that would depend entirely on your motivation and what you did with the
information.  i.e. letting people know the cops are coming will
consistently get you in trouble.  wanting to be able to have a better
idea when to pull over for them (to avoid some those unfortunate
accidents that most of us accept as the price of driving...) is probably
fine, but when it comes to the law, talk to a lawyer, all kinds of silly
things are illegal in some areas (in texas it's illegal to buy a beaker
without a license or to sell one to someone without a license,
apparently they think drug labs need proper glassware, shows how little
they know.  i've several beakers and volumetric flask, if i were making
drugs i wouldn't need them, for a project i want to do i will, in texas
i'd have to get a license, just to do basic chemistry!  when beakers are
outlawed, i will be a beaker outlaw).  oddly enough, in texas it's legal
to buy a bear at 7-11, go outside and drink it, and that's illegal
everywhere else i believe, or at least in most places.  what range do
you want to detect them at?  detecting flashes might be a good way.

it could be argued that they should have coded rf transmitters in
emergency vehicles resounding to a call so that cars could have
receivers to alert drivers to the distance and direction of approach of
emergency vehicles (without depending on people hearing and usually much
later seeing them), i know it is sometimes hard to tell at first if they
are close and what direction they are coming from, and i don't play the
stereo loud, with some of today's idiots it's a wonder there aren't more
emergency vehicle collisions, and there are a lot.

firefighters are more likely to die in an accident going to or from a
fire than in a fire on average, clearly that is something that needs to
be fixed, and i'd argue it needs fixing a lot more than people pushing
red lights does in most areas (then again, i've lived in boulder county,
and they could definitely use some enforcement of it there, it might
even save lives.  every time i though i was pushing a yellow light there
were very literally at least 2 cars coming through behind me, if you
stop on a yellow in boulder county you are taking a very real risk of
being rear ended and there being a 3+ car pileup).  then again, in
europe there seem to be an alarming number of huge pile up accidents
because people insist on driving too fast in fog down the highway, i'd
argue that that also is a more serious problem than most red light
runners who are pushing the yellow as opposed to going through seconds
after every one else has figured it out.

in fact, while we're at it, i'd say those moneys could save far more
lives it put into the fire and rescue services and public health in
general, 2 areas that are still terribly neglected, to the point that
fire insurance rates are increasing in some areas because cities simply
can't afford enough fire departments with enough equipment.

"Gus S.Calabrese" wrote:
>
> Ha ha   My original question certainly went off
> in a strange direction.
>
> I really wanted to know a reliable way to
> detect emergency vehicles with their flashers
> on.  I had no plans to simulate an emergency vehicle.
>
> If I detect emergency vehicles will I get in trouble ?
> Are there laws against this ?
>
> Gus S Calabrese
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