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A radar speed gun, also known as a radar gun, speed gun, or speed trap gun, is a device used to measure the speed of moving objects. It is commonly used by police to check the speed of moving vehicles while conducting traffic enforcement , and in professional sports to measure speeds such as those of baseball pitches , [ 1 ] tennis serves , and ...
A radar gun that measures the speed of cars or a ball in sports is usually calibrated with a tuning fork. [15] [16] Instead of the frequency, these forks are labeled with the calibration speed and radar band (e.g., X-band or K-band) they are calibrated for.
The easiest demonstration of this for the skeptical is to recall that a tuning fork is commonly used to check a radar gun calibration; no part of the tuning fork is moving at 60 mph or whatever the calibration speed is; the tuning fork is simply reflecting back into the receiver a fluctuating copy of the emitted signal, that is, it is ...
Gatso speed camera. Speed limits are enforced on most public roadways by authorities, with the purpose to improve driver compliance with speed limits.Methods used include roadside speed traps set up and operated by the police and automated roadside 'speed camera' systems, which may incorporate the use of an automatic number plate recognition system. [1]
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A Gatso speed camera. The camera's lens is visible at top left, while the large flash, used for illuminating number plates and calibration lines on the road when taking photographs, is visible on the bottom right. A speed camera in Mong Kok, Hong Kong A speed camera on the Highway 5 in Joroinen, South Savonia, Finland
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