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From: [email protected] (James P. Callison)
Subject: Re: Do trains/busses have radar?
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Rick 'Open VMS 4ever' Colombo) writes:
>
>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.
Because Greyhound has apparently gotten around to installing their
RADAR collision-prevention system. They use RADAR to monitor how close
other vehicles are and how fast their relative speeds are, and signals
a warning to the driver if they're coming up on something too fast
or are getting too close.
This is all I remember from the news reports a few months back; at
the time, they were only talking about the possibility of installing
the system. (They didn't mention how it worked in bumper-to-bumper
traffic, or how it discriminated between a Camaro approaching at
120mph and ye olde bridge support in the median being approached
at 60mph on a curve.)
I do recall something about progressive stages of warnings, from
flashing lights to audible warnings--ie, it goes from a red "Too
close" light to hysterically screaming "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!" :-)
James
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