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From: [email protected] (Rick 'Open VMS 4ever' Colombo)
Subject: Re: Do trains/busses have radar?
In article , [email protected] (matthew liggett) writes:
> In <[email protected]> [email protected] (T.M.Haddock) writes:
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>> While taking an extended Easter vacation, I was going north on I-45
>> somewhere between Centerville, TX and Dallas, TX and I came upon a
>> train parked on a trestle with its locomotive sitting directly over
>> the northbound lanes. There appeared to be movement within the cab
>> and out of curiosity I slowed to 85 to get a better look. Just as I
>> passed from underneath the trestle, my radar detector went into full
>> alert - all lights lit and all chirps, beeps, and buzzes going strong.
>> I thought I had been nailed good but no police materialized.
>
>> Could this have been caused by the train's radio or what?
>
>
I don't know about trains, but I've saw a sign on the back of a
Greyhound bus that warns you that your radar detector may be set off.
It doesn't explain why, but it does set off my radar detector.
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