Radar, wow! ( and other palindromes... )

**james** · 01-10-2003

Yep, the police in the area are pulling people over for speed violations. I'm actually all for it. The radar guns are new toys, so the cops are still getting tricky with them. Watch out, and take your time.

Dale · 01-10-2003

Dammit, I'm mad! I guess I better not drive my racecar in PDC. Oh, that's right, I'll be in a Toyota or was that a Honda Civic.

Seriously, are they around PDC or is it on Hwy. 307, or both?

Palindromes...gotta lov'em. Now one for you, ANNA.
Bob: "Did Anna peep?" Anna: "Did Bob?"

**Anna** · 01-13-2003

It seems as if their favorite spot is on the highway by Chedraui, as you approach Playa from the south. There's a section by the entrance to Playacar where the speed limit is 40 km/hr (about 25 mph)...

Thanks for the palindrom!

Munichchick · 01-14-2003

Thank you very much for the tip. I am sure we have driven through that area faster than 25 mph in the past.

auntieninny · 05-31-2003

Retired cop gives radar lesson to those potential victims of the Playa highway patrol… :P

Radar has its shortcomings of which, I am sure, the Playa cops have no idea! Beam Width is one. Think of a radar beam as a cone - narrow at the radar antenna and widening as it heads for the horizon. Even the narrowest of radar beams - 11 degrees - is 38 feet wide when 200 feet down the road and 57 feet wide at 300 feet away. Some radar units transmit a beam as wide as 24 degrees. By the time a radar beam is several hundred feet from a patrol car, the microwaves are blanketing an area as wide as a four-lane highway (and we all know there are more lanes on the 307!). Now picture that highway full of tourists, cars and trucks, and remember that traffic radar can't tell its operator which vehicle it is monitoring, or whether the target is approaching or traveling away from the police car. You quickly understand how great the potential is for misidentification.

Now, depending on how good your Spanish is, just explain this to the next cop that stops you with that supercilious smirk pasted on his face and his new toy in his hand! I was caught in March! :-? Teehee!

Manejar con cuidado!
auntieninny XX

Dale · 06-01-2003

Bringing this back up to the top reminded me of something I meant to post a month ago. The radar units are not only on Highway 307. One afternoon, the police were having a blast on 10 Ave. right in front of La Tortuga hotel. It was attracting a crowd of people watching form a short distance away. But that seemed to have no effect on the number of vehicles being stopped. The cars and motorcycles continued to fly by and the police continue to stop them.

Be Careful!!

Munichchick · 06-02-2003

Yep, there are lots of cops along 307 in the Playa area looking for speeding cars. We noticed them as well but where not speeding. However, everyone else was driving like on the Autobahn through town. Between the formerly Mexico City Taxi Drivers and Expat Italians lots of speeding and rude driving habbits are going on in and around Playa. We had no real problems because I am used to European driving methods but I can see how some rental car drivers would get very nerveous. Just stay cool, have eyes like a hawk and don't let the taxi's riding on your a... get the better of you. Get over in the Emergency Lane on 307 where it becomes a 2 lane Highway if anyone wants to pass either you or is passing someone else in your lane, because they will pass if there is oncoming traffic or not.

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01-10-2003	#2 (permalink)
Dale life=playa Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 653	Dammit, I'm mad! I guess I better not drive my racecar in PDC. Oh, that's right, I'll be in a Toyota or was that a Honda Civic. Seriously, are they around PDC or is it on Hwy. 307, or both? Palindromes...gotta lov'em. Now one for you, ANNA. Bob: "Did Anna peep?" Anna: "Did Bob?"

01-13-2003	#3 (permalink)
Anna top babe admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: after 10 wonderful years in Playa, now back in Sweden Posts: 2,963	It seems as if their favorite spot is on the highway by Chedraui, as you approach Playa from the south. There's a section by the entrance to Playacar where the speed limit is 40 km/hr (about 25 mph)... Thanks for the palindrom!

01-14-2003	#4 (permalink)
Munichchick life=playa Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Corona, California Posts: 855	Thank you very much for the tip. I am sure we have driven through that area faster than 25 mph in the past.

05-31-2003	#5 (permalink)
auntieninny ruined Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pueblo SacBe, con los pajaros! Posts: 88	Retired cop gives radar lesson to those potential victims of the Playa highway patrol… :P Radar has its shortcomings of which, I am sure, the Playa cops have no idea! Beam Width is one. Think of a radar beam as a cone - narrow at the radar antenna and widening as it heads for the horizon. Even the narrowest of radar beams - 11 degrees - is 38 feet wide when 200 feet down the road and 57 feet wide at 300 feet away. Some radar units transmit a beam as wide as 24 degrees. By the time a radar beam is several hundred feet from a patrol car, the microwaves are blanketing an area as wide as a four-lane highway (and we all know there are more lanes on the 307!). Now picture that highway full of tourists, cars and trucks, and remember that traffic radar can't tell its operator which vehicle it is monitoring, or whether the target is approaching or traveling away from the police car. You quickly understand how great the potential is for misidentification. Now, depending on how good your Spanish is, just explain this to the next cop that stops you with that supercilious smirk pasted on his face and his new toy in his hand! I was caught in March! :-? Teehee! Manejar con cuidado! auntieninny XX

06-01-2003	#6 (permalink)
Dale life=playa Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 653	Bringing this back up to the top reminded me of something I meant to post a month ago. The radar units are not only on Highway 307. One afternoon, the police were having a blast on 10 Ave. right in front of La Tortuga hotel. It was attracting a crowd of people watching form a short distance away. But that seemed to have no effect on the number of vehicles being stopped. The cars and motorcycles continued to fly by and the police continue to stop them. Be Careful!!

06-02-2003	#7 (permalink)
Munichchick life=playa Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Corona, California Posts: 855	Yep, there are lots of cops along 307 in the Playa area looking for speeding cars. We noticed them as well but where not speeding. However, everyone else was driving like on the Autobahn through town. Between the formerly Mexico City Taxi Drivers and Expat Italians lots of speeding and rude driving habbits are going on in and around Playa. We had no real problems because I am used to European driving methods but I can see how some rental car drivers would get very nerveous. Just stay cool, have eyes like a hawk and don't let the taxi's riding on your a... get the better of you. Get over in the Emergency Lane on 307 where it becomes a 2 lane Highway if anyone wants to pass either you or is passing someone else in your lane, because they will pass if there is oncoming traffic or not.

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