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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Covert radar gun under development.
From: tfarmer@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Farmer)
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 23:54:08 GMT
Organization: Datamark International Ltd.

In article <1992Apr14.193438.15418@ms.uky.edu> uk09365@nx08.mik.uky.edu (robert i kesten) writes:
>> 
>>      I didn't get a chance to read the whole article, but apparently
>> this is a frequency agile device which unpredictabley switches
>> frequency hundreds or thousands of times per second. It's radiation is
>> effectively invisible to a normal radar detector, appearing as an
>> occasional blip which is rejected as static. It is also more difficult
>> to jam.
>> [etc.]
>
>Forgive my ignorance; but I thought that radar speed measurement worked on  
>the principle of measuring the doppler effect by sending and RECEIVING a  
>microwave (radar) signal to bounce off the target vehicle.  This being the  
>case a spread-spectrum radar gun would have to be able to receive  
>frequencies which would be switched unpredictably "hundreds or thousands  
>of times per seconds."  If the radar gun can be built to do this, why  
>can't a radar detector be built to do this?  Please explain this to me  
>better.

Well, I would guess that the radar emitter knows what frequency it is
emitting at and can therefore tell the radar receiver what frequency
to listen on. A radar detector will not know what to look for.

On the other hand, it shouldn't be too hard to program a detector to
scan the same set of frequencies lookihg for tell-tale signals?

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From: harling@pictel.com (Dan Harling)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Stereotypical frustrating drivers
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:33:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: pictel.1992Apr8.163336.21362
Organization: PictureTel Corporation


I can't stand the ones who go to the front of an empty lane at a red
light and then go the wrong way, just to get past the other cars
waiting in the proper lane.  There is an intersection on the way home
from work where this happens all the time.

Almost everybody takes a left at this intersection, so the "straight
ahead only" lane is often empty.  Some Bozo inevitably zips to the
front of the "straight ahead" lane, and then tries to take a quick left
when the lights turn green.

This is especially annoying in the summer, when the lines get really
long, and anything that disrupts traffic flow (e.g., causing some idiot
at the front of the line to slam on his brakes to make room) adds
another minute to everyone's wait.

When I'm in the left turn lane next to one of these clowns, I generally
guide him toward the traffic post, or onto the sidewalk if he gets that
far.  As one who has been delayed too many times by these people with
"more important things to do" (once would be too many), I have little
sympathy for their plight of having to wait their turn like everyone
else.
____________________________________________________________________________
Daniel A. Harling                        (harling@pictel.com)
PictureTel Corp.             Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of
Peabody, MA  01960                 PictureTel, but they ought to be!
From: harling@pictel.com (Dan Harling)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Stereotypical frustrating drivers
Date: 8 Apr 92 16:47:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: pictel.1992Apr8.164737.21449
Organization: PictureTel Corporation

In article <10902@rls.UUCP> randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith) writes:
>matt@world.std.com (Matt Saucier) writes:
>
>I just found out that is *IS* legal to pass on the right in Ohio with
>four or more lane highways.  That is two lanes or more each way.
>Amazin'...  Not that I would do it any more often... :-)

Passing on the right became legal just before I first got my license,
and it is almost a necessity on Route 128, where the posted rule is
often "Thru Traffic Left", not "Slow Traffic Right".
____________________________________________________________________________
Daniel A. Harling                        (harling@pictel.com)
PictureTel Corp.             Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of
Peabody, MA  01960                 PictureTel, but they ought to be!
From: randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Stereotypical frustrating drivers
Date: 6 Apr 92 05:59:50 GMT
Organization: The Internet

bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
> How 'bout the idiot who pulls up to the intersection, waits for
> the light to change, then turns on the left turn signal.  For
> that matter any person who signals less than a block from where
> they're going to turn.

Whoa, there pardner.  You're suggesting sitting at an interminable light
to leave your turn signal on for the duration of the light is the proper
or "non-idiot" thing to do?  Au contrare.

