Will Foreman used the power of math to beat speeding tickets before three different judges. The tickets were automatically issued by traffic cameras. Foreman used the photographs themselves to raise a reasonable doubt as to the accuracy of the speed sensors.
A representative for the company that installed the cameras (and which receives a portion the fines they generate) said that the vehicles' speeds are measure before the pictures are taken. Foreman said he doubted the cars slowed that much afterward, since the pictures do not show brakes lights on. Link -via Fark
(Image credit: Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
The camera company, Optotraffic, uses a sensor that detects any vehicle exceeding the speed limit by 12 or more mph, then takes two photos of it for identification purposes. The photos are mailed to violators, along with a $40 ticket.
For each ticket, Mr. Foreman digitally superimposed the two photos - taken 0.363 seconds apart from a stationary point, according to an Optotraffic time stamp - creating a single photo with two images of the vehicle.
Using the vehicle’s length as a frame of reference, Mr. Foreman then measured its distance traveled in the elapsed time, allowing him to calculate the vehicle’s speed. In every case, he said, the vehicle was not traveling fast enough to get a ticket.
So far the judges have agreed.
A representative for the company that installed the cameras (and which receives a portion the fines they generate) said that the vehicles' speeds are measure before the pictures are taken. Foreman said he doubted the cars slowed that much afterward, since the pictures do not show brakes lights on. Link -via Fark
(Image credit: Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Comments (6)
After the first hundred years you are bound to get bored of the same old scripts. I'm only 30 and I can already predict half of what people (including myself) are going to say. There is only a small range of socially acceptable scripts pertaining to a given situation and I think I've heard them all.
If you ask my completely unscientific opinion, it's genetics. If you're going to live a long life (all else, such as diet, being equal), it's because that's your genetic inclination.
Just think of how much longer the 110 year old chain-smoking bacon-eater would have lived had he or she not spent years destroying his/her innards.
Likewise, the person in the documentary would be able to perform much better in the marathon had he not been smoking like a chimney. It's a waste.
So that begs the question; will a good diet and exercise actually "extend" your life... or will they just help you live up to your genetic potential?
not smoke not drink.
And still die of cancer at 35.
NO THANKS i rather live and enjoy all the stimuli that i can get my hands on.
And let the end come as a surprise as it proberly will anyways. no mather how you live.