Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dataio.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!dataio!braman From: braman@dataio.UUCP (Rick Braman) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: (A Sermon on) Radar Surveillance Message-ID: <752@dataio.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 06:44:49 EDT Article-I.D.: dataio.752 Posted: Thu Aug 8 06:44:49 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 01:18:24 EDT References: <2493@pegasus.UUCP> Organization: Data I/O Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 35 > Two arguments FOR radar detectors: > > 1. They alert you to radar traps ahead, where traffic will slow > down unexpectedly. They alert you to situations where a > police car - and potentially a hazard - is ahead. In short, > they encourage you to be prepared for potential hazards. > > 2. The claimed purpose of radar detectors (claimed by the manufacturers, > that is) is to remind you to check your speed at times when it > is particularly important. Unless you drive a burned out Datsun > B210, you might find that either (a) it is easy to creep past the > speed limit without necessarily intending to do so, or (b) you > have to spend a lot of driving time looking at your speedometer > (instead of the road) if you want to obey the law. I think the issue of radar speed checking is a hard one to come to grips with, but I don't agree with the above statements. I would like to meet just one person who **REALLY** bought a radar detector just for **SAFETY** reasons. I have never talked to anyone who owns one that didn't admit that the real reason they purchased one was to avoid speeding tickets. I don't own one myself, but I do keep a sharp eye out for radar traps. Out of all the times that I could have gotten a ticket for speeding, the one time that I actually did was really dumb. It was on a four lane street where the speed limit was reduced from 40mph to 30mph after a car/pedestrian accident. I was used to going 40 and forgot one day, and of course that was the day the radar unit was there waiting. Oh well! Anyway, I think that people should be allowed to own them since all they are is a radio frequency receiver. How they choose to use them is up to them. -- Rick Braman Data I/O Corporation Redmond, WA UUCP uw-beaver!teltone!dataio!braman