At a cost of $625 for each laser radar unit, the manufacturer will install a new "Distance between Cars" (DBC) chip, which will be able to measure the distance between two vehicles. .
" here is what the updated lasers will be able to tell us:
The distance of the first car
The distance from the laser operator to the first car
The speed of the second car
The distance from the laser operator to the second car
The distance between the two cars (front bumper to front bumper)
The time difference between the two cars "
Dace Cochran, a patrol sergeant with the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, who writes a weekly Q&A column on police issues for the Mail Tribune, states that Jackson County will start using the technology immediately as soon as the lasers are available.
" We'll enforce two things: speed and following too closely. So theoretically we could cite the lead vehicle for speeding and then the second vehicle for both speed and following too closely. "[by the way, the Oregon Department of Transportation picked up the tab on two units for each of the seven agencies in the test program]
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I don't need a special tool to tell if someone is too close. Sounds like another waste of money.
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