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Valentine 1 & The Escort 8500 X50 - Blue, Uniden BC296D, GRE500, Lasershield, 2001 Ford Ranger, Yamaha FZ6, 2005 Black Dodge Neon SRT-4 - A laser beam would be as wide as my car at 1872' - Car being 67.4" wide.
Pulled over April 17th 2008 - For crossing over the center line, written warning issued.
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SAVES FROM TICKETS 10mph+ (confirmed LEO's)
(as of 05-07-06)
.....Radar - 114
.....Laser - 99
TICKETS
.....1 Before October 2002
.....0 Tickets Through 2007
Sounds like something they would do in the Speedtrap State...
But then they do the same thing in NH too. Air VASCAR, they call it.
Purely a revenue scheme, since they have to ticket a lot of people just to cover the cost of sending the plane up.
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^ I've wondered, myself, if the recent publicity (i.e. last month's Car and Driver article) regarding the Ohio Highway Patrol VASCAR air-enforcement isn't really just a scare-tactic.
I honestly don't think so, though.
Remember the 04/29 to 05/31/07 "Highway Enforcment Blitz" that just took place (Cyuahoga County, 480/90/271 - high-density zones;
Cleveland, Brooklyn, Euclid, Garfield Hts, Maple Hts and Warrensville Hts)?
Our local Scooby enthusiast club has a well-respected member who is a local LEO. He reports that yes, the Ohio Highway Patrol does use aircraft for enforcement in precisely such a manner, and especially during such selective-enforcement events. And in case you're wondering, no, he wouldn't say something like that just to "scare" us - it's both against the code of auto-enthusiasts in-general as well as expressly against the code that exists among our local enthusiasts. We just don't do crap like that to each other. EVER.
So, no, it's not just a scare tactic. It's real.
But honestly, come-on. :roll:
Like the Car and Driver article said, though, if you can't pay enough attention to the roadway to notice the quarter-mile (for an entire mile, no less) markings - and to just slow down when you enter such sectors - then you pretty much deserve the ticket.
This is especially the case since most air-related enforcement is specifically targeted towards aggressive/erratic/dangerous drivers and/or tail-gaters.
Regardless, we're always fond of saying that our first-line countermeasure should always be our eyes and our brains. This is not something that can't be seen or noticed by an alert driver. If we can't pick out these enforcement zones as we drive along the highway, we have no one to fault but ourselves.
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Note, too, that officer Stein in the article has issued 40,000 tickets by using the plane.
The CA CHP has 16 planes and 16 helicopters in the one article appearing elsewhere in this forum. Someone is paying their way - even with a $5.94/gallon price. They aren't effectively the most fuel efficient (even the CA Terminator governor spends "$30,000 per DAY" for 3 hours in his Gulfstream), but the long empty roads can forego a cruiser fuel savings and keep them near the city for local control and accidents while the plane calls it in and they get you once you near the city.
Besides, they are suibsidized by federal grant monies and your taxes. A large portion of the ticket moneies around here go back to the issuing department so it behoves them to write like mad and go sking when they can't ride their traffic cycles in the winter.
Time to get one of those "airplane collision avoidance" detectors.
Especially this weekend. I should see some action on my way to the Queen City tonight. I might see the staties x, k, laser and airplane all in one trip.
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