Can 31 party balloons aggravate 1 police RADAR?

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From: Peter Renzland
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1988 06:08

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While driving an 11 year old Mazda GLC filled with 31 balloons and a
passenger, I was stopped for speeding -- 88 km/h in a 60 km/h zone.

I had just turned onto the road from a side street, and had only gone
a few hundred metres before being stopped.

The 31 balloons were filled with helium and had "metallic" colours.


Are "metallic" colours on balloons really metallic?
Might speed-detect radar respond to such balloons?
We know that lighter-than-air balloons move forward
inside an accelerating car.
And the balloons are vibrating (back and _forth_) in the car.


Does anyone with expertise in these matters care to comment on this?

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From: peter@ontmoh.UUCP (Peter Renzland)
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Subject: Can 31 party balloons aggravate 1 police RADAR?
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Date: 28 Sep 88 06:08:49 GMT
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