wow, you're trying to apply logic to the law!  in this country that can
get you into a lot of trouble quickly, then again stupidity does provide
a certain amount of legal protection in this country, which is a bit
alarming.  if the law were logical, most lawyers would be out of work,
and law libraries and their employees would be in for a rough time as
well.  seriously, depending on how it worked, and how much warning it
provided, and what you or someone else used it for you just might be
accused of obstruction of justice or some other offense with a very
broad and subjective definition.  for instance, if it detected them when
the lights and sirens weren't on yet, you could definitely have
problems.  actually, it might be very easy to detect them at all times,
in many places they have computer terminals with a live connection back
to the main frame, you could probably just detect an rf source at that
frequency nearby, but some people would not be at all happy about it.

Howard Winter wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:03:04 -0600, Gus S.Calabrese
> wrote:
>
> > 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 ?
>
> Since they *want* you to see them and get out of the
> way, hence the flashing lights, what law would say you
> shouldn't improve your chances of doing so?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Howard Winter
> St.Albans, England.
>
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