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From: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Detecting Radar Detectors
Message-ID: <26421@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 2 Aug 90 05:40:54 GMT
References: <324@bally.Bally.COM>
Reply-To: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
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<I saw a story on the world news a few weeks ago regarding drivers
<(primarily 18-wheelers) using radar detectors.  During the news
<segment, the reporter was talking to a highway patrol officer who was
<using a device to detect if the oncomming vehicle was using a radar
<detector.

<police car with a strong reading), but on long drives in the middle of
<nowhere I'll get a low-powered warning signal when there doesn't appear
<to be any police cars around for miles.  I used to write this off to
<the radar waves straying from a distant cop, but it was too
<consistant:  no police cars anywhere, the on-comming car had a radar
<detector sitting on his dash.

	Greetings. That happened to me, on a trip from Pittsburgh
	to Virgina Beach. Except that I did NOT "write it off"...

	After a few miles, I saw a cop pull out from the BACK....

	They are getting smarter. I was going 65 (the speed limit,
	well... :-) but one guy passed my going, minimum, 80MPH.
	Sure enough, the cop was in an unmarked car and overtook
	me and pulled the guy over.

	Another thing. My detector would beep ONCE every few seconds.
	To not give themeselves away, the cops use a radar "burst".
	
	By the way, there is a simple way they can check if you have
	a radar detector. They will get behind you and time you.
	If they see you hit the brakes, you're DEAD. (Some states
	require them to do that 2 times... or so I hear)


	Solution. If you have cruise control, and you are going
	say 75, and the cop is clocking you the FIRST time :-),
	hit the "set" on the cruise control. It will (should)
	drop your speed by about 2 MPH. You should do that a few
	times (practice it :-) and WHOLA! no brakes required!

	(I never said the above...)

<--Jim Kimble,						jkimble@bally.bally.com
<Consultant: Have kernel, will travel			uunet!bally!jkimble
<"ALPO is 99 cents a can.  That's over SEVEN dog dollars!!"

	Take care and drive safely. By the way, if you drink
	and drive, you will never remember what to press, so
	don't drink... as if you need another reason.....
-- 
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