GPS speed tracking

[P5Ret]

Damn what jet did you salvage the engine from for the Mini, and how's the gas millage?

[Tripper]

Can you get the company to testify in court the data is accurate and has not been tampered with on any way

[Ron-Solo]

It's not even the turbo model.

[StuckInTheP.R.O.Ca]

Yeah, well, years ago (10+ now) my wife got a ticket (I was in the car as a passenger) on the 15 for speeding and we were going 5 under the limit. He got the wrong car yet insisted it was us. It was the other maroon car... not ours. He was wrong. They are human and do make mistakes, it sucks when it is you.

^This. I will never understand why some people seem to be incapable of believing that yes Officers do make mistakes sometimes and unfortunately innocent people do get screwed. Some will never get it until it happens to them.

[tyrist]

I am curious if I am pulled over for speeding, when I wasn't speeding, will a GPS app on a cell phone help?

No

The GPS app will track max speed, average speed, time, date and a couple other details.

So if I had the app turned on, was pulled over, shown the Officer the log data from the app, would that be enough for the Officer to reconsider?

No

I don't want to get into the details of my ticket. This is for my future travels.

Answers are in bold.

[kermit315]

I am curious if I am pulled over for speeding, when I wasn't speeding, will a GPS app on a cell phone help? The GPS app will track max speed, average speed, time, date and a couple other details.

So if I had the app turned on, was pulled over, shown the Officer the log data from the app, would that be enough for the Officer to reconsider?

I don't want to get into the details of my ticket. This is for my future travels.

I would not consider it at all. Any judge in my area would laugh it out of court. With the amount of training and calibration required to verify speed with radar, do you really think they are going to trust a 100 dollar garmin or an iphone app to discount that?

[LBDamned]

GPS is not admissible in court.

however, there are multitudes of factors and defense when fighting a speeding ticket. And no, officers are not always right when they issue a citation.

There are so many variables and every situation is different, there is no one method of contesting a citation... but I have been successful on more than one occasion. OP, if you are adamant about your safe speed, I suggest contacting a traffic attorney, or research contesting traffic tickets.

[2glock3]

They won't stop you for speeding if you weren't speeding...

He did. I wasn't speeding.

[2glock3]

I have the same tires on my motorcycle and have been hit with Lidar more than once and not been pulled over. I obviously don't know what my actual speed was. I know not all speedometers are 100% accurate.

I am pissed but I can't do anything about it. Take my unfair lump and move on.

Thanks for the responses about the gps. I cross my fingers I don't get stuck like this again.

[Hank15]

Try to find out if the odometer on your vehicle was defective, i.e. showing 65 when you were really going 80.

If you can get a technician to testify or write a detailed report confirming that, and you're polite about it in court "I did not know the odometer was broken, I honestly thought I was under the speed limit because of what the odometer said." then you might not have to pay $500.

[LBDamned]

Try to find out if the odometer on your vehicle was defective, i.e. showing 65 when you were really going 80.

If you can get a technician to testify or write a detailed report confirming that, and you're polite about it in court "I did not know the odometer was broken, I honestly thought I was under the speed limit because of what the odometer said." then you might not have to pay $500.

It's speedometer not odometer (broken odo is against federal law - at least when you go to sell it is)... If a speedometer was off by 5 or more mph that is highly unusual... 1-3 mph isn't uncommon...

[EffrenPadilla2012]

Just buy a Valentine1 and call it a day.

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[LBDamned]

Just buy a Valentine1 and call it a day.

http://www.valentine1.com/

For radar, a detector could help... But these days laser is very common - and unless technology has changed, by the time your device detects laser you've already been tagged.

[IrishJoe3]

There are a lot of blind leading the blind in this thread...

Try to find out if the odometer on your vehicle was defective, i.e. showing 65 when you were really going 80.

If you can get a technician to testify or write a detailed report confirming that, and you're polite about it in court "I did not know the odometer was broken, I honestly thought I was under the speed limit because of what the odometer said." then you might not have to pay $500.

I have seen that defense used many, many times in court. It has never worked. You are required by by law to drive the speed limit. You are not required to have a functioning speedometer.

Just buy a Valentine1 and call it a day.

http://www.valentine1.com/

Let me ask you this....if they were really that effective, do you really think they'd be legal? Radar detectors do nothing to protect you from bumper pacing, LIDAR, Speed estimation, or even instant on Radar. I have written many many speeding tickets, using all of the above methods, to radar detector holders.

[Ron-Solo]

Radar detectors can be a source of fun also. When I would see someone with a radar detector on their windshield, I liked to point a handheld at them that was turned off when stopped next to them at a light. It was fun to see the reaction thinking their detector wasn't working.

Cruel, but still fun. I knew a guy who didn't work traffic that did similar things with an old hair dryer. He got people to slow down