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UCSD Physicist Uses Math to Beat Traffic Ticket

A physicist at the Univeristy of California San Diego used his knowledge of measuring bodies in motion to show in court why he couldn’t be guilty of a ticket for failing to halt at a stop sign. The argument, a four-page paper delving into the differences between angular and linear motion, got the physicist out of a $400 ticket. 

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Read his paper titled “The Proof of Innocence.”

(via quantumaniac)

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    christinetheastrophysicist: l0l
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    christinetheastrophysicist:...awesome! wonder if this would work if i ever get a ticket…
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    Did anyone else notice this was posted on April 1? But could be helpful when stuck with a traffic ticket!
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    what a beast
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    Take that copper