It was explained to you by 2 posters in the first few posts, it reflects off multiple objects and causes it to show the incorrect speed. It sometimes happens in the right conditions, but i would suspect it's not very often at all.
Your 'suspicion' isn't very scientific.
It's a fair question to ask, when not one, but TWO measures to prevent incorrect fines being handed out, are missed, how do we know what is a legitimate or illegitimate fine?
It dings the credibility of the process.
It's VERY concerning. What if you're a law abiding person in a high performance car? Would the judge laugh your arse out of court when you presented yourself to proclaim innocence?
Do drivers now need to have a dashcam with baked in GPS recording and archived for months to show they were not speeding at the time?
Should the Police (NZTA now I presume) also have video footage of the vehicle approaching the detection zone and leaving it?
It was explained to you by 2 posters in the first few posts, it reflects off multiple objects and causes it to show the incorrect speed. It sometimes happens in the right conditions, but i would suspect it's not very often at all.
Your 'suspicion' isn't very scientific.
It's a fair question to ask, when not one, but TWO measures to prevent incorrect fines being handed out, are missed, how do we know what is a legitimate or illegitimate fine?
It dings the credibility of the process.
why does it need to be scientific? i dont know all the factors involved, so its hard to make a scientific conclusion based on a news article. But based on my experience with the Doppler effect, errors can happen, lots of factors not going into them.
But the failing here is, it shouldn't have gone past the human check point.
Because we’re geeks. Also because we would need to present science if incorrectly pulled up for it
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