In article >,
Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> wrote:
>On 31 May 2005 05:57:45 -0700, "Larry Bud" >
>wrote:
>
>>For the last couple of weeks there's been a roadside radar in my
>>neighborhood. I've driven by it about 5 times and it COMPLETELY is
>>incorrect in reading my vette. It reads 18-20 MPH when I'm going
>>35-40.
>>
>>I'm certainly not complaining, but wondering if radar is inheriently
>>bad at reading a low profile car like mine.
>
>Don't I wish!
>
>Despite the plastic body, low profile, and HID projector headlamps
>(which lack the huge reflectors of older types of headlights) I've
>driven past those signs and they have shown an accurate reading on my
>C6.
>
>I think that sign is just on the fritz.

The radar trailer that sometimes appears on my street gives
rapidly varying readouts most of the time. It can lock onto
a very nearby car.


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John Carr )