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Article #5736Re: Detecting Radar Detectors
From: vassilios.d.vassiliadis
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 15:32
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 15:32
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In article <6141@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM> vekurpan@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM (Vincent E Kurpan) writes:
>QUESTION:
>
>Why would anyone intelligent enough to build a radar jammer want
>to risk several felony charges and at least one federal offense to
>get out of a $35 traffic ticket. Anyone with the skills to build
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!!!!!!
>this has a high probability of seeking work with defense companies
>and if convicted of a felony you would not be able to get the
>....
[more stuff about military jobs and driving within the limit deleted]
Well, I don't know about IL or wherever you are from, but out here in NJ
a speeding ticket will cost you at least double the price you quoted, plus
a surcharge of $150 (at least) in insurance and DMV fees for the next 3
years -if you're caught speeding 15MPH or more above the speed limit (any
doubt that most speeding tickets are given to people driving faster than
that? )
I'm not saying that I'd advise someone to build a radar-jammer, but you
can't say that there is no real reason for someone -maybe someone already
caught a few times...- to toy with the idea. Especially when so many roads
have speed limits so low that a cyclist could get caught speeding :-))
obviously for no other reason but to get some poor souls to help the
policeman to fill his quota for the day/week/month/year....
Vas (caught doing 40 on a 25MPH limit road, where you could easily AND
SAFELY do 55!!! -and many people do, anyway! )
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsi!vas From: vas@cbnewsi.att.com (vassilios.d.vassiliadis) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Detecting Radar Detectors Message-ID: <1990Aug15.153212.3725@cbnewsi.att.com> Date: 15 Aug 90 15:32:12 GMT References: <26c63bee-32e.10sci.electronics-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> <4355@ash31.UUCP> <6141@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 39