Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site gymble.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!pataky From: pataky@gymble.UUCP (Bill Pataky) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Radar Detector Legislation Message-ID: <280@gymble.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 17:52:54 EDT Article-I.D.: gymble.280 Posted: Fri Aug 23 17:52:54 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 00:55:40 EDT References: <1081@homxa.UUCP> <55200198@trsvax> Reply-To: pataky@gymble.UUCP (Bill pataky) Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 32 In article <55200198@trsvax> mikey@trsvax writes: > > > >First off, the fed does regulate receiving the airwaves. The Communications >act of 1934 has specific areas that apply to divulging of information of >things that can be received. Where most of the radar detector ordinances >have stood is because they are not considered receivers, that are basically >signal detectors. Even the superhet receivers are basically super field >strength meters. Personally, I'll use a remote and hide the head to avoid >trouble, even where the use is not regulated, but I won't take it out of >my car. If I lived in PA near the NJ border, I'd just get me a lawyer >and fight it. Most people give up instead of continuing the fight. It's >not principle, people just figure that the $50 - $200 fine is not worth the >court battle. I read that Washington D.C. had a detector law that stood >for quite a few years because no one bothered to fight it. When someone >finally did, it was struck down first round. I remember reading that the >judges comment on the ruling was something about we can't afford to live in >a country where a citizen does not have the right to know what the police >department is doing. > > >mikey at trsvax >55, it's not just a good idea, it S*CKS!! >It's mostly revenue anyway. The law in D.C. has NOT been struck down! As you enter the District on any of the major arteries large signs announce "Radar Detectors Illegal" A friend of mine learned the hard way. I was in the car when he was caught.