NC - 7:38 am | DOT installs radar detectors on I-40

[StlouisX50]

7:38 am | DOT installs radar detectors on I-40
STEVE LYTTLE
slyttle@charlotteobserver.com

Radar detectors in vehicles are beeping these days along Interstate 40 near Raleigh, but they don’t necessarily mean a motorist is being watched by police.

The Raleigh News & Observer reports today that the N.C. Department of Transportation has installed 20 automated Doppler radar units on a 27-mile stretch of I-40.

The units are operating from the Chapel Hill exit (U.S. 15/501) to the Lake Wheeler Road exit in Raleigh. They are not being used to watch for people exceeding the speed limit – rather, to monitor the flow of traffic.

The DOT uses the units to determine if there are slowdowns on the heavily traveled interstate. But the units activate vehicle radar detectors.

There is no word if the DOT plans to install the devices on any roads in the Charlotte area.

[AirMoore]

Where being able to recieve multiple threats at one time is key.

[go.mouse]

K-band drones in the Bay Area is pretty scary. They are no different from K-band instant-ons.

[StlouisX50]

Here we have the RTMS
as shown.


The weird thing is they used to produce a X band signal but now they have no output to them.[/img]

[stealthJamal]

We have a few of those devices in Virginia too. Your right it does simulate an instant on hit sometimes and scares that crap out of you.

[Space Wrangler]

I-75 in Tennessee has a similar system, mile markers 31-37 (approx). They are used to monitor the speed and look for slow downs in a fog area. They operate on the X-band.

[richardboy316]

glad nothing liek that is here in IL by where i live