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From: john@anasaz.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio,rec.autos
Subject: Re: Robocop spotted (Photo radar enforcement)
Message-ID: <610@anasaz.UUCP>
Date: 11 Feb 88 14:08:53 GMT
References: <602@anasaz.UUCP> <342@tandem.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore)
Organization: Anasazi Inc, Phoenix AZ
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Posted: Thu Feb 11 09:08:53 1988

In article <342@tandem.UUCP> kevinr@tandem.UUCP (Kevin J. Rowett) writes:
>In article <602@anasaz.UUCP>, john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore) writes:
>> Here in Paradise Valley, Arizona, we have the dubious distinction of
>> being the only place in the US where speeding tickets are given by
>> mail after an automatic device snaps your picture and speed! 

>A quick fix is to install a slave strobe under your hood. When
>the ROBOCOP flashes, you flash! If your wattage is high enough,
>and your circuits fast enough, the picture won't be quite as
>good.

Clever idea! Unfortunately, this machine is accompanied by both
a technician and a policeman, and it might result in one
being chased and then charged with something nasty like
obstruction of justice (anyone know if they can do this?).
How about a near infrared emitter which will fog the film
but be invisible to the operators? I don't know enough
about the spectral response of the film, but there might
be something that would work.






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