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From: mikey@trsvax
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Radar Detector Legislation
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 11:10:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 11:10:00 1985
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Nf-From: trsvax!mikey    Aug  8 10:10:00 1985




Give ME a break!!!!  NJ is probably the state I would name for the most 
abuse of authority for revenue of any state I've lived in or traveled
through.  I wouldn't trust a local police officer there unless there
were checks and balances, and a detector is my balance.  

As for guns vs normal always on radar, I can see problems with guns.  I 
almost had an accident on the PA turnpike one time because of a state
trooper with a handgun.  He parked in front of an parked car and stood 
at the drivers door.  When he wanted to check speed, he turned and brought
the radar gun up and pointed it at traffic.  From my point of view, it
looked like he was drawing a firearm.  The driver in front of me panicked,
jabbed the brakes and spun off the road.  There was no damage, but I'm 
sure this tactic stopped.  Unfortunately, I believe that guns, if used
properly, are less invasive of drivers than the always on units.  A unit
always on is like a cop 'looking' in your house to check if your doing
something wrong, not as a handgun used to check the speed of a driver
that already looks like he's going too fast.  Detectors actually encourage
the 'correct' use of the handgun, as leaving it on all the time just
advertises it's presence.  

If the NJ law gets passed, it will just make more jammers appear, as 
well as skyrocket the sales of units like the Radio Shack detector that
hides up front and puts a VERY SMALL and inconspicuous control box
in the passenger compartment.  A friend of mine mounted his in the
ashtray of his Firebird.  Close the ashtray cover and you couldn't
find it.  In a state such as NJ with borders to other states so close,
any law such as this will be ineffective, as people will just cross
over to buy units.  

Personally, I feel I have a LEGAL and CONSTITUTIONALLY guaranteed RIGHT
to know what the police are doing by receiving radar.  Finally, as a HAM
radio operator, I feel I have even further RIGHTs to monitor X and K band
transmissions.  

Flame all anyone wants, but direct it at *SSHOLES like the government in 
NJ, as far as I'm concerned, you won't change my views.

END OF DISCUSSION!

mikey at trsvax

55, it's not just a good idea, it S*CKS!
In NJ, it's money!!!!!