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Old 04-12-2011, 06:59 PM   #10
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LOL, I might have fallen for this April Fools joke and found myself in a rage too, except that my engineer's brain kicked in to debunk what I was reading before I got bent out of shape....

Photo radar needs power to operate. No AC power lines nearby on the dragon, meaning they would need to run the thing on batteries or solar, or some combination of the two. Batteries alone won't work -- too expensive (labor & materials) to operate -- would need to ticket A LOT of folks to make this cost effective. Stand-alone solar is unsat because you're mounted up in the trees - need to be out of the shade, plus you would still need a rechargable storage battery to handle cloudy days/nights. Also, after clicking the link to the picture, it's obvious there are no solar panels to be seen - or camera lenses & radar antennas for that matter. And the mounting angle is all wrong - looking down doesn't get you a good shot of the license plate or driver/rider. Nice try Killboy!
The engineer in you saved you. The nature nut in me saved me.

Big purple things in trees? Those are for bats.


Edit: Looked at the pix, and different thing than what I was thinking, but same deal...
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