ShadowsPapa
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They've done that for years. I know a fellow who said he was saved by these records. He was facing big lawsuit as well as traffic violations - was accused of being the cause of an accident - of not stopping and of speeding and hitting him at an intersection. The other driver said he failed to stop or yield (I can't recall the exact details, the guy told me of this a few years back) The vehicles in this case only kept like the last few seconds of any given time-frame but he said the computer showed his speed and brake application and it was proven the OTHER driver was at fault. So while others complain, he was thrilled that since he'd done nothing wrong that technology proved it. Case dismissed.
This thing with the Jeep is not new at all - GPSs have done this for years - they know the area speed limits and obviously know how fast you are going - DUH - that's GPS. So even if they did NOT know the area speed limit - the GPS always knows how fast you are or were going.
In Korea they track your AVERAGE speed through some areas. You can go fast - just don't come off the other end of their tracking area before you should. They know how long it takes you to get from A to B if you follow the limits and they flag you going into that span and coming out and if you got to B too quickly, you will receive a citation. The result - not too many accidents and not too many traffic deaths and people are so used to it, it's no big deal. It's a "so what" thing.
This thing with the Jeep is not new at all - GPSs have done this for years - they know the area speed limits and obviously know how fast you are going - DUH - that's GPS. So even if they did NOT know the area speed limit - the GPS always knows how fast you are or were going.
In Korea they track your AVERAGE speed through some areas. You can go fast - just don't come off the other end of their tracking area before you should. They know how long it takes you to get from A to B if you follow the limits and they flag you going into that span and coming out and if you got to B too quickly, you will receive a citation. The result - not too many accidents and not too many traffic deaths and people are so used to it, it's no big deal. It's a "so what" thing.
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