Path: utzoo!yunexus!landolt
From: landolt@yunexus.UUCP (Paul Landolt)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules)
Keywords: speed limits
Message-ID: <1860@yunexus.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 89 15:19:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: yunexus.1860
References: <852@mv03.ecf.toronto.edu> <9556@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Organization: York U. Computing Services
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In article <9556@watcgl.waterloo.edu> kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (Kim Nguyen) writes:
>I have considered using a radar detector, but from what I've heard so
>far (if you get caught):
>
>	- the radar detector gets confiscated
Yup

>	- you get nailed with a fine for using one
Yup

>	- you get nailed for speeding
Yup, if you were speeding :)

>	- you get demerit points
Again, if you were convicted of a Moving violation (posessing a radar
detector does not, to my knowledge, fall into this catagory) 

>	- your insurance rates go up
Definitely!  It goes on your PERMANENT record that you were caught with
a radar detector.  Having one means that you are making a deliberate
effort to avoid being caught exceeding the limit. The insurance people
hate this.

>What have your experiences been with radar detectors?  Can police stop
>you (if you're not speeding) if they see a radar detector sitting on
>your dash?  What are the relevant laws?
From what I know, if the police suspoect you are currently operating
a radar detector, they may pull you over.  They may NOT search your
vehicle or your person unless you are in clear violation of the law.

Mind you, if they see one of those little remote receivers, then I think
they can rip the car apart until they find the main detection unit. Real
fun, eh?



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