I have a post up at Techdirt about the misuse of a radar gun to erroneously ticket a teenager with speeding.

Luckily for the teen, his car had an advanced GPS system which not only provided directions but measured velocity to “within 1 mph.” After receiving a trial and bringing a GPS expert to testify to the accuracy of the device, the $190 ticket has been dismissed.

More interesting than my singular post are the comments which include many stories about bad radar guns or police officers neglecting to calibrate them correctly. Yet, too often, courts place blind faith in technology which is used to enforce the law. To me, it is nonsensical to do so. Everyone, including judges and police, have had malfunctioning computers or cell phones. They readily accept those as failure prone, but not radar guns or red light cameras.