At 18:20 5/5/2000, BRENT CHRISTENSEN wrote: >Anyone have any hard or anecdotal data that refutes this finding? Anyone >have any comments on the accuracy of the police radar? If properly calibrated -- generally with a tuning fork, I believe -- it ought to be very accurate. > (I assume that with such a large frontal area the Vanagon produces a > pretty clear radar image) It sure does -- but don't forget to factor in any cosine error -- might be significant by the time you get near the device (at 30 degrees off, the reading would be half your actual speed). d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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