RE: Speed trap detection

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I disagree. The spread may only be 18 inches, but that's
> assuming it doesn't get diffused by passing through the
> windscreens of other cars, etc. I think that as long as you
> aren't the lead car, you've got a very good chance of getting
> a warning.
>
> I remember driving along the A4 away from Newbury one night
> and the police had hidden right at the end of a 30 limit
> through a small village, just before it returned to NSL. I
> was in a line or 4 or 5 cars that had started to accelerate
> after leaving the village but before getting to the new
> limit. Then I got a laser alert, so I eased off back down to
> around 30. The youth behind in his nova full of his mates
> decided that that was the perfect opportunity to overtake
> me... I've never really understood why they didn't pull him!
>
> Anyway laser detectors can work! ;-)

Fair enough ... Lets settle on "your mileage may vary" on this.

Phil