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Article #18676Re: Robocop spotted (Photo radar enforcement)
From: Steve Ward
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1988 04:08
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1988 04:08
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>(...) All that a cop's radar gun will >do to you is heat your body tissue about .0000001 degrees. > -Greg Generally speaking, I'm sure that's true. HOWEVER, a friend of mine owns a radar gun (picked up at a police auction, he's a traffic reporter for a radio station, so he has a good use for it) and he found out the hard way that they can indeed be dangerous. He made the mistake of pointing it at his face when it was turned on (OK, he's not too bright :-) ), and burned his face pretty good from just a few seconds of exposure. I don't know how quickly the power of the microwaves decreases with distance (probably expotential) but it seems that with the longer amount of exposure it could be POTENTIALLY dangerous. Steve Ward stevewa@upvax.UUCP University of Portland !tektronix!upvax!stevewa
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!tektronix!upvax!stevewa From: stevewa@upvax.UUCP (Steve Ward) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.ham-radio,rec.autos Subject: Re: Robocop spotted (Photo radar enforcement) Message-ID: <321@upvax.UUCP> Date: 23 Feb 88 04:08:56 GMT References: <602@anasaz.UUCP> <9774@tekecs.TEK.COM> <8216@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> Organization: University of Portland, Portland, OR Lines: 16 Summary: radar can me hazardous to your health