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Re: Radar Detectors prohibited in Virginia?
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:51:19 GMT
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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 zone. They're tough....
-chris
Mike Walsh wrote:
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> "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
> news:GEu0sI.BBq@lugnet.com...
> > 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.
> >
> > jt
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> 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
>
> --
> Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
> http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
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| "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:GEu0sI.BBq@lugnet.com... (...) information (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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