police radar range

["David Arnett" <DArnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know this is kind of a "how long is a piece of string" type question, but I will give it a try.  Does anyone know the effective range of police radar....say on a clear day.  It may vary by type of radar or laser and brand and atmospheric conditions, but this morning (in my cage) I was going down a three lane freeway limited to 45 mph.  I was in the left hand lane (as my speedometers always seem to have a Class 'A' personality), and my detector started to give signs of a "stop & rob mobster".  As I was just clearing the crest of the overpass, he was visible, straight shot clear view, maybe an eighth of a mile away.  Luckily I took heed to the detector's warnings, and other motorists brakelights, and the fact that this construction zone is their little gold mine.  I was slowed down to 45 shortly after gaining a visual.  If line of sight was good enough for the officer to get a "clock" on me, I would have been in trouble.  However, the detector gave off relatively weak warnings until I was about a hundred and fifty feet away from the patrol car, where it went crazy.  This leads me to the question of the effective range of these radars.  There was traffic behind me and to my right, so the uncertainty of "Who was speeding" might have saved me, that is if he was able to read my speed from about an eighth of a mile away??...or maybe he didn't want to fight through the thick slug of traffic that would have been between him and me if he were to persue me, or perhapse he was looking for a greater offender. 


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