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From: aejc@occrsh.ATT.COM (Anthony_Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.autos,sci.electronics,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (Ka band) ...
Summary: it's here
Keywords: radar, cops, Ka, X, K
Message-ID: <569@occrsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Feb 89 17:07:40 GMT
Expires: 17 Feb 89 00:00:00 GMT
References: <603@icus.islp.ny.us> <7944@netnews.upenn.edu>
Reply-To: aejc@occrsh.UUCP (Anthony_Campbell)
Followup-To: rec.autos
Organization: left-handed Texans with four initials
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>>It's the Ka-band.  I've heard they've installed robot type radar units that
>>will clock your car using the Ka Band radar, and then photograph the
>>license plate.  There is no need to pull you over, they just send you a 
>>picture and ticket in the mail. 
>>-- 
>>Lenny Tropiano 
>
>Ka band has been authorized by the FCC for speed measurement use.  However,
>the photo radar units that you are talking about haven't actually been
>employed anywhere in the US yet.
>							-- Jeff DePolo, UPenn

An camera type radar system is in use in parts of Europe, and has been used
in Houston.  Last summer, the system was placed in an "abandoned" Chevy 
Blazer on I-45 to spy on Galveston-bound traffic, and a similar system using
a '72 Cadillac was placed along US 290 in NW Houston.
The news was disheartening for Houstonians like myself and A. J. Foyt :-)
The Texas fallout has forced Houston to attempt to enforce a speed limit
on the freeways.
Tickets were only mailed when the car and driver could be positively   
identified in the photograph.  I am now prone to lane changes when passing
an abandoned vehicle.
							- AEJCampbell
							...att!occrsh!aejc