Radar Flashcards
Perception reaction time
.75 to perceive .75 to react total 1.5 seconds
Mileage death rate steadily decreasing.
New cars are safer
Greater speed
Reaction time and breaking distance increases
22350 cvc
Need speed survey to charge
22349(a) cvc
No person may drive a vehicle on the highway at a speed greater than 65 mph
22406 maximum speed for designated vehicles
No more than 55 mph for older truck or truck tractor, passenger vehicle or bus join another vehicle, schoolbus transporting any school people, form labor vehicle, vehicle transporting explosives, trailer bus
22352(a) cvc prima facie speed limits
Maximum speed limits for certain areas such as crossing railways, is alleyways, senior centers.
Radar
Radio detection and ranging
Doppler effect
The frequency of the transmit wave is directly proportional to the closing rate between the signal source and the receiver
What does radar send out
A continuous stream of radio waves and measures only speed, not direction or distance.
Wave cycle
This is from the beginning of a peek to the end of a valley
Hertz
One cycle per second
Speed of radio waves
Constant like light and electricity 186,000 mi./s
K band
24.150 gigahertz
Ka band
33.4 to 36 gigahertz