Speedster's Friend Warns Of Police
fSpecial Correspondent NX P.A )
London. Nov. 13. A Bristol garage owner and « competitor in the 2200-mile Hoy al Automobile Club rally now in progress, has fitted a special receiver to his car to t>e<u police radar traps. Drivers were warned that ioca ; police forces in areas through which they will be £'1 vib S “ay be operating radar speed checks. „£ , Packet-sized gadget called "bleeper" can be clamped behind the driving ** ves out a steady Weep, bleep” warning of a radar speed trap up to half ® mile away. It operates from a small battery, which lasts 300 hours, find a roof aerial.
The device is legal and has been passed by Royal Automobile scrutineers- It is merely a receiver and does not interfere with the radar beam. It is regarded as "something designed to help motorists comply with the law."
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30289, 15 November 1963, Page 3
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