Radar/Speed Guns

Lars said:

Out of curiosity, why do you want one?

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I have a bunch of idiots that race up and down my dead end street way over the posted 40 kliks. They do this so many times a day they'd put a Fed-X terminal to shame. My neighbour and I and a few others have yelled at these clowns but it doesn't sink in that they'll kill someone one of these days. Hopefully no one else but themselves. I've measured the distance between 3 hydro poles with the centre one at the end of my driveway and used a digital stop watch to time them but it's a hassle. With the price of gas these days and how they do this all day long I wonder how they support themselves. I get the feeling they are drug couriers that deliver with just in time service. I've taken a few digital photos of them, recorded the plates, and will present the cops with the info. I might even try out an old analog Sony Camcorder. After mentioning the problem about speeders to my brother he showed me his radar gun, a Bushnell for about $150.00. I was impressed when he tried it out on the traffic in front of his place and really enjoyed the drivers hitting the brakes and looking at their speedometers even though they really couldn't get up to high speed on his street because of the corners on it. My street is about a quarter mile long, straight and where I live, they hit top speeds. They know they're breaking the speed limit but they drive by with their noses up in the air and sucking on cell phones. That's if I can see them through their heavily tinted windows. There's other places to speed but not on a street such as mine which is narrow, has a lot of children living on it, and doesn't go anywhere. As far as I see it these jokers are nothing but ignorant and arrogant, gutter trash to do this day in and day out. Probably so high that they have absolutely no comprehension that they're driving. They're also the same ones that don't bother stopping at stop signs and signalling turns & lane changes. Also they're the breed that loves to tailgate. A menace not only on the street but to society as a whole.

Gene B said:

I just ordered my gun from Royal Distributing. I doubt if I'm breaking any laws by checking how fast these social misfits continually race up and down this extremely short, narrow, populated, 40 klik max posted residential street. You'd think drug couriers would show a little more discretion plying their trade. I guess they're nipping a bit too much of their wares.

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Close enough, I guess!

Suppose these are drug couriers though, who see someone with something like a gun pointed at them.

"You'd think drug couriers would show a little more discretion..."

Famous last words.

Also, let's say this works and they get tickets: even though they may be thick, they may be able to figure out who caused this minor annoyance. Feel free to set out your best china for when they visit.

Why not see what the cops will do without the "proof" of speeding? They're just as likely to take your word for that.