Bill, you might want to revisit your drivers ed books.

First off, by signalling after the light changes, they are most likely
performing their legally obligatory signal to inform oncoming traffic of
their intentions.  If there's an accident and they don't signal, they
can be cited for contributory neglegence.

Secondarily, if you turn your blinkers on one block before you turn you
are in violation of most cities and counties legal restrictions on use
of turn signals.  In Ohio it is a maximum of 100 feet before the turn,
no more.  Maybe you just live on short blocks. :)

Personally, I'm all for turning off turn signals while sitting at long
lights.  I KNOW YOU'RE TURNING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME ALL DAMNED
DAY LONG.  A brief informative notion that you're turning is enough,
but don't wear the message out.  Since you're not going anywhere, who
gives a damned. 

Since Congress has gotten into legislating automobile functions;

I'd love to see all cars by the year 1995 or sooner have turn signals
that automatically shut off after ten blinkeys.

It would keep the dorks that drive down the highway with their signals
flashing away in line and help the signally impared {tm} from flashing
their turn signals for the entire duration of long lights.

Cheers!

- randy

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From: harling@pictel.com (Dan Harling)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Best Roads in NE?
Date: 8 Apr 92 13:44:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: pictel.1992Apr8.134405.21258
Organization: PictureTel Corporation

In article <1992Mar31.202827.3930@eff.org> peterco@eff.org (Peter A. Cohen) writes:
>In article <1992Mar31.170614.6332@pictel.com> harling@pictel.com (Dan Harling)
>writes:
>>Route 127 along the coast into Gloucester and Rockport.  This road is
>>excellent for foliage when in season, and has almost no traffic if you
>>pick the right time.
>
>Thanks for the advice!  Just out of curiosity, what have you found to be the
>"best time?"

"Why, when there's nobody else on the road, of course!"

Actually, it varies seasonally.  While "traffic" on this road is sparse
at best, you can minimize it by avoiding the morning trips to work and
school, lunch hour, and when work and school get out.  That leaves
around 9:00-11:00am, 1:00-3:00pm, and anytime after 7:00pm for minimal
traffic.  By "traffic" I mean one or two cars, mind you... since you
are not in a hurry, I suspect that just about any time would be good.

During the summer, on the other hand, "tourists" pack every available
road as long as the sun is out, and the drawbridge on 127 in Gloucester
is perpetually "up" to let boats through.  In this case, you can take
Route 133 to 128N to get around it.  Avoid driving *anywhere* near
Gloucester and Rockport during tourist season, because it could take
all day to get through.

This time of year is good, because the weather is getting warmer, but
"tourist season" has not started (i.e., some shops are still closed,
the beaches are empty, the motels are not packed, and the streets are
driveable in daylight).
____________________________________________________________________________
Daniel A. Harling                        (harling@pictel.com)
PictureTel Corp.             Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of
Peabody, MA  01960                 PictureTel, but they ought to be!
From: ggg@hpsad.sad.hp.com (Gary Goodlund)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Are all good drivers Libertarian? (was Re: trouble with the Texas Highway Patrol)
Date: 9 Apr 92 22:50:12 GMT
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA

My attitudes probably are pretty "Libertarian" regarding driving but when I
see the caliber of the average driver on the highways I think we need some
major changes in the licensing requirments!!!  Drivers education in the public
schools barely teaches the kids to steer the car and pass the written test.
There is no consideration for car control or driving out of emergency          
situations.  I know this idea  would remove MANY drivers from our roads and
highways but the accident and mortality rates would have to decrease.  I   
participate in the SCCA race drivers school each spring as part of the emer-
gency crew and I think something between our present system and this driver's
school would be a reasonable compromise.   

I'm not sure that this really has anything to do with the politics that 
usually go along with discussion of Libertarians, Republicans or whatever.

