Posted on 04/07/2016 9:27:31 PM PDT by cba123
Car enthusiasts occasionally pride themselves on being able to pick out police cars from far away. I don't condone speeding, but if you ignore my wishes, it's a good idea to at least be smart about it. That's about to get a whole lot harder with Ford's new low-profile LED light bar.
Even sneakier than the roof-mounted light bar is the visor-mounted light bar, which attaches up near the sun visors inside the cabin, basically disappearing behind the windshield. Ford's new low-profile light bar is fully integrated outside of the driver's field of vision, for both reduced obstruction and a lower chance of scofflaws realizing five-o is in hot pursuit.
http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/continental-to-augment-reality-on-your-windshield/
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Revenuers vs. peacekeepers....
Why did you pass him, instead of following?
We need a chip in our car so they can sit in their office and issue tickets to speeders who show up on their computer screens. Coming soon.
The price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.....
You bet. But they wont even need an office. The software will detect the offenders, log them and issue the citations quickly. The technology is there. In fact they could just install the technology into the car, and it spits your copy of the citation right out of the dash.
I recently participated in a police revenue exercise via a speed trap in Humble Texas. Told the officer that we were headed to eat dinner at a local restaurant, but that now we would be leaving and I’d be writing to the local chamber of commerce to let them know what happened and why. That no-spend-in-humble policy will stay in place till I hear they cut that garbage out.
If it all going to be about the money, I’ll make dang sure they know that I have a choice to spend my money someplace else.
does that mean they’ll outlaw my 79 chevy pickup
up my way it’s usually only troopers
No thanks! Traffic flows much smoother when police cars are unmarked. Put a marked police car on the road and drivers are hitting the brakes and slowing everyone behind them.
This will be required for new cars. Those owning older models like you will be required to pay the annual Technology Exception Tax.
wow u gotta sharp mind, the democrats would u on their side. Heck, they may tax me just to walk out and check my mail
In LA, the only time everyone goes the speed limit is when a cop is in the vicinity. You can always tell on non-rush hour freeways, ya get 8 lanes going from 80 to about 60. And it stays that way for everyone until the cop exits.
Stuff like this has been around for over thirty years, so how is this news?
Ya mean Republicans never concoct/support frivolous taxes, fees, fines, regulations, assessments, bad policies, et al. Thanks for the hot tip.
I don’t know but they sure do seem to go along with it all, majority or not
Wont matter to radar users.
Will make pacing speeders (not using radar) easier for cops.
Exactly right.
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