Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Laser Pulse Speed Enforcing Message-ID: <538@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 08:04:01 EST Article-I.D.: eneevax.538 Posted: Wed Feb 26 08:04:01 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 04:00:57 EST References: <378@ur-tut.UUCP> <212@sivax.UUCP> Reply-To: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Distribution: na Organization: Imperial Widget Research Center, Kingdom of Maryland Lines: 26 In article <212@sivax.UUCP> jim@sivax.UUCP writes: >> ... >> Is it true that "Laser Pulse" devices are being used to measure >> vehicle's speed for speed enforcement purposes? >> ... >The Japanese (who else) are working on it, but don't expect to see it >here for several years. How could the county mounties justify junking >all their KR-11's for the sake of a laser unit? The cost would be >horrendous, and all that just to nail people with Escorts and Buzzfusters? > >Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Gee, I wonder what percentage of Escort owners falls into the `Frequent Transgressor' category...(hey look, it was worth it to justify the bucks for a detector, was it not? if you don't amortize the cost of the detector over its lifespan, do you think it's saved you money yet?) :-) -dave -- David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu "Godzilla has been spotted in Sector 5!"