Physicist Beats a Traffic Ticket ...

[Rayaan]

by using math.

Here's a practical application for your physics education: using math to successfully beat a traffic ticket in court. Dmitri Krioukov, a physicist based at the University of California San Diego, did just that to avoid paying a fee for (purportedly) running a stop sign.

Krioukov not only proved his innocence, but he also posted a paper detailing his argument online on the arXiv server. The succinct abstract for his paper certainly distinguishes itself from other research papers:

"A way to fight your traffic tickets. The paper was awarded a special prize of $400 that the author did not have to pay to the state of California."

http://www.physicscentral.com/buzz/blog/...0518469535

[Nine]

That guy is awesome and almost certainly guilty..

[Tiberius]

It's a shame that this (probably guilty) guy can get himself off a traffic ticket, yet innocent people are convicted of rape and murder all the time.

[Reforged]

It's a shame that this (probably guilty) guy can get himself off a traffic ticket, yet innocent people are convicted of rape and murder all the time.

You're a glass half full kinda guy aren't ya?

[Rayaan]

Technically, the glass is always full:

[Tiberius]

You're a glass half full kinda guy aren't ya?

I hate injustice.

[downbeatplumb]

I hate injustice.

I pictured you standing atop a tall building, hands on thighs with a billowing cape when I read that.

[Tiberius]

I should totally dress up like a Roman emperor and fight crime.

[Nine]

I should totally dress up like a Roman emperor and fight crime.

They would make a movie about you!

[jackman]

"The judge was convinced, and the officer was convinced as well," ... nah, probably just tired/annoyed at the over-explanation, ala sheldon from big bang. lol.