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From: danielce@ecr.mu.oz.au (Daniel Ake CAROSONE)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Fooling Radar Detectors
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Date: 29 Aug 90 05:28:44 GMT
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In article <2959@mindlink.UUCP>, a575@mindlink.UUCP (Michael G. Henders) writes:
> This is not entirely on the thread, but I have got to ask...  to those of you
> reading this stuff in Europe, or Australia, etc., do you have this same sort of
> cat-and-mouse game between the speed patrol and the speeders?  Or is it purely
> a North American phenomenon?  Please satisfy my curiosity!

We have it here too, to some extent. I have heard nothing of detector
detectors or anything, but radar detectors are fairly popular, certainly
for frequent highway users.

Governments are mostly concerned (at this stage) with interstate heavy vehicles
(trucks, coaches, etc) speeding, as there have been several major tragic
accidents involving them of late.

This does not mean that speeding cars will be overlooked. It is EXTREMELY easy
to exceed the state maximum speed limits (100/110 km/h) especially on the
best interstate freeways, even if you are not deliberately speeding, as I am 
sure you know.

> Obligatory stuff.electronics:  What type of radar sets do they use?

Hand held guns, X or K band; roadside/vehicle mounted X/K/S band.

In addition, particularly here in the state of Victoria, they have new
(nasty) automatic speed-cameras that (technically) don't even require a
policeman in attendance (ecxept to stop the camera getting attacked :-)

These can be perfectly invisible until you pass them and look in the mirror,
and can be triggered by laser amphometer, a radar, or laser speed meter.
The first you know about it is when you get a notice in the mail...