[DML] Re: Inaccurate RADAR readings?

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Delorean presents a small signature (profile) to radar head-on.
Most police radar units lock onto the strongest returned signal so it
is very possible he was clocking the larger target. Similar situation
when driving a car near an 18 wheeler. They will always clock on the
tractor or sometimes the faster target if large and close enough. Most
of the surfaces on a Delorean are angular to radar and there is no
large mass in front to bounce the radar off of. Laser is another whole
story. There is a lot of info about this subject on the websites of
the radar detector manufacturers. Over on the Lotus newsgroup the
general consensus is that right after getting one you need to order a
Valentine 1. If you are going fast enough they will give you a ticket
and lie about what the radar clocked you at anyway. Police don't have
to have radar to give you a ticket, they can say they OBSERVED you
exceeding the speed limit. In Florida they were clocking TREES
speeding a few years back. Another trick was to aim the unit at the
heater fan in the police car to get a bogus reading and then pull
people over. Another favorite was to catch a speeder and then "lock"
the reading. Now everyone they pull over was clocked at the same
speed. Read up on this, there are a lot of ways to cheat on both
sides. The bottom line is they can read your speed but a smaller
target must be closer than a large one. It has nothing to do with the
S/S and a lot to do with fiberglass.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Tony Pistachio <TheStash@xxxx> wrote:
> Can the stainless steel and/or shape of the DeLorean give inaccurate
RADAR readings? 



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