   'later,
       Gary
From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Radar Stealth (was Re: Covert radar gun under development.)
Keywords: auto,radar
Date: 17 Apr 92 20:04:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: dixie._=2jgpf
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.

rat@erg.sri.com (Ray Trent) writes:

>True enough. Nevertheless, anyone that has looked carefully at a
>Corvette almost has to come to the conclusion that the designers
>considered making it at least somewhat stealthy. The glass body is not
>the end of it.

I'd kinda come to that conclusion too.  A bunch of GM motorheads
making life hard for the pigs?  Nahhhh :-)

>Anyway...a Vette still shows up quite nicely on radar. It might not be
>as difficult to make it somewhat stealthy as you seem to think,
>however.

Unfortunately this is true.  My experience with my HR-8 handheld K-band
gun is that a Vette can be clocked as far away as I can see it to
identify it.  At 24 Ghz even the little stuff matters.  Trim
inside the car, springs in the seat, even the driver's head makes
a decent reflector.  Not to mention the wheel rims.  However,
from er, ah, thought (yeah, that's the ticket) experiments :-), I know
that a small bit of 24 Ghz wideband noise will shut the gun 
down every time :-)

John
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Stereotypical Frustrating Drivers..
From: Philip_Martelli@kcbbs.gen.nz (Philip Martelli)
Date: 12 Apr 92 21:20:59 GMT
Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand

I hate to say it, but here in Auckland we have one stereotype you haven't 
mentioned yet. That's the teenage Korean Female driver.. and it's spotted 
by two strange behavioural patterns. Firstly, the stare-straight-ahead 
just above the steering wheel, disregarding any peripheral vision approach, 
and secondly, the fact that even if they do happen to see you coming 
at them around the round-a-bout, they will still pull straight out in 
front of you. Whether it's some kind of Gene-linked death wish, or a 
divine faith, I don't know. But every time I see characters or Chinese 
lanterns hanging from a rear view mirror, it spells out "BEWARE!" to 
me!
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Tire recs. for a Toyota Camry
From: dreuben@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:45:39 EDT
Organization: Wesleyan University


Hi...

I need to get new tires for my 1987 Toyota Camry (185 70/14).

In the past, I've had Firestones, but was wondering if there are
any better recommendations.

I basically mainly drive on highways (or higher speed 2 lane roads), and 
when on freeways generally drive between 75-90 MPH, sometimes faster.

Good handling in the rain is an important consideration, as well as the tread
lasting for 30,000 or so miles or more.

Any experience with a good brand? All they all more or less the same in the
same price range? What should I expect to pay for a reasonably good tire?

(Yeah, I know, I can go to the dealer and compare prices, etc. [as I did
previously], but I'd be interested to hear what others have to say.)

Thanks,

-Doug

dreuben@eagle.wesleyan.edu
dreuben@wesleyan.bitnet
From: aqn@tivoli.UUCP (Andy Nguyen)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Rolling a Civic..
Date: 13 Apr 92 15:40:31 GMT
Reply-To: aqn@tivoli.UUCP (Andy Nguyen)
Organization: Tivoli Systems Inc., Austin, TX

pauly@netcom.com (Paul Yoshimune) writes:
+  Other cars, like Rabbits, are more
+prone to rolling the car.  In fact, you often see Rabbits, GTIs, and 2002s
+lifting the inner rear wheel when cornering excessively hard...

welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty) writes:
+`excessively hard'?
+
+lifting inside wheels can happen when you are at the limit; i've lifted
+the inside _front_ on my Alfa sedan on occasion at lime rock.  lifting inside
+rears is commonly seen at autocrosses on VW Rabbits and GTIs of various
+sorts; in fact, i'd argue that all the really fast drivers of these
+cars in stock form lift the inside rears if they are at all competitive.

  In fact, _I_'d argue that _all_ racers in stock Rabbit GTI's of all
  vintages lift their inside rear wheel, even the not-so-fast racers.
  And not at the limit neither.
  
