Posted on 07/17/2008 12:13:19 PM PDT by Daffynition
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 17 (UPI) -- An 11-year-old Kentucky boy who became fed up with speeding motorists on his block has taken it upon himself to brandish his toy radar gun at the roadside.
Residents in the boy's subdivision have lodged numerous complaints about motorists driving as fast as 55 mph on the 25 mph road. But Landon Wilburn, 11, took matters into his own hands, The Courier-Journal newspaper in Louisville, Ky., reported Thursday.
Neighbors said the boy can often be seen at the roadside holding his Hot Wheels toy radar gun -- which actually measures the speeds of the cars -- while wearing an orange vest and flashing a battery-operated flashlight with a built-in siren, the newspaper said.
George Ayers, 61, a resident of the neighborhood, said he at first didn't recognize the young roadside vigilante. He said that at first glance, the 11-year-old appeared to be a police officer.
"When I saw it happening, I got the biggest kick out of it," Ayers told The Courier-Journal. "People were locking up their brakes when they saw him."
Landon Wilburn, 11, prepared to use his Hot Wheels radar gun to see how fast an oncoming sport-utility vehicle was driving as it headed on Taylorsville Road past the Stone Lakes subdivision to the Gene Snyder Freeway. Wilburn has been charting the speeds of drivers near his neighborhood since June. (By Charlie White, The Courier-Journal) July 2008
hmmm...Arent’s radar guns dangerous? Shouldn’t he be wearing a lead apron?
Hope the cops don’t shoot him.
Looks like a cop to me.
He’ll make more money than he would with a lemonade stand. But the biggest gang in town will shut him down soon enough for stepping on their territory.
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I was thinking the same. My guess is that is not the road in question. At least I hope not. I could not do 25 on that either.
Back in my hazmat days, we used to get a kick out of pointing our PID at cars when we were working near roads. It helped keep them from hitting us and was humorous all in one instance.
Naw not too dangerous. Check it out...
http://www.edparadis.com/radar/
This is for those of you who know something about electronics. The rest of you, don’t try this at home. /snicker
Are you the Burma Shave writer from way back when?
i certainly don’t think the kid should stand in
the middle of the street, heck, real radar toting
cops don’t do that.
i do find this kid to be pretty clever, tho.
But I thought lead was dangerous ?
LOL.
HAHAHA! He’ll have to hire a bodyguard or pack some heat!
I love this ed paradis .... what fun he must have!
I don't see why this is dangerous ... just stay away from the RF burst.
With all the publicity he has received, he has done what the adults couldn’t do, which was to have the town fathers to respond to a legitimate need of the citizenry.
I don’t think there’s anything dangerous about 1 BJT generating a small, microvolt RF signal. The kid would have to point it at his eyes for hours and still nothing would happen. lol
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