Driver's Guide to Police Radar - Softcover

Craig Peterson

9780979418204: Driver's Guide to Police Radar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979418208 ISBN 13: 9780979418204

Publisher: Peterson Publications, 2007

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Ever get stopped for speeding? Most of us have. In almost every case the officer will use radar, a laser or time/distance computer to check your speed. Yet not one driver in 100,000 has the first clue about how that technology is actually used against them.

If you drive, you owe it to yourself to learn the basics about how radar, lasers and time/distance computers are used for traffic enforcement.

Read this book and you ll know exactly how police speed-measuring technology works. (At least you ll know how it is supposed to work.) It's good, but not every ticket is justified. Mistakes do happen, more often than you would think.

World-renowned radar expert Craig Peterson reveals:

How Police Use Radar and Lasers To Clock Your Speed

Where Radar and Lasers Are Used

How radar outwits radar detectors sometimes

Where to expect radar and laser speed traps

How to outwit hand-held radar, the common type used by city police

Lasers: How laser works and how it s used for enforcement

Time/Distance Computers: Accurate and undetectable

Radar and laser jammers: Fact vs. fiction

Aerial speed enforcement: How the Bear in the Air nabs speeders

Radar Detectors and Electronic Countermeasures

How to Pick the Right Radar Detector

Top 10 Secrets to Getting the Most From Your RadarDetector

Exclusive:Complete specifications for every model of radar and laser made in the U.S. plus radar field test evaluations, performance ratings and operational notes. If you plan to contest a ticket in court, this invaluable information could win your case.

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About the Author

Craig Peterson is an internationally known expert on speed-measuring technology and the world s most widely-published author on the subject since 1987. He's a certified police radar instructor, a consultant to the police radar / laser industry and an expert on radar detectors as well. Peterson also is president of Radartest.com, called by Automobile magazine The world's leading authority on speed-measuring technology, tactics and countermeasures.

He has worked as a photographer onboard a Windjammer Cruises four-masted schooner, raced cars professionally, served as a reserve police officer, is a respected automotive journalist and holds the second-fastest time ever recorded in a coast-to-coast Cannonball race. He lives in Mesa, Arizona.

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