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GPS Being Used to Dispute Speeding Fines

Can challenge radar; parents using devices to track teen driving

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 25, 2007 4:48 PM CDT

(Newser) – Retired Sheriff's Deputy Richard Rude is using a GPS tracker he installed in his stepson's car to challenge in court a speeding ticket the teenager received, the AP reports. Tech-savvy drivers have apparently been using certain types of the devices which report velocity to challenge, sometimes successfuly, the radar-driven readings used by Police.

Knowing that their 17-year old likes to speed, the Rudes installed the GPS system, which emails them every time he exceeds 70 mph. Mr. Rude is primarily disputing the ticket to encourage other parents to use GPS to monitor their teens' driving, saying that as a police officer, he had to deliver car-crash news to families too many times.

An undated photo provided by American International Group Inc. shows a MobileTEEN GPS. The monitoring device sends parents an e-mail or text message if their teen's car exceeds pre-defined speed limits... (Associated Press)

An undated photo provided by Safeco Corp. shows the company's Teensurance Web site displayed on a laptop computer. Under the Teensurance plan, parents are sent an e-mail or text message if their teen's... (Associated Press)

Magellan, the fastest growing GPS brand in North America, recently announced the new Maestro 4200 and Maestro 3200 series. (Associated Press)

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