Re: ENRADD - Electronic Non Radar Device

[Wolff <quattro200@earthlink.net>]

So that's what those sensors that are being put in the roads all over
the place here in Northern California are. They look like traffic signal
inductive loops. I asked a CHP about them about a year ago and he
claimed to know nothing about it. There are _a_lot_ of them out there
already. Once the road is repaved, you can't see 'em anymore either. The
ones I have seen are 3 loops in a row only a few feet apart and in all
traffic lanes if it is a multilane highway or freeway. The pattern
repeats as often as an 1/8th of a mile apart. Haven't heard of them
being used for ticketing yet here. They could be a caltrans thing for
monitoring traffic flow, but why not use it for revenue enhancement as
well?
Wolff

Don Muirhead wrote:
> 
> ENRADD
> Electronic Non RADar Device
> Calculates speed (mathematically) by using either road tape or sensors
> placed either on or beside the road and in some case up too 100 meters
> apart but usually only around 50.
> If you cross the first tape at say 120kph in a 100kph zone you'll have slow
> down too 80kph to beat it tough to do in 50 meters with traffic behind you.
> Almost as bad as photo-radar.
> I believe PA will be using this system extensively - don't know about the
> other states.
> They have been testing it here in Canada - although a similar system was
> used pre-radar days, but wasn't as effective.  Processing speed has
> generated new interest since an Officer can be around the next bend or the
> next coffee shop and still ding you.
> 
> Don Muirhead
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Igor Kessel [SMTP:four_rings@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent:   Friday, July 23, 1999 12:41 AM
> To:     Audi Q-list
> Cc:     AUDI S-list
> Subject:        Re: ENRADD
> 
> Folks,
> my most sincere "thank you" goes to all of you who sent me advice. The
> consensus seems to be:
> "shove your pride, pay the road tax and don't tempt the fate for this
> ticket carries no points".
> 
> And so I did.
> 
> P.S. I am glad that we have a few attorneys on the list. :-)
> P.P.S.  What the hell is ENRADD anyway? No one seems to know the answer.
> A query to dogpile.com yielded no results either.
> 
> --
> Igor Kessel
> Two turbo quattros.