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From: schow@leibniz.uucp (Stanley Chow)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules)
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Date: 10 May 89 02:18:29 GMT
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Does anyone *know* the law as related to radar detectors?

I know for a *fact* that Customs Canada does not mind you owning
one. They will happily let you import one and even register one for
you (as proof that you owned it before going on a trip). I have done
both of these at Ontario border points.

Consider also that one of the biggest manufactors of radar detectors
is right here in Ontario! BELtronics, I believe. I have one of their
detectors, works fine. [For the worriers, I did not say I use it in
Ontario. Since I lived for several years in the states and acquired the
detector and used it while I was in the states, everything is strictly
on the up and up.]

Consider that many (at least some) provinces do allow radar detectors.
The rules may be different, but detectors are legal.

Now then, would anyone like to tell me why the RCMP (or any other police
force) would have the power to confiscate detectors in the trunk of a
car?

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