Recently, a man in Ohio tried to use GPS technology to challenge his speeding ticket in court. His vehicle was supposedly timed from a police airplane at a speed of 84 mph, but the man claimed to be going only 50 mph, because of the heavy traffic in the 65 mph zone. But the GPS technology did not help and he was proven guilty. Why? He wasn’t using a vehicle tracking system.
Jason Barnes may have done his best to fight his ticket in court, but he needed the help of a GPS expert. Unfortunately, having someone to vouch for the accuracy of a cell phone GPS tracker may not have been helpful, given the problems with cell phone GPS.
Jason Barnes tried to fight his speeding ticket with information from the GPS tracker on his cell phone. However, cell phones with GPS capabilities have been known to be inaccurate and unreliable. One of the major problems with Barnes’s defense is that his cell phone could only give an estimated speed, because the cell phone only recorded his speed once every two minutes. But if Barnes had been using a vehicle tracking system, he most likely would have won the case.
Vehicle tracking devices beat GPS tracking cell phones in virtually every aspect. They are more reliable, because the battery is not also being used for many other functions. Also, signals are sent out to a satellite, not a cell phone tower, so the tracking is not reliant upon cell phone service. Traditional vehicle tracking units are also more accurate because they send signals every second. These signals create a detailed log and can prove more decisively how fast the vehicle was going, without any room for sudden un-tracked bursts in speed. These tracking devices can also place the vehicle within 5 feet, not 500 feet like many cell phone GPS systems.
A vehicle tracking system can also give more information than a cell phone tracker. Most cell phone GPS trackers cannot send text message alerts, but this is a common function of vehicle trackers. These alerts can be sent if they vehicle is exceeding a certain speed limit or if it has violated the parameters set up by the geo-fence.
Vehicle tracking systems have already been proven to be accurate and reliable in courts around the country. Don’t put your trust in your cell phone to get you out of a costly ticket, when you know that a vehicle tracking device can do the job with a better guarantee of success.
Read more about GPS Tracking Devices on my blog.
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