[DeTomaso] LPC: Radar in the rain

[Mike Drew]

Boyd,

All it would take would be one public-spirited citizen with a big shotgun or rifle to put those speed cameras right and then all would be good in your corner of the world. :)

England is especially fond of speed cameras. For awhile, charitable people were hanging old tires from the camera boxes, pouring gas into them and then setting them on fire. While these Robin Hoods were celebrated by the people, the government didn't have much of a sense of humor about it, and a few people got very long prison sentences (5-10 yrs maybe?) after the cops set up cameras to look AT the cameras and used those to track down the rebels. Once word got out about that, the practice pretty much died out....

Mike

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On Dec 14, 2014, at 11:18, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

>   The benefit (to the police) of the radar gun is it's "instant on" which
>   makes a radar detector all but useless. (unless as Larry said you are
>   fortunate enough to have the police try to get someone in front of you
>   and your detector picks up the residual signal. Other wise by the time
>   you hear the warning you have already been clocked!
>   A A A A A A  On a side note there has been a recent development here on
>   long Island concerning photo radar. Apparently the authorities
>   installed a bunch of photo radar traps in the area while I was in the
>   hospital.They neglected to put up any warning signs. With in a two
>   weeks of my release from the hospital I got to school zone tickets 31
>   in a 20 and 33 in a 20 $80 each (no points or any other penalty just
>   cash).
>   The area where I got nailed is at the same high school I graduated from
>   and it has a huge piece of property with several acres containing a
>   baseball diamond , a football field (with stands) a soccer field , it's
>   huge! The school zone signs don't encompass the entire property. The
>   end around a 1/4 of a mile past the intersection near the school's main
>   entrance. The road that runs along the athletic fields (that has no
>   intersections and people generally drive around 40 mph) is where they
>   installed to Photo radar array. This is the spot where they got me.
>   Apparently this has happened all over the county and the public has
>   freaked out. So last week they announced that signs would be going up
>   and anybody that was ticketed before the signage was in place will be
>   getting their tickets rescinded and their fines refunded. So that was
>   good news for me!
>   Boyd
> 
>   On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Larry Finch via DeTomaso
>   <[1]detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
> 
>     A  A Tomas wrote -
>     I know that the camera boxes use radar but does anyone use
>     manually operated radar anymore? I thought they had all changed to
>     laser guns.
>     -----
>     Here in CA, the CHP uses radar (Ka band) and laser.
>     As I understand it, laser must be from a stationary position and
>     very close to a
>     A straight (not from an angle) shot at the target.
>     I've seen them hiding on highway overpasses to get that position.
>     Radar now all appears to be instant-on, though some officers drive
>     with it alway
>     s on.
>     Radar is not as picky about the aim of the signal, and works just
>     fine from a mo
>     ving vehicle.
>     With my Valentine, I find that as long as there is an
>     ahead-of-me-rabbit to moti
>     vate a Chipie to hit his instant-on, the scatter from that radar
>     burst
>     will trip my detector up to over two miles ahead.
>     Same benefit from a radar sitiuated behind you, and with the
>     Valentine you'll kn
>     ow the direction to look.
>     Headed up the 101 years ago to a PCNC meeting, moving at a 'brisk'
>     rate, the rea
>     r arrows lit up with plenty of time
>     to slow down and thus frustrate the CHP motorcycle officer who paced
>     in my RH bl
>     ind spot for several miles until he finally gave up
>     and moved ahead of me.
>     Cat and mouse at its finest. :-)
>     YMMV
>     Larry - "Why no, officer, I don't know why you pulled me over,
>     Perhaps you thoug
>     ht I had some donuts?"
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