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Boy's toy radar gun scares Stone Lake speeders
UPI ^ | July 17, 2008 | staff reporter

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."


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; speeders
Sometimes a little anarchy is good to wake up the politicos.

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

1 posted on 07/17/2008 12:13:20 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

hmmm...Arent’s radar guns dangerous? Shouldn’t he be wearing a lead apron?


2 posted on 07/17/2008 12:15:48 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ladyjane

Hope the cops don’t shoot him.


3 posted on 07/17/2008 12:16:30 PM PDT by Radl
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To: ladyjane
He is doing a job no adult will do ... bet he gets busted soon.


4 posted on 07/17/2008 12:18:27 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

Looks like a cop to me.


5 posted on 07/17/2008 12:21:25 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running. FREE LAZAMATAZ)
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To: Daffynition
Looks like the kid is standing infront of an entrance a housing complex. The road that SUV is driving on is at least two lanes in one direction, and the sidewalk is very far away from the road. I think a 25mph speed limit on a road like that is probably way too slow, thats why everyone is doing 50 on it.
6 posted on 07/17/2008 12:25:01 PM PDT by chaos_5
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To: Daffynition

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.


7 posted on 07/17/2008 12:27:05 PM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: Daffynition

Past
This Neighborhood
Take it slow
Let the little
Shavers grow

-Obama Saves!


8 posted on 07/17/2008 12:28:54 PM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: chaos_5

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.


9 posted on 07/17/2008 12:29:28 PM PDT by doodad
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To: Daffynition

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


10 posted on 07/17/2008 12:30:34 PM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Please visit for latest on DPRK/Russia/China/et al.)
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To: weegee

Are you the Burma Shave writer from way back when?


11 posted on 07/17/2008 12:38:43 PM PDT by Overwatcher
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To: Daffynition
They showed him on the news this morning.
Standing in the street with the toy radar gun.

Hope that vest and helmet works against 3500lb sedans.

Retard.

12 posted on 07/17/2008 1:08:39 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Daffynition; patton; Gabz

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.


13 posted on 07/17/2008 1:50:28 PM PDT by leda (if you put up with what you've got, you deserve what you get)
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To: Daffynition
The city will install speed bumps if 70 percent of the residents agree and are willing to put up half the money.
14 posted on 07/17/2008 4:00:15 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: ladyjane

But I thought lead was dangerous ?

LOL.


15 posted on 07/17/2008 5:03:42 PM PDT by festus (Tagline removed.)
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To: weegee

HAHAHA! He’ll have to hire a bodyguard or pack some heat!


16 posted on 07/17/2008 5:30:44 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Rick.Donaldson
Thanks for the link RD ... no one knows how badly I want a spectrometer [are you listening Santa?] .

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.

17 posted on 07/17/2008 5:47:14 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: weegee; chaos_5

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.


18 posted on 07/17/2008 5:49:59 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

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


19 posted on 07/18/2008 8:32:39 AM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://www.transasianaxis.com - Please visit for latest on DPRK/Russia/China/et al.)
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