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In article <1992Jul15.165901.3878@rsg1.er.usgs.gov> ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder) writes:
>In article <22333@oasys.dt.navy.mil> gallaghe@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Michael Gallagher) writes:
>>>BTW, be careful when driving through Herndon, they're radar happy.
>>
>>    When I lived in Herndon several years ago, the local paper used
>>to post when the cops would be shooting radar on which roads (which
>>were not that many).  An they would post this ahead of time!
>
>Another fun thing that Herndon cops like to do, though it's been 
>a while since I've seen it. They park a marked police car in a prominent
>place (usually in the median strip of Elden St), mount a radar gun on it
>and stick a mannequin in the drivers seat. Really makes you do a double
>take the first time you see it. Also they have motorcycle officers using
>radar, and they like to hide behind bushes and trees. They're very hard
>to see until you're almost on top of them.

New Jersey state troopers do this all the time on the Atlantic City
Expressway between Philadelphia and Atlantic City.  They don't even
bother with the radar gun or mannequin... they just park a car about
once every 10 miles with no one in it.  It does make you slow down!

Julia