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Originally Posted by Jim Spencer
Hi
I'm a complete Ludite where technology is concerned, but I think I've got this one the right way round...
... folk somewhere along the line have got 'accuracy' mixed in with 'Missed Laps'
The early transponder systems, wern't actually that accurate, the finish line (i.e. the actual point on the track where your transponder was detected by the loop) could be quite wide indeed - hence the occasional hiccup where you would get:-
"I'm certain my car was in front of Fred's but the system has him first"
cropped up, as the loop just happened to detect Fred's transponder first..
Hence the use of finish line cameras at the really big races just to be on the safe side.
(In full sized racing until very very recently Transponders were only used for car Identification for this very reason, positions were verified by people..)
The various generations of Transponder have improved that issue dramatically and i'm lead to believe that the latest ones are nearly as accurate as a 'break beam' system, while I have no doubt they'll miss less laps the big improvement in 'accuracy' is the exact timing of those laps / race finishes I reckon.
HTH
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I did not know that jim i jsut put it down to were fred and bob had ther pt's lol
great bit of info thanks for posting