Car and Driver Article

**GTO_04** · 02-27-2007, 08:08 PM

On air enforcement in Ohio. It's in the current issue (April 07). It is very interesting and I would recommend buying this issue if you live in Ohio, and for others that want to be informed.

They have 15 planes dedicated to speed enforcement!

I haven't heard of any air enforcement here in central Indiana in almost a year! Ground based laser traps with multiple chase cars seem to be the preferred large-scale speed trap now.

Edit: not sure if this is the right forum to post this. I was going to post in the general area, but it is not about radar.

GTO_04

**proudNMAmember** · 03-13-2007, 05:09 PM

Nice post GTO.

**jimbonzzz** · 03-13-2007, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by GTO_04

Edit: not sure if this is the right forum to post this. I was going to post in the general area, but it is not about radar.

Yeah it's the right area. Usually most region-specific stuff goes in here...

**TSi+WRX** · 03-14-2007, 07:12 AM

Thanks, GTO - heading over to the bookstore today, right after work.

**TSi+WRX** · 03-15-2007, 06:36 AM

THANK YOU GTO - I picked it up last night. Great read.

**nomore55** · 03-15-2007, 07:07 AM

that was a good article and offered valuable insight.

**thestaton** · 03-18-2007, 08:44 PM

very good article. I do disagree with the fact he said he could not pick out make or models... My roommate should have his private pilot finished in a month, so I'll go up with him and check it out at 2K feet.

**TSi+WRX** · 03-19-2007, 05:41 AM

^ I think that may be both a legality thing as well as one of reliable/repeateable identifications.

I actually held an "odd job" one summer as an undergrad, "counting cars."

This was done using airborne high-speed photographs of complex highway interchanges, and I would literally track each vehicle through certain waypoints of the interchange.

Yes, I could identify make/model, but I think that's due to my being a car-nut.

I think that legally, a good lawyer may be able to punch holes through that kind of specificity, which is why they may limit themselves to the more general descriptions.

Suf Daddy · 03-23-2007, 08:14 PM

I'll have to check out the article.

Two officers have to show up.

I find the lane changers a strange twist. NH made a point to mention that the vehicle never changed lanes in the stops I've heard about.

To weave (controlled) over a long distance would lower your average speed.

I have no idea what the Ohio article distances were. The longer the better for the LEO IMHO.

-Suf Daddy

**DogGod** · 03-23-2007, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Suf Daddy

I'll have to check out the article.

Two officers have to show up.

I find the lane changers a strange twist. NH made a point to mention that the vehicle never changed lanes in the stops I've heard about.

To weave (controlled) over a long distance would lower your average speed.

I have no idea what the Ohio article distances were. The longer the better for the LEO IMHO.

-Suf Daddy

They were for 1 mile with 1/4 mile intervals.

They said that to hold up in court you only need one leg, but the officer usually uses at least 2 if not the entire mile.