Posted on 10/26/2014 9:22:40 PM PDT by Bettyprob
IT COULD be every crook’s must-have gadget — a device that can warn when a police car is nearby.
The small dashboard-mounted display alerts the driver by bleeping and lighting up when it senses police radio transmissions. It also reveals when ambulances and fire engines are near. The maker claims that it is useful for telling drivers that an emergency vehicle needs to overtake.
Target Blu Eye has its critics, who predict that the device will be used by irresponsible drivers to make sure that the coast is clear while they speed or use mobile phones.
Out on the motorway it gave ample warning of a police car approaching on the opposite carriageway. The LEDs slowly went from green to yellow to red. In theory this gave plenty of time to check the speedometer or stash any mobile phones that shouldn’t be in use.
“As it does not distinguish between a police car, ambulance or fire engine responding to an emergency or one that is simply driving under non-blue-light conditions, this particular device is sadly just as likely to be bought by a minority of motorists who wish to evade being caught behaving illegally,” said David Bizley, the RAC’s chief engineer.
(Excerpt) Read more at driving.co.uk ...
That is the one I have...
If it has an antenna, it can be detected. It is a matter of how bad you want to, and what you’re willing to spend to do it.
So all antennas transmit even thought they are just listening?
How is that?
Thanks,
Ed
By facial recognition.
It is LONG STANDING PRECEDENT that you can RECEIVE any transmission in the spectrum.
That’s all this is doing.
oh, that’s GOOD...
“Next thing you know they will be telling us we cannot use our eyes or ears to detect when the police are nearby.”
And not far behind that, they’ll just stop everyone and demand we give them all the money we have on our person under “asset forfeiture” rules.
....and then all our nude “selfies”
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