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In article <SPIKE.92Dec31155808@world.std.com>, spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) writes:
>
>	Ah, the escalation of it all.  States (and Canadian provinces)
>which ban Radar Detectors are now using Radar Detector Detectors
>(really), next we'll have Radar Detector Detector Detectors.  You can
>buy a radar jammer which process the radar signal and send it back
>showing any speed you want.  For some high performance cars you can
>buy stealth front ends which refect the radar signal away from the
>gun. In California you can buy Cop Detectors which can detect the
>radio repeaters the CHP use in cruisers for hand held radios.
>
>	Then there are radar seeking missles.
>
>->Spike


Since radar detectors are passive in nature it would not be possible to have a
radar detector detector. ( YES I have heard about these devices but don't
believe they exist or can exist). 

Radar jammers are illegal in the US since they broadcast and in order to do so
you need a license from the FCC. I would love to see you try and get one of
those. 

In many states (such as CT, NY and I believe MA) it is illegal to use these
stealth body parts or any other technique to screw radar. Such as aluminum foil
in the hubcaps or radiator grill. Another good one is to line the hood and
engine compartment with reflective MYLAR. Make sure you crumble it up first and
the fletten it.

The cop detectors you describe probably exist but it sounds like the cop has to
be transmitting for them to "detect".

I have one of those Escort (formerly Cincinatti Microwave) Laser detectors and
I'm not sure if it works. The technology is fairly new and not in widespread
usage yet (by police departments) and mine has never gone off. I'm sure that I
haven't been hit by laser yet because if I was I would have been pulled over
(yes I have a heavy foot). I would think that the technology is pretty good
since Escort makes both the detectors and Laser Guns. They work on the same
principal as radar detectors, i.e. picking up reflected and scattered signals.


Dave Stracher