RD vs AIRCRAFT ENFORCEMENT

[RW'07]

Wonder if any RD, STI in particular, can alert you for aircraft radar?

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...ub=TorontoHome

On TV it was said that this type of enforcement has had great success in OHIO, is this true?

[zappy]

Aircraft enforcement is VASCAR not radar, therefore RD's would not be helpful. There must be marks or lines on the shoulder or road for this to be used, and yes, it has been widely successful in many states, including OH and FL. Looking up and your eyes are your best defense.

[RW'07]

Aircraft enforcement is VASCAR not radar, therefore RD's would not be helpful. There must be marks or lines on the shoulder or road for this to be used, and yes, it has been widely successful in many states, including OH and FL. Looking up and your eyes are your best defense.

http://www.vascarplus.com/Pages/How_it_works.htm

Yes, in that TV piece they showed those specific painted marks on the shoulder and how the aircraft pilot (or co-pilot) will use them to determine the speed of a particular vehicle, they showed a specific handheld device that starts counting anytime a human hand activates it...
Thanks for the reply

[TSi+WRX]

On TV it was said that this type of enforcement has had great success in OHIO, is this true?

Although I have yet to see such enforcement, first-hand, I have also been told by reliable sources that it is indeed a favorite here (in specific hot-spots/high-fatality spots, as well as during holidays and high-travel season), and indeed does work "as-advertised" in popular media.

You will find that this was also reported in last November's (? - not completely sure on this one) Car & Driver.

[lammy08]

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[Super Dave]

Someone needs to re-invent Spybuster!

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1...buster1ob5.jpg

[GTO_04]

Get a scanner (or a CB radio) and you are good to go.

Others have posted, in other threads, that you can see the aircraft. I would not count on that. Besides, do you really want to be looking at the sky for planes while you're driving?

Indiana has used air enforcement also, but I have not heard of any air enforcement details in the past two years.

Ohio has about fifteen planes devoted to air enforcement!

GTO_04

[amoney]

Someone needs to re-invent Spybuster!

They have...



there is another thread dicussing the same stuff... just a few days ago...

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=33699

:wink:

[Super Dave]

yes! nice read - thanks.

[amoney]

Back to RW question... wonder what the cosine error would be at 1000 feet above?