Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!ccice1!bwm From: bwm@ccice1.UUCP (Bradford W. Miller) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.legal Subject: Re: Re: Radar Surveillance Message-ID: <364@ccice1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 11:21:16 EDT Article-I.D.: ccice1.364 Posted: Thu Aug 22 11:21:16 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 04:14:13 EDT References: <1081@homxa.UUCP> <4891@allegra.UUCP> <269@ihlpl.UUCP> <249@steinmetz.UUCP> Reply-To: bwm@ccice1.UUCP (Bradford W. Miller) Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.auto:7802 net.legal:2149 In article <249@steinmetz.UUCP> connolly@steinmetz.UUCP (C. Ian Connolly) writes: >If I remember correctly, police radars have a fair amount of error. This >is why, for example, NY State cops almost always set their radars for 65 >mph. This is far enough above the speed limit to compensate for the radar >error. It would be interesting to compare the error obtained from timing >via aircraft with radar error. Does anybody have more info on this? NY cops don't set their limit to 65 because of error (which is < 1% on most devices), but because they don't want to have to stop everyone on the road! The AVERAGE speed on interstates in NY is 60ish. Brad Miller -- ..[cbrma, ccivax, ccicpg, rayssd, ritcv, rlgvax, rochester]!ccice5!ccice1!bwm