[net.auto] Legality of Radar Detectors Factual Info - Surprise!

robert1 (01/04/83)

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	As an answer to recent submissions on legality (and perceived
	legality as per the 1934 Communications Act) of radar detectors,
	here is an excerpt from the January 1983 Car & Driver magazine,
	from the "For Your Information" column, p.24, by Rich Ceppos and
	Jean Lindamood.
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	"Justice, etc."
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	"Why is our staff smiling?  The Michigan Supreme Court has overturned
our home state's ban on radar detectors, thanks to a massive and costly 
effort by Electrolert, Inc., manufacturer of the Fuzzbuster radar detector.
Michigan had been using a 1929 statute enacted to prevent burgulars from
eavesdropping on confidential two-way police communications to justify its
ban on radar detectors.  Said the Supreme Court: "Words do not stand outside
their history.  They draw their meaning from it ... A court's responsibility
when it construes a statute is to implement the purpose and intent of those
who enact it."  Radar Detectors remain illegal in Virginia, Connecticut, and
Washington, D.C."

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	Hope this clears up some of the misinformation and recent speculation.

		Happy Receptions!

			Robert Duncan (a pleased Escort owner)
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