Sat-Nav blamed for speeding

November 20, 2009

Sat-Navs and mis-conduct on the roads are inseparable friends - so it seems. For, a speeding driver blamed the satellite navigation system of his car for not ‘beeping’ when he crossed the speed limit. Richard Temple, a 47-year old was found guilty of driving at 36mph along Banbury Road near Byfield which is a 30mph zone. Temple was proven guilty based on the evidence of speed camera photographs that were taken at 6.50 pm on the road that showed him speeding at 36mph.

In an appeal hearing at Northampton Crown Court, Temple told that the speed camera was wrong since his company car would not have failed to warn him if he were speeding. He said that the sat nav system of his car was pre-programmed with the speed limits of particular roads and that it gave an audible beep when the speed limits were crossed. He added that the system gave him a warning at “33mph or 34mph” in a 30mph zone. ” I didn’t do 36mph” he asserted for he did not hear a beep.

Perhaps the sat nav system was inaccurate? Temple denied this, saying that the cars were well maintained. However, the justices upheld the original verdict and said that Temple was not dishonest but inaccurate.

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