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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Re: Where are radar detectors illegal?
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 19:43:13 EST
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> 
> One might ask, for those who are worried about breaking the
> law, of what earthly use are radar detectors in the first place
> except to enable otherwise law-abiding citizens to break traffic
> laws without getting caught.
> 
I live in Maryland, home of the Dirty Trick State Patrol for speed enforcement.
In most states you get a nice ten mile an hour grace on speed enforcement, but
not here.  I seldom drive more than five miles over the speed limit in the
course of normal driving, but I don't have cruise control, and I'm not going
to fixate on the speedometer.  I have managed to pick up two speeding tickets
in my driving carreer as a result.  It's a pain in the ass.  I'd just like to
know when to be on my best behaviour.  One especially annoying place is a road
near my house that is a very steep down grade and a very steep up grade on the
other side and the speed limit is 30 mph.  Any car with reasonable bearings is
going to exceed 30 by the bottom of the hill unless he rides the breaks all
the way down...guess what the favorite place for the county mounty radar patrol
is...(fortunately, I know that officer, and he only hits up the people going
in excess of 45).

JS&A's president refused to sell radar detectors for a while until he got caught
in a similar situation.

-Ron