Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!cca!decvax!vortex!lauren From: lauren@vortex.UUCP Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: radar detectors Message-ID: <55@vortex.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Jun-83 14:41:06 EDT Article-I.D.: vortex.55 Posted: Sun Jun 5 14:41:06 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 02:40:27 EDT Lines: 29 Well, over the years I've seen two different techniques described to "alter" the readings of radar speed monitoring equipment. The simplest involved mounting a good-sized loudspeaker on the bumper, with a rubber sheet mounted across the opening. You were then supposed to glue some foil strips onto the sheet, and run a very low frequency tone through the loudspeaker. The other technique used a small, bizarre antenna-like contraption that would be mounted on the car. You were supposed to run a signal into this beastie as well. It supposedly had elements to cause problems for both K and X band radar. I've never seen either of these techniques actually tried, nor do I have any practical experience with any other techniques. Out here in California, radar traps are not the same sort of problem that they are back east. While radar *is* used from time to time here, you only rarely see organized speed traps of the sort typical in the east. Also, unmarked vehicles may *not* be used to ticket traffic violators in California (at least in Los Angeles and on the freeways throughout the state). Even more significant is the fact that the Highway Patrol (our "state police") may not use radar on California freeways. It turns out that they have been authorized to do so for years, but the California legislature, mindful of public opinion on this issue, has consistently refused to allocate funds for the purchase of radar equipment for the Patrol. --Lauren--