Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site trsvax Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!trsvax!mikey From: mikey@trsvax Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Radar Detector Legislation Message-ID: <55200195@trsvax> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 11:10:00 EDT Article-I.D.: trsvax.55200195 Posted: Thu Aug 8 11:10:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 03:18:20 EDT References: <1081@homxa.UUCP> Lines: 46 Nf-ID: #R:homxa.UUCP:-108100:trsvax:55200195:000:2215 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!!!!!