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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: police laser radar
- Message-ID: <BxxsE8.r9@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:08:30 GMT
- References: <Nov16.225043.36767@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <1992Nov17.163243.15574@col.hp.com>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1992Nov17.163243.15574@col.hp.com> dag@col.hp.com (David Geiser) writes:
- >> If your source is brighter than the reflection of the officer's source.
- >> If they find the system on your car, say it is your garage door opener.
- >
- >It's not illegal to broadcast IR, yet.
-
- It's legal to broadcast IR... provided it's not done for an illegal purpose.
- It *is* illegal to deliberately interfere with law enforcement, by any means
- whatsoever; moreover, it's *seriously* illegal -- a criminal record, not
- just a speeding ticket. (And don't expect the police to have a sense of
- humor about it.) Better be prepared to demonstrate your garage-door opener
- to the judge's representatives, or to explain your experimental optical
- communications system to an engineer. If they catch you, you may have to.
- Your gadget doesn't have to work well, but it has to be real, not just a
- line of bull.
-
- I don't know whether the laser speed guns have jammer detectors, but I'd
- bet on it -- the newer microwave ones do.
- --
- MS-DOS is the OS/360 of the 1980s. | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- -Hal W. Hardenbergh (1985)| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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