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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: the laser speed measuring device
Message-ID: <1989Nov26.072752.11424@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <89325.164006BHB3@PSUVM.BITNET> <1517@nosc.NOSC.MIL> <1989Nov23.163650.27209@utzoo.uucp> <2552@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 89 07:27:52 GMT

In article <2552@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> dave@umbc5.umbc.edu.UUCP (David A Freeman) writes:
>>Interfering with a police officer in the performance of his duties is illegal
>>almost everywhere.
>Well,  my "jammer" could have a real function.  It will measure the distance
>to the car in front of me...

Um, this doesn't affect the situation in the slightest.  You are still
interfering with the police; your motives are irrelevant.  A *convincing*
claim that you were doing it for an innocent purpose and weren't aware
of the side effects might get you a lighter sentence, but it wouldn't get
you acquitted.  This isn't like FCC regs, where you have a right to do
certain things and if this causes interference to others that's their
problem.
-- 
That's not a joke, that's      |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
NASA.  -Nick Szabo             | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu


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