Stopping cars
Sir, — Mr Garriock’s reply on the use of microwave units at night seems at variance with the “Code o/ Operation for Microwave Speed Detectors,” part of which requires that units must be used on cars in clear view of the public. This was stated in the March issue of the Ministry of Transport’s official paper, “Road Safety.” Surely night use, unless in well-lit streets, would not comply with operation requirements. I have also found units used on cars hidden behind bushes, out of sight around sharp bends and camouflaged by parking in shade on sunny days, sometimes up to 30ft off the road. While statements have been made that distinctively painted cars are to enforce the law, visually, their recent surreptitious use with microwave units is to be deplored. — Yours, etc., T.G. May 10, 1975.
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Press, Issue 33842, 14 May 1975, Page 16
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