Commonwealth v. Safka

OPINION BY

PANELLA, J.

The Frye1 test provides that “novel scientific evidence is admissible if the meth*306odology that underlies the evidence has general acceptance in the relevant scientific community.” Grady v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 576 Pa. 546, 839 A.2d 1038, 1043-1044 (2003). Appellant, Ryan David Safka, argues, among other things, that the admission of evidence as to the speed of his vehicle based solely on the data retrieved from his vehicle’s Event Data Recorder (“EDR”) fails the Frye test. Whether EDR data may be used to establish a vehicle’s speed is an issue of first impression in this…