:-) LRMs could get expensive and PPCs will prolly pinpoint your
location....I was thinking more of evasion rather than intimidation.
hehehe...and you could always just step on 'em anyway. But seriously (ok,
semi-seriously), there have been late nights when I'm driving on an empty
freeway when I've wished for some kinda radar like that. Radar detectors are
way too passive. Besides, instant-on guns kinda negate their
effectiveness...
Anyone recommend a particular brand? I hear the Valentine One is the best
out there...
-Arnold.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick" <pjsimm@inreach.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: Sophisticated radar (fantasy land)
> Yes but can we have the Clan LRMs and ER PPCs and maybe an Ultra AC\20.
> Maybe just a Timber Wolf they would never give you a ticket in one of
them.
>
> Patrick
> #5 D-Stock
> Yes I'm a Mech Warrior fan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clifford Richardson" <the_brain7@hotmail.com>
> To: <Eljssp8@aol.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 12:07 PM
> Subject: Sophisticated radar (was Re: Random question: CHP Mustang)
>
>
> > >From: Eljssp8@aol.com
> > >To: the_brain7@hotmail.com, ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > >Subject: Re: Random question: CHP Mustang
> > >Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:37:12 EDT
> > >
> > >In a message dated 07/26/2001 11:51:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > >the_brain7@hotmail.com writes:
> > >
> > ><< Yup. And they don't do that only in mustangs. One miraculously
> appeared
> > > behind me out of thin air...I blinked and there it was. I was on the
5
> > > freeway, in the middle of nowhere b/w Stockton and L.A...and I was
> doing
> > > 100mph+...
> > >
> > > -Arnold (investing in technology to detect patrol cars a mile away)
> > > >>
> > >
> > >Yeah.........AND? :>)
> > >
> > >Eric (Anxious in S.F.) Cheung
> >
> > Familiar with the Battletech Universe? The system I'm fantasizing about
is
> a
> > radar screen similar to the ones in the Mechs using a satellite uplink.
> > Bogeys are all in red, whether in the air or on the ground. All other
> > vehicles come up green. Toggling the targeting button cycles through all
> the
> > red blips giving a 3D diagram of the said bogey with its elevation and
> > approximate distance from my current position. The system works in
> > pitch-black (of course) and dense fog, but its effective max range (5
mi.
> > radius) is reduced in heavy rain and snow, which is fine since you'd be
a
> > fool to be exceeding safe speeds in such conditions anyway.
Theoretically,
> > you'd be able to drive in pitch-black relying solely on your HUD.
> >
> > Anyone like my fantasy? Of course, jump jets are optional. Quite
effective
> > in performing the often suicidal but awesome DFA move.
> >
> > -Arnold (They never saw me coming...)
> > "Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight?"
> > "Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try and take over the world!"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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