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Has anyone else noticed that Ft Worth has put K-band radar transmitters on all of their school buses? And these suckers aren't wimpy, they saturate the area for half a mile...:eek:
L8 APEX
12-12-2003, 10:36 AM
Yeah, I mentioned it a while back. It really sucks becasue they are soem strong units. Theyre are black boxes over the drivers head on the front and one on the rear.
Over their head?! :eek: That's kinda scary, I thought prolonged exposure to radar waves was suspected to cause cancer?
cpeapea
12-12-2003, 06:50 PM
give your kids their daily healthy dose of radiation by letting them ride the bus
03LightningRocks
12-12-2003, 09:03 PM
Has anyone else noticed that Ft Worth has put K-band radar transmitters on all of their school buses? And these suckers aren't wimpy, they saturate the area for half a mile...:eek:
What is the reason for them putting those on the busses?
Rocks
SILVER2000SVT
12-13-2003, 10:43 AM
I've noticed that too. It flashes K band until I get within 100 yard or so and then my radar detector says "safety vehicle"
jmlay
12-13-2003, 01:20 PM
That may be the same setup that the Fire dept. uses to trip the lights at an intersection.
Mike
dboat
12-13-2003, 05:11 PM
Not to get :0fftopic or be a :postwhore so that I might get :banned :crying: , but I was driving in to the office on Friday on I-79 from a quick trip out to Albion. Anyway, the cops here use old radar and usually dont have them on. I have been dinged by laser but only by the ones they have set up at stoplights to catch the folks that run them. Anyway, my V1 detector goes off and it seems unusual.. so I slow down and hiding behind the concrete foot of the overpass was an officer in a powder blue unmarked car with the radar gun hanging out:bs .. just had to tell the story..
Dana
microsuck
12-13-2003, 08:29 PM
That may be the same setup that the Fire dept. uses to trip the lights at an intersection.
Mikeno, its not. the fire depo uses an MIRT (mobile infared transmitter) to trip them. it requries line of sight and is IR, not RF. and for only $300 you can have one too. no comment as to wether I can personlly attest to them working:evil .
L8 APEX
12-14-2003, 03:48 AM
What is the reason for them putting those on the busses?
RocksSo people will slow down around the precious children:bs . As Andrew stated pre emption systems use light not frequency. And a lot of cities are disabling them because of citizens abusing the system:rolleyes:
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