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- From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche)
- Subject: Re: Radar
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.032826.6773@metapro.DIALix.oz.au>
- Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia
- References: <1992Nov10.021801.18321@fawlty.towers.oz.au> <1992Nov10.222904.15857@runx.oz.au> <1992Nov11.210354.3248@runx.oz.au> <1992Nov13.012925.28583@fawlty.towers.oz.au>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 03:28:26 GMT
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- In <1992Nov13.012925.28583@fawlty.towers.oz.au>
- steve@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Steve Blanche) writes:
-
- >It does raise the question, why use a radar detector ? all it does
- >is tell you, that you have been seen, its a fair bet that if your
- >detector has detected a radar unit, that the radar unit has already
- >seen you and computed your speed, so your only choice is to prepare
- >to stop, or do a hand brake U turn and try and hope they didnt see,
- >which is unlikely with a speed camera.
-
- It does tell you to read your speedometer to make sure that
- the ticket you are about to receive is justified. It does
- give you a chance to look around for other possible targets
- before you are stopped. It does verify that the instant-on
- RADAR was actually used against you and hasn't been recycled!
-
- >The other problem, is they false trigger all the time, especially
- >in industrial areas from lots of microwave alarm systems, so you
- >either become paranoid for every time it false triggers, or you
- >become oblivious to the detector, until its too late.
-
- False triggers are good. they verify that the thing is
- actually working. If you commute a lot, you learn the
- falsing profiles and can recognize unusual signals, and
- study the effects of signal propagation dependent on
- weather.
-
- If you are driving in a strange area then you should
- exercise extra caution anyway. A few bleeps and boops will
- help! :-)
- --
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