Man Proves Innocence In Traffic Ticket With Mathmatical Process

Remember when you used to gripe about doing mathematical proofs in high school arguing a lack of real-life applications for it to be worth your while? Well, here’s how one man got off the hook for traffic ticket he received by using a math problem.

University of California-San Diego physicist Dmitri Krioukov was pulled over and issued a ticket for running a stop sign. While many wouldn’t go through the hassle of actually fighting this ticket in court, Krioukov is an exception — and he came prepared. io9 reports that he presented a mathematical paper to prove his innocence, aptly named “The Proof of Innocence,” and convinced the judge of his case.

 

TehShibbs - 4/17/2012 2:42:54 PM

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I'd like to review this.... I don't see how math can prove that he stopped, unless he happened to have a data-logger on his car at the moment of the incident.

BrownsGoBack - 4/17/2012 11:56:42 PM

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The E = mc^2 in the above photo convinced me that he is right.

BondMI6 - 4/18/2012 4:27:58 PM

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Any judge who allowed this is an idiot.

-Bond