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- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!netsys!ukma!computer-privacy-request
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 21:35 EST
- From: Paul Olson <olson@dstl86.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy
- Subject: Re: Radar Detector Prohibitions
- Message-ID: <comp-privacy1.118.2@pica.army.mil>
- Organization: Mission Operations and Data Systems
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- X-Computer-Privacy-Digest: Volume 1, Issue 118, Message 2 of 9
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- In article <comp-privacy1.116.1@pica.army.mil>, rj@cadre.com writes...
- >
- >While it is illegal to ban any reciever, the law also states that it
- >is illegal to use a reciever in the commision of a crime. This is
- >how they justify the prohibition of radar dectectors.
- >
- >The problem I have with this is that a radar detector prohibition
- >assumes that a crime has or will be commited even though there
- >may be no proof of the crime. The counter argument is that a radar
- >detector is good for only one thing: to facilitate the violation
- >of speed limits. This is not good enough. The law is clear.
- >Receivers are always legal unless used to commit a crime. If
- >there is no proof of a crime, there is no crime.
-
- I own a detector and use it for its intended purpose: detecting microwave
- emissions!
-
- If the state governments wanted to be serious about curbing the use of radar
- detectors (as well as the lack of seat belt use), they could allow the
- insurance companies to increase the premium of a driver ticketed for speeding
- while using a radar detector. Hitting people in the wallet is the best way to
- modify their behaviour.
-
- >
- >--
- >The software engineer's credo: Eschew Obfuscation
- >
- >Rob deFriesse Mail: rj@ri.cadre.com
- >Cadre Technologies Inc. Phone: (401) 351-5950
- >222 Richmond St. Fax: (401) 351-7380
- >Providence, RI 02903
- >
- >I don't speak for my employer.
-
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