Featured LinksExplanation of how police radar guns work.
You're driving down the highway, and you're passed by a little red sports car. Two miles down the road, you see blue lights on a car parked just behind the red car. Have you wondered how the officer knew how fast they were going? How does the police radar work? Is there anything that I can do to avoid police radar?
There are other methods to detect speed. The most common are LIDAR (Laser) and pacing.
One of the most accurate and easy to use technologies is Laser (LIDAR). A laser is similar to a radar, but it is aimed like a rifle. The officer can specify a particular vehicle whose speed the officer wants to determine. The officer just aims it, pulls the trigger, and the unit displays the speed and distance to the target. Some newer models also take a digital picture of the target.
Officers can also pace speeders using their speedometers. The officer maintains a constant distance from the violator. He watches his speed over a certain distance. The violator is then cited with the lowest speed that the officer observed. This method depends on the accuracy of the officer's speedometer. Officers must be able to testify that the accuracy of their speedometer has been checked or use a radar to confirm the officer's speed when following the violator. - [Read more] |
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August 25, 2008 18:24:18Kosciusko County Sheriff Rocky Goshert is drastically increasing the number of officers that will be patrolling Kosciusko County during the approaching Labor Day weekend. All leaves and vacations have been canceled. The work is on the regular pay schedule, not overtime pay. - [Read more] |
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August 25, 2008 01:10:23An eighty- year -old Dubbo woman has been stripped of her independence and dignity, after being forced to take a driving test by the RTA for bumping into a woman in a supermarket car park and subsequently losing her licence. - [Read more] |
Selectmen debate police detail at intersection (Sentinel & Enterprise)
August 21, 2008 15:26:53 WESTMINSTER --Representatives from Westminster Business Park met Wednesday with the town Board of Selectmen to request relief from a condition requiring a police detail at the intersection of Route 2A and Bartherick/Depot Road. Selectmen did not approve or deny the request, but Police Chief Salvatore Albert, representatives from the business park developer, town leaders and community members ... - [Read more] |
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