Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site proper.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!qantel!proper!elric From: elric@proper.UUCP (elric) Newsgroups: net.auto,net.legal Subject: Re: Radar Surveillance Message-ID: <215@proper.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 16:39:20 EDT Article-I.D.: proper.215 Posted: Thu Aug 15 16:39:20 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 22:24:41 EDT References: <1081@homxa.UUCP> <4891@allegra.UUCP> <269@ihlpl.UUCP> <> Reply-To: elric@proper.UUCP (Elric of Imrryr) Organization: Lunatic Laboratories Unltd. Lines: 17 Xref: linus net.auto:6644 net.legal:1716 In article <> gritz@homxa.UUCP (R.SHARPLES) writes: >My point is not that police should not apprehend speeders, I am all for >safe highways. My point is that the use of radar guns to catch speeders >is basically unwarrented search, from which we have constitutional protection. >It is bad enough to let the govt. get away with this, but now NJ wants to >outlaw our only defense against this! That's like the govt. outlawing >devices that detect wire taps. Does that sound constitutional?!? Russ has a good point. Another this is that the possesion of a radar detect does not harm anyone. It is a victemless crime. Having a radar detector does not make it impossible to catch you, it only protects your privecy. Also radar guns are very unrelyable. elric