Re: busted

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

Are you saying that he was driving with absolutely no lights for a while 
at night?? Then he zapps you and then he turns on his headlights?

Alex

On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Dan Simoes wrote:

> Interesting story about radar and CB.
> 6AM Sat, on the way to VT to hit the slopes (gotta love
> 20+ inches of snow!) and we're about 5 miles from home.
> It's dark, I have the radar on, CB on, and people are on
> the channel (23 on the Taconic State Parkway).  I'm
> tailing someone (by 1/2 mile) doing about 80, him 85+.
> 
> Out of nowhere, a radar blast.  Then, I see lights behind me gaining
> fast, whereas before there were none.  The flashing reds soon 
> followed.
> 
> Cop comes over, smiling, says "gee, radar and CB don't work so great
> when I get you from behind huh?"  
> 
> The good part of the story is that he was a local, not a trooper, 
> and that plus my PBA card waived the speeding ticket.  My 
> not-so-awake friend in the front seat got us a no seatbelt ticket
> though.  Oh well.
> 
> He was slick, and managed to catch me despite my gear and my
> "never be the fastest car on the road" rule.  Watch your tail folks.
> 
> Oh, a fellow CBer told me about a legal jammer that he had tested
> that reduces radar range by 75%.  Next time I see him on the
> road I'm going to check it out, but he said it's a pretty basic
> device that any air force guy could build for pennies.
> 
> | Dan |
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