Our guys aren't so devious. They generally hide in plain sight and often wear
flourescent colours when standing on the street. At intersections where red
light cameras are installed there is a big sign to notify you of it.
Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada
> From: insptwo@msn.com
>
> The police here in St. Petersburg have had articles written on the amusing
way
> the use radar. One was dressed as a bum looking for a hand out with his
radar
> gun. They have used road crews. One of the best was a guy with several
others
> who were holding signs for money, his sign actually read "Your speed is
being
> checked by radar". Another was up on a light pole working (his work was
using
> his hand radar).
>
> Bill
>
> BJ7
>
> > Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 13:28:52 -0500
> > From: shop@justbrits.com
> > To: healeys@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] I thought that this was amusing - NO LBC CONTENT
> >
> > << I was pulling out of a fast countryroad yesterday with my 3000, there
> > was a guy standing alone in the grass doing nothing. >>
> >
> > HeeHee, around here [and rest of State] THAT guy would be
> > the one with the Laser/Radar gun !!! Or the chap sitting on a
> > tractor/grass cutter !! Or the bulldozer, or...........!
> >
> > And they do a land office business !!!!!
> >
> > Couple years ago, there was a State Chap sitting in a Prison
> > Work Gang [yep, they WERE there pickin up paper/trash] Van
> > with ONE DOZEN [12] "stop cars" just over the hill where there
> > was not a chance in He|| of seeing them prior to the chap in the
> > van !! Downstate, State Cops actually use an OLD & FULLY
> > restored Piper Cub [was that J Model??] !!! Up where I am it's
> > either a helicopter or a Cessna 172 in Bright Red paint sans
> > "State Seal[s]" !!!
> >
> > But the best I EVER witnessed was a couple years ago when the
> > State Chaps got a "ride in Snoopy the Blimp" which was at
> > Chicagoland Speedway during the NASCAR Race. Word from a
> > couple of the lads in stop cars was that NOBODY that did get stopped had
> > even the slightest clue !!!! LMAO !!!
> >
> > They DO keep folks "honest" for a short period of time <VBG> !!
> >
> > Ed
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