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From: alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells)
Newsgroups: rec.autos,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (Photo radar units, really)
Keywords: radar, cops, Ka, X, K
Message-ID: <2061@cpoint.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 89 13:16:27 GMT
References: <603@icus.islp.ny.us> <7944@netnews.upenn.edu> <418@lzaz.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells)
Organization: Clearpoint Research Corp., Hopkinton Mass.
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In article <418@lzaz.ATT.COM> hgp@lzaz.ATT.COM (H.PAGE) writes:
>Apparently, the Multinova units have been in use in Switzerland since 
>the Seventies.  ...

Photo radar units are in common use throughout most of Europe.  My mother
got a 'remote' ticket in W. Germany in 1975 - and the units were not new
then.  I also 'know' they are in use in France.

In Europe and Japan, radar detectors are also illegal.  There is a thriving
black market in US mfg radar detectors - the foreign transmitters use the
same frequencies as US transmitters.

Furthermore, it is VERY illegal to do anything to cover/deface your license
plates.  For a while, it was common to cover your license plate with varnish
(just to make it stay clean, officer!) which would give nothing but glare to
the camera.  It is now basically a felony offense to varnish your license
plate in France.

Of course, France is the country that is considering a system to have your
car automatically ticket you for speeding ...


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