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I have a radar detector that works great. My idea is to mount an external light that would activate when the radar detector receives a signal. This light would alert other drivers of the presence of an officer. The light would be made of white, opaque plastic with blue and red light bulbs mounted
behind the plastic. When radar is detected the lights would turn on for a few seconds and then turn off.
This way people speeding with me, driving behind me, would know why I have to all-of-the-sudden have to brake.
Apparently better idea (verbatium to this one)
Visble_20Radar_20Detector
No disrespect [21], I just don't understand all the [-] votes [evilpenguin, Oct 17 2007]
You OK? Sukky Sukky one dollar.
http://en.wikipedia...r_detector#Legality
A simple illustration that not all US rights/responsibilties apply the world over [4whom, Oct 17 2007]
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Why do you care about those scofflaws?
Let em get pulled over. You can nod
sanctimoniously as you pass them. |
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Tremendous vocabulary utilization, SIr |
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speeding: illegal
radar detectors: illegal
Notification to criminals of police activity = obstruction of justice: illegal
let he who is without sin cast the first stone: bad advice, here have a stone. |
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//let he who is without sin cast the first stone: bad advice, here have a stone// I don't understand the relevance to my idea... |
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Relevance; typically not necessary, but here it is. I will bet that most people that castigate the speeders of the world, have, at least at one point in their own driving histories, sped. I am one such. However this does not stop me from hurling a bone in your general direction. |
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//Why do you care about those scofflaws?// If you are breaking suddenly, it makes sense to warn others around you - however, on a practical level, it might not be best to light yourself up like a Christmas tree just as you pass the ever watchful eye of the law. |
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ps. Spelling breaking like that in this context, looks weird - should it be brakeing, or braking or something like that? |
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You are of course welcome to bone any, or all, of my submissions, provided you supply a response. |
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evilpenguin, I bone this idea. Not because it's a bad idea, but because I already posted it. Look up 'visible radar detector'. |
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"breaking suddenly" is always a concern, not limited to transportation endeavours. "braking suddenly" on the other hand... |
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Ahh yes, you spotted it too - I was just pondering that very same thing. |
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//radar detectors: illegal |
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Notification to criminals of police activity = obstruction of justice: illegal// |
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Sorry, but that's just not true in many areas. I've gotten pulled over a few times with my radar detector in plain sight and the cops never said anything about it. I've looked it up, in most areas only jammers are illegal since a lot of people use radar detectors to alert them to emergency signals, emitted by approaching trains, ambulances, fire trucks, etc. A lot of radar detectors are designed these days to pick up those signals. |
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[21_quest] great idea, huh? |
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[21 Quest] US centric, at a guess. |
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Yeah, I thought it was a great idea. It did pretty well vote-wise, too, so I guess we aren't the only ones. And yeah, I live in the US, what do you mean by centric, though? |
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[21 Quest] see link.
"US centric" implies that you apply US rules to your decision-making process (reticant to use the plural here). Sometimes the rest of the world may disagree. The legality of this specific device calls your perspective into question. Legal there, not legal in <as detailed by link>. You will find, also, that many countries prohibit the divulgance of police activity to criminal elements, as an obstruction of justice, including the freedom press (and their rights, or lack thereof). |
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Ah... naturally, being ignorant of the laws of most other countries, I do apply my own experiences to my decision-making process. Because there are so many folks from so many places here, I unfortunately cannot know what laws are in place in everyone's hometown. It really blows my mind that it can be illegal to let the public know what the police are up to, if nobody knows what they're doing how they be held accountable for their actions? |
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<Devil's advocate>
"Hey, Mr Capone, the police have set a roadblock for you that way. Take the next left, you'll escape them." Surely there is a moral case for not working against the police as they look to catch criminals? </da> |
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Roadblocks are yesterday's news, more or less - it's all about pursuits these days. Oh, and sobriety checkpoints. |
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I don't advise blue lights, as pretty as they are. Those are reserved for law enforcement in California. |
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I don't think that radar will be a criminal-catching tool. It's a revenue generator. |
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I agree with norm. Since when do they use radar to catch a fleeing suspect? Speed traps and roadblocks are completely different things. Roadblocks are generally set up to catch a specific person. My idea doesn't alert other drivers to those in advance, how can it? All it does is indicate the presence of radar and force the cops to be a little more creative and use timing (which is easy to beat if you see the cops on the side of the road) or to show themselves and get behind suspected speeders and match their speed to see how fast they're going, which is actually a very common practice, I've been busted myself like that a few times. I hate the idea of a cop being able to just be lazy and sit on his ass all day holding a radar gun. I don't consider that earning your pay. |
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So, why not a somewhat smarter detector
that detects the "sobriety checkpoints"
mentioned by Norm'z one? They'd let you
drive drunk, as well as fast. |
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