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From: ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: What is VASCAR?
Message-ID: <2423@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 20:13:33 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 31 20:13:33 1985
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> >I'd like information on VASCAR (used by the police
> >to record car speed).  How is it different
> >from radar?  Is it suppose to be less error-prone?
> >How error-free would it be on a four-lane highway
> >(one-way traffic) when all lanes are busy?
> 
> VASCAR stands for Visual Average Speed Computer And Recorder.  It is
> not radar; in fact it doesn't use microwave radiation, so radar
> detectors are useless against it.  The way VASCAR works is:
> 1) Police measure distance between two points on highway.
> 2) They enter this distance into the unit.
> 3) As the potential speeder passes the first point, police start unit.
> 4) As the car passes the second point, officer stops unit.
> 5) Unit does simple arithmetic on time and distance, then displays
>    speed.
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                 etc

  If that is so, how come there is a sign around the campus here warning
motorists that VASCAR *radar* patrol is being used?
-- 
     Adrian Zannin
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