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Fuzzbusters?
Robin Clay
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A few weeks ago, on my way to Edinburgh, I was "GATSO"ed by a Lothian and
Borders Police camera.
The following may make you smile nearly as much as it did me ;-)
(off the Internet)
Two members of the British Lothian and Borders traffic police were out on the
Berwickshire Moors with a radar gun recently, happily engaged in apprehending
speeding motorists, when their equipment suddenly locked-up completely with an
unexpected reading of well over 300 mph....
The mystery was explained seconds later as a low flying Harrier hurtled over
their heads. The boys in blue, upset at the damage to their radar gun, put in a
complaint to the RAF, but were somewhat chastened when the RAF pointed out that
the damage might well have been more severe.
It seems that the Harrier's target-seeker had locked onto the 'enemy' radar and
triggered an automatic retaliatory air-to-surface missile attack. Luckily, the
Harrier was operating unarmed.
Otherwise... "Gee, Officer, sorry about your patrol car........"
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