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From: chris@xrtll.uucp (Chris Baisly)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Detecting Radar Detectors
Message-ID: <1990Aug15.230142.25956@xrtll.uucp>
Date: 15 Aug 90 23:01:42 GMT
References: <26c63bee-32e.10sci.electronics-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> <4355@ash31.UUCP> <6141@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: chris@xrtll.uucp (Chris Baisley)
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In article <6141@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM> vekurpan@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM (Vincent E Kurpan) writes:
>QUESTION:
>
>Why would anyone intelligent enough to build a radar jammer want
>to risk several felony charges and at least one federal offense to
>get out of a $35 traffic ticket.  Anyone with the skills to build

Well, because, at least in Canada, a $35 speeding ticket is more
like $200.  And that is only the start, because you will get a
'line' (a printed report) on your driving record, which will without
a doubt raise your insurance rates.  The fine itself is fairly
inconsequential, it's the other ramifications.