Radars/CDs

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <961019143214_75363.2524_EHI58-4@CompuServe.COM> Joe Yakubik writes:

> Don't forget the guys on the overpass, checking your following distance.

Yeah - that's the "Abstand" I was talking about.  Radar speed measurement and 
light trap timing of the gap between you and the guy in front - all neatly 
calculated and displayed in a little box in the photograph.  Don't tailgate 
without keeping a wary eye on the bridges. 

> BTW:  What exactly is a "Metz 60CT2 anti-aircraft flashgun" anyway?

It's just a big flashgun.  One of my German colleagues once referred to it as 
"suitable for shooting down low-flying aircraft" and the family has referred to 
it as the "anti-aircraft flashgun" ever since.  It's the only flashgun I've 
ever owned with a ricochet.

I just tried it with some CDs in the garden at radar flash-type distances.  In 
the visible spectrum (and I suspect all others) nothing useful happens.

I suspect the only way to hide your license plate with CDs is to tape them over 
it.

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 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club