  I have been beaten by almost a second by my brother in an identical
  Rabbit GTI on the same autocross course, all the while waving my inside
  rear wheel in the air, _looking_ mighty fast!
  (Alright, so his GTI was red;  everybody knows red cars goes faster!  |-)
  The guy that I beat by 1/2 a sec (he was in an identical GTI) was also
  wagging his inside rear wheel in the air, looking mighty fast!
-- 
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From: tran@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (JQ)
Subject: Low compression
Organization: JSC
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 14:19:35 GMT

Excuse me if this is a FAQ but I really need some ideas here.
One of the six cylinders in my car has very low compression, and
thus only 5 cylinders are running.  Before trying engine 'low
compression' oil additives, I'd like to get unbiased advices from
drivers who have tried it.  It makes sense that thick oil does 
the trick by helping to fill the space between the worn piston 
rings and the cylinder wall.  If that's so, then why can't I
just use gear (90w) oil instead of the mysterious cure-all-low
-compression (snake) oil cans sold at the parts store?
What are the pros and cons here?

Please DO REPLY, or point me to the FAQ list/answers,
if there is one.

Thanks a bunch.
JQ

Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: jayg@wpi.WPI.EDU (Jay Giurleo)
Subject: Re: fog lamps
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 14:58:48 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.174713.11725@Celestial.COM> bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>The ought to be a law requiring all driving lights to be
>connected to the high-beam relay so that they are turned off when
>on low beams.  No on-coming traffic should ever even know you
>have them suckers!

OK, but say you wanted to use your driving lights in fog.  You would
want to illuminate the road, and not the fog you are driving through.
If you needed to use your high-beams with your driving lights, wouldn't
it be difficult to see?

Besides, I'm getting tired of more and more laws being passed to "protect"
Americans from incompetent drivers.  If I want to turn on my driving
lights when I want to, I should be able to.  Just because John Doe doesn't
know when or when not to use his driving lights doesn't mean that I don't.
But because we have become so dependent on automobiles (how many people
use public transportation regularly in this country?), just about
anyone who wants a license can get one.  That doesn't mean that they know
that it makes sense not to pass on the right, for their safety and the 
safety of others, or that it's wrong to hold traffic at a slower speed in
the passing lane, or that driving lights shouldn't be used all of the
time.  It means that they know rudimentary traffic rules, how to back up
straight, and how to do a three-point-turn.  This isn't enough knowledge
for safe driving.  Many people have enough common sense to be able to
figure out what's right and wrong, what's safe or unsafe.  But, as everyone
reading this newsgroup knows, there are plenty of people out there who don't.
Should we be passing laws to keep these people from endagering themselves(and
us)? Maybe these people shouldn't be allowed to drive a two-ton vehicle at 
highway speeds.  No law could ever protect me from someone who doesn't know
what to do in an emergency situation.  A good drivers' education program
would help to promote safer driving for everyone. It _might_ even help
lower insurance rates if there were fewer accidents. (yah, right.)

     Jay Giurleo - jayg@wpi.wpi.edu - WPI Box 2080 - Worcester, MA 01609
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving,rec.motorcycles
From: cookson@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Dean Cookson)
Subject: Re: Female driving stats (Was: Re: Kill Biker....)
X-Post-Machine: victoria.scl.cwru.edu
Organization: Smith Undergrad Lab, CWRU, Cleve. OH
Distribution: rec.driving
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 00:49:50 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.051640.20988@cs.ucla.edu> noemi@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Noemi Berry) writes:
>everyone knows that women are better drivers than men.
>i'd like to see a man apply mascara at 60mph.
>
>:-)
>

Well, I've tried.  But I just keep smearing it all over my face shield.

>noemi

Dean

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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Stereotypical Frustrating Drivers..
From: Philip_Martelli@kcbbs.gen.nz (Philip Martelli)
Date: 15 Apr 92 22:35:43 GMT
Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand

Absolutely. I can't tell them apart. I admit it. Can you tell an Australian 
from a Kiwi? (Unless they speak!?) No, I can't either. 
I'm not flaming the asians, either. But it is a genuine observation 
that is agreed upon by most that I've commented to! (Haven't asked any 
Koreans yet... gulp!)
 

Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
Subject: Re: Stereotypical frustrating drivers
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:03:00 GMT
Followup-To: rec.autos.driving
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: purplehaze.corp.sun.com



In article <1992Apr12.042527.4454@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> 
scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Sebastian C. "PC" Sears) writes:


>>The Mario D'Guido's of the world also can't stand to be anything
>>other than first in a line of cars at a stop light.  Even if their
>>destination is on the next block.


>	Getting a wee bit *fucking* racist pig-like for rec.autos.driving,
>	aren't we now? I thought this was about driving, not neo-Nazism...
>

I wasn't aware that Italians were a distinct race.

Thou doth protest too much.



Geoff


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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan)
Subject: Re: Stereotypical frustrating drivers
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:11:41 GMT


Now here's a perspective I've never heard expressed before. Congrats,
Randy - if nothing else, your peeve is original! ;-)

In article <10901@rls.UUCP> randy@rls.UUCP (Randall L. Smith) writes:
>bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>> How 'bout the idiot who pulls up to the intersection, waits for
>> the light to change, then turns on the left turn signal. For
>> that matter any person who signals less than a block from where
>> they're going to turn.
>
>Whoa, there pardner.  You're suggesting sitting at an interminable light
>to leave your turn signal on for the duration of the light is the proper
>or "non-idiot" thing to do?  Au contrare.
>
>Bill, you might want to revisit your drivers ed books.

You might want to do the same, Randy.

>First off, by signalling after the light changes, they are most likely
>performing their legally obligatory signal to inform oncoming traffic of
>their intentions.

Actually, what they're doing is getting a bunch of cars to pull up
behind them, thinking that the lead car is going to go straight, only to
have the idiot turn on his signal after it's too late for the people
behind to choose the other lane. Thus, all those cars are stuck behind
the turning car, possibly for the entire duration of the light. They're
pissed because the delay could have been avoided if only the lead car
had signalled.

>Secondarily, if you turn your blinkers on one block before you turn you
>are in violation of most cities and counties legal restrictions on use
>of turn signals.  In Ohio it is a maximum of 100 feet before the turn,
				   ^^^^^^^

Check it again - I'll bet it says MINIMUM. In any case, the word is
minimum in most states.

>Personally, I'm all for turning off turn signals while sitting at long
>lights.  I KNOW YOU'RE TURNING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME ALL DAMNED
>DAY LONG.  A brief informative notion that you're turning is enough,
>but don't wear the message out.  Since you're not going anywhere, who
>gives a damned.

Why does it bother you so much? Are you afraid of having an epileptic
seizure? Sheesh!! Lighten up!!

OK, so *you* know that the car in front is going to turn. What about the
car behind you? And the car behind that car which pulls up 30 seconds
later? Should the turning driver have to watch for all upcoming traffic,
and repeat his turn signal for 10 flashes so that each car arriving will
know his intentions (as required by law)? Or is your attitude that those
cars who arrived "late" don't deserve to know that the lead car is
turning?

Most reasonable drivers do not have a problem with blinkers which stay
on all through the stoplight. I know I don't. I guess it's just
something you'll hvae to learn to deal with (or, better still, why don't
you just give up driving alltogether? If you're this pettily peevish
about a simple turn signal, I shudder to think about what you might be
like for other "offenses.")

>Cheers!

Jeers!


Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan)
Subject: Re: Busted!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 16:00:16 GMT


In article <1992Apr15.012849.24177@wam.umd.edu> jailbird@next11pg2.wam.umd.edu (Who want's to know?) writes:
>
>Ask for a probation before judgement, at least that's what I did here in  
>Maryland, pay fine and no points

What's the difference between "Probation" and "Court Supervision?"


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