Maus Gatsonides, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maus Gatsonides

Dutch rally driver and inventor

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1911

Place of Birth: Gombong, Indonesia

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1998

Profession: engineer, racing automobile driver, rally driver

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Maurice ("Maus") Gatsonides (February 14, 1911 in Gombong, Kebumen Regency – November 29, 1998 in Heemstede) was a Dutch rally driver and inventor.
Gatsonides was born in Central Java in the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
He founded the company "Gatsometer BV" in the Netherlands in 1958. Today, Gatsonides' fame largely results from inventing the Gatso speed camera, a speed measuring device used today by many police forces to catch speeding drivers.
He originally invented the Gatso speed camera to measure his cornering speed in an attempt to improve his driving.