Wired

October, 2002

Car NarcFor years, cops and lead-footed drivers have been fighting each other in a high-tech arms race. Radar guns led to radar detectors, which prompted better radar guns, including current models that use laser bursts. When some cities installed speed-enforcement cameras to automatically generate tickets (and revenue), consumer electronics companies came up with a GPS device that warned drivers when they were about to be taped. Now researchers at Texas Christian University have developed a tin...