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What do you guys and gals think of this idea?

Mount 4 or so corner reflectors on a rotating frame such as
a plastic bicycle tire.  Coat the back of the reflector with resistive
foam to dissipate the radar energy.  Make the corner reflector large
enough RCS (Radar Cross Section) wise to be much brighter than your
car.  Turn the reflectors at a constant rate of something like 120
RPM.  And wa-la your car's dominate doppler shift will be  ~ 10 mph
less than you are actually going.  That is assumming you can figure
out which way to turn the reflectors ;)

The apparent speed of the reflectors will have a sinusoidal modulation
to it from going around in circles.  This may prevent the radar from
getting a good lock on the doppler shift and lock in on the steady
doppler shift from the car even though it is dimmer RCS wise.  If this
is so then you put your corner reflectors on a flat belt and rotate
them like a belt sander.

I would hate to get caught with something like this on the top of my
car. :^)
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