[s-cars] Red light traffic in Illinois

[P. Dooley & J. Dunlap]

Manny,

You are correct.  The locals all use either VASCAR or ESP. 

VASCAR - Visual Average Speed Computer and Recorder - where they have 2 
white lines on the road and when you hit the first one they flip a 
switch on a timer and when you hit the second line they hit the switch 
again.  The computer already knows the distance between the lines and 
calculates your speed.  Most locations you can see the white lines ahead 
if you know what to look for.  And again - if it is at night, they have 
to have their marker lights turned on.

ESP - Electronic Speed Preventer - they tape 2 rubber air tubes across 
the road at a predetermined distance (about 2 feet usually) and again 
you speed is calculated based on the time it took you to cross the 
distance between the tubes with your front wheels.  The tubes tie into a 
box usually tied to a telephone pole with an output display sitting in 
the cop car.  These are harder to see from any distance but if you see 
them at the last minute you can lock up your brakes, rip them off the 
road as you skid over them, and when you are getting chastised for what 
you did you explain you were trying to avoid the dog you saw running 
towards the road :-P

Manny also knows PA roads well even though he lives in Maryland.  They 
will quarantine off 10 miles of interstate to pave 100 feet.  Else they 
will repave 20 miles and have you squeezed down to 1 line for this 5 
month procedure.  Then flip to the other lane for 5 months.  Then do the 
same to the other direction the next year.  And then start over again 
the following year.

If anyone knows the PA turnpike, that's what I-76 stands for - 
Incomplete 76.

Now I-80 across the northern part of PA kicks a**.  Just ask those from 
the 2009 mid-west //S-Fest caravan.  A couple hours of 3-digit cruising :-)

Paul


manuelsanchez at starpower.net wrote:
> Paul,
>
> I got busted on US Rt 15 heading north near Gettysburg PA, but he didn't have radar or lidar, at least with that you might have a chance.
>
> They had those magnetic loops in the road hooked up to a computer that calculates your speed as you pass over them. You couldn't really see the cruiser until you were even with him. I don't remember but don't think he was a State Trooper.
>
> Manny
> 95.5 urS6 Avant
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>
>
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>> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:06:51 -0400
>> From: "P. Dooley & J. Dunlap" <weski at verizon.net>
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Red light traffic in Illinois
>> To: qshipq at aol.com
>> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com, airbil at gmail.co
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>> Guess there are times that is sure is good to be living in PA where 
>> traffic cameras are not permitted and only state troopers may use radar 
>> (not locals) and other radar usage restrictions like not being able to 
>> shoot across more than 1 lane and can't use it at night unless their 
>> marker lights are on.
>>
>> Paul, taking my own pictures of my car, Dooley
>> 95 S6
>>
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