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In article <lkrlsaINNkju@news.bbn.com> djstracher@ccs1.bbn.com writes:
>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.
>
>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). 

As has been previously mentioned, all but the earliest radar detectors are
superheterodynes and therefore have a local oscillator which can be detected.
The detector manufacturers have responded by changing LO frequencies and
improving shielding in the units.

The use of radar detector detectors in Ontario was documented in AutoWeek
a few years back.  The Mountie not only fines the driver, but confiscates 
and subsequently destroys (either at the site or later in barracks) the 
detector.  Truck drivers who still insist on using detectors carry two - 
they swap out the good unit (and stash it) for a cheap or non-functional 
one when they've been pulled over, but before the officer completes the 
walk to the truck cab.

When detectors were illegal in Connecticut (the law was repealed effective,
I believe, Oct. 1), I heard of no instances of detector detectors being used.
There were reports (in rec.autos.driving, I think) that the Staties would
follow traffic at night and pulse their radar unit every minute or so just
to see which car(s) hit their brakes (or have visual detector alarms
triggering) in order to nab offenders.

Tony Matt   tonym@world.std.com