This is my first official entry where I’ll actually be posting useful information but since it is my first one of these, the information is short and somewhat scattered. Not that that aspect of it will necessary change later on but now you know. Enjoy!
In a local town publication located in anywhere USA, the need for radar guns was stressed in a frustrated suburban community who were tired and frightened of cars blowing through lights and stop signs and they demanded action.
In a blurb about sports in the contemporary, technology itself was accredited for changing the game of baseball forever, of notable mention was the radar gun.
In a legal advice site, a perhaps victimized inquisitor pondered his rights to view the data on an alleged guilty radar gun. The verdict? Yes.
In lighter news, the radar gun has apparently been adopted by children in Australia as the toy of the year. Aspiring Highway Patrolmen or curious kids?
In Idaho, some research team is supposedly attempting with the aid of a radar gun to solve a 100 year old mystery(?) regarding a tin box, buried, you guessed it, 100 years ago. Will they prevail? I will or will not let you know, it all depends on FOX news who published this.
And for all you specification freaks out there here are a few sites you might find of particular interest:
Good site for industry information, certifications as well as safety precautions:
http://www.speedlabs.com/
more or less how police radar guns operate (maybe you speeders can take a few tips) :
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/MaxLipkin.shtml
Field testing for radar guns:
http://www.speedzones.com/
In Jacksonville, FL apparently, state troopers are going incognito as road repairmen to bust traffic violators.
Here is some really technical jargon for all radar gun-heads:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/radar.html
and thats the end of this post folks. cheers. sincerely, the keyboard monkey.