Byline: Rick Karlin
Ever since a Miami television station showed a radar gun clocking a palm tree at 86 mph in 1979, there have been countless courtroom debates over the accuracy of radar speed detection. Along with the legal battles has been a steady escalation of technology by both police and those who would outwit them.
In New York, state police now have tools such as "instant on" radar that can be turned on so rapidly it outsmarts the radar detectors used by some motorists.
Troopers will soon be getting devices to detect the radar detectors. In response, a Chicago firm is developing "stealth" radar detectors that can't be picked up by these …
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