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Re: Radar Detectors prohibited in Virginia?
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Tue, 12 Jun 2001 20:18:46 GMT
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
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> Is it true that Radar Detectors are prohibited in Virginia? I just heard
> that from a friend of mine at the office. Might be some helpful • information
> to note for those of us driving to the fest.
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> jt
It is absolutely true. When you cross the state line from NC (assuming you
are coming from the south) there will be big signs telling that your speed
will be monitored by Radar and VASCAR (a device the Virginia State Police
use to monitor speed while they are also moving - it measures how long it
takes them to catch you, and based on the speed of the police car computes
an estimate of your speed) and that radar detectors are illegal.
Mike
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 | | Re: Radar Detectors prohibited in Virginia?
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| Ok, I'll make sure to put mine away in the trunk before I cross the state line. Most of the time I find the best radar detector is someone traveling just a bit faster than me. I try to find one of those and stay with in eye sight of them. jt -- (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
| | | Re: Radar Detectors prohibited in Virginia?
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| For anyone traveling to Brickfest via I-81 in Virginia, the VA State Police have been targeting that road a lot in the past few years because of a high number of speed-related accidents that occur there. I got my last ticket there. 71 mph in a 65 (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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