Radar wins

<p>It came down to old technology vs. new and the old technology won -- at least for now.</p><p>But a Windsor family's unique challenge of a young man's speeding ticket has raised the likelihood that some day those gadgets that use satellites to determine speed and location of moving objects here on Earth may trump the use of police radar.</p><p>The central issue in this case concerned a speeding ticket that Shaun Malone, 17, received along Lakeville Highway. A police officer says Malone was going 62 mph in a 45 mph zone. But Malone's stepfather, Roger Rude, a retired Sonoma County sheriff's lieutenant, challenged the ticket, saying the GPS tracking system installed in the young man's car shows he was abiding by the speed limit.</p><p>Global positioning systems quickly determine location and speed of a car, but there's a gap in the technology. It calculates speeds every 30 seconds -- and much can happen in half a minute.</p><p>Sonoma County Superior Court Commissioner Carla Bonilla still found Malone guilty of speeding. The Rude family plans to appeal.</p><p>The biggest winners in all of this may be those companies that sell GPS tracking systems. Because of this well-publicized story, more than a few parents no doubt will be interested in having similar equipment installed in their child's vehicle -- as a Christmas gift, of course.</p>