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Currently, there's no defense against eager traffic cops (especially towards the end of the month when they have to meet quotas) who pull drivers over to issue them with erroneous speeding tickets. Manufacturers should provide a simple printing device in cars which can plot the speed of a car for the last ten minutes prior to such a traffic stop. During the time the cop is writing out his ticket, the printer can spit out 2 copies of the chart [if you were speeding, you'd throw them away]. If the chart shows you were not speeding, give a copy to the cop who may let you go with a sheepish smile. If he doesn't, the law should ideally require the cop to sign off on that printout as an acknowledgement of your position - just as he expects you to sign his citation. When you contest the citation in court, the judge now has evidence from both sides - and it's no longer the cop's word against yours.
rajkamal, Dec 20 2007
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I've gotten way too many speeding tickets in my life, but never did I actually believe the officer had an incorrect reading.
I'm against any kind of 'black box' for cars that would be accessible to police, strictly for privacy reasons.
Even now, if you want to show an officer your speed, many GPS units with appropriate software can show him your true speed at particular points.
Pretty soon, (or maybe even already) they'll be able to call-up the signal from your cell-phone like a transponder reply and play-back a map of where you went and how fast. If you speed, you'll want to turn off the cell.
Recording devices such as this would end up subpoenaed to court to be used against you for anything you might have been doing wrong proir to a crash. Maybe all you were doing is varying your speed in traffic, but a shyster lawyer will turn that into inattentive driving.
Leave the house a little earlier, and you won't have to speed. Also, you and your car will last longer. And you'll save gas $$$.