Index: trunk/src/atmsdriver/model/TrafficEvent.java
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--- trunk/src/atmsdriver/model/TrafficEvent.java	(revision 197)
+++ trunk/src/atmsdriver/model/TrafficEvent.java	(revision 204)
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Scanner;
+
 
 /**
@@ -27,4 +28,5 @@
     public final double range;
     public final String rawString;
+    
     private final static SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
 
@@ -61,3 +63,19 @@
         return rawString;
     }
+    @Override 
+    public boolean equals(Object other)
+    {
+        Boolean result = false;
+        if (other == null) return false;
+        if ( other instanceof TrafficEvent  )
+        {
+          TrafficEvent that = (TrafficEvent) other;
+          result = that.incident.equals(this.incident)
+                  && that.eventTime.equals(this.eventTime)
+                  && ((int) that.postmile) == ((int) this.postmile)
+                  && that.dir == this.dir
+                  && that.color == this.color;
+        }
+        return result;    
+    }            
 }