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From: mark@hp-kirk.UUCP
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Subject: Re: radar detectors - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 11-Jun-83 03:24:22 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 11 03:24:22 1983
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#R:vortex:-5500:hp-kirk:7200004:000:755
hp-kirk!mark    Jun  9 14:50:00 1983

It turns out that the use of radar on freeways in California and the use of
radar on a street that has not had an engineering and traffic survey done
within the previous five years constitutes a "speed trap".(Also included in
the speed trap definition is the timing of a vehicle between two fixed
points).  Speed traps as just defined are not legal in California.

Presumably the purpose of this law was to require police to actually observe
a vehicle for some time rather than simply relying on a single instantaneous
reading of speed for the purposes of determining unsafe driving.

                                        "Death" Rowe
                                        hp-pcd!hp-cvd!mark
                                        Corvallis, Oregon