket by using vehicle tracking technology installed in the vehicle.
Gareth Powell was clocked doing 61mph in a 50mph zone by a speed gun on the A4174 near Bristol on 28 November 2008. He was working as an employee at MD Building Services Ltd.
Powell contacted Navman Wireless , whose vehicle tracking records proved that the van had been travelling at 48mph.
He said: "I'm an extremely careful driver and I was certain I hadn't broken the law."
The case was dismissed by the District Judge at Bath & Wansdyke Magistrates Court on 30 October.
Navman Wireless IT director Barry Neill, who attended the court hearing as an expert witness, says: "The GPS fix on Gareth's vehicle from the tracking system was excellent when he was clocked by the speed gun. He adds: "The eight satellites locating his vehicle were advantageously positioned. Under good conditions, GPS tracking technology is accurate to within three metres."

Christopher Walton
Email at christopher.walton@rbi.co.uk
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[StlouisX50]

I dont get it. If you go to a UK court you can win with GPS but use it in America and it's not good enough.

Everyone puts their pants on the same way yet, judges so different.

[Cips]

I dont get it. If you go to a UK court you can win with GPS but use it in America and it's not good enough.

Everyone puts their pants on the same way yet, judges so different.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Tom]

Speeds in the UK are still posted in MPH?

[v1user]

Speeds in the UK are still posted in MPH?

Yep. They still use the pint too.

[swarga]

I dont get it. If you go to a UK court you can win with GPS but use it in America and it's not good enough.

This guy went to court with evidence that actually proved he was innocent. That is why he won.

The punk in Marin County went to court with evidence that proved him guilty. He and his father were dumbasses and deserved to lose the case.

None of this has anything to do with countries. It has everything to do with the merits of the case and the quality of the evidence presented.

[gpracer1]

So what happened to the lying POS cop?
How many bogus tickets were written?
These are the important questions here.