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PUBLICATIONS

Speed Measuring Device Performance Specifications: Across-the-Road Radar Module

Published

Author(s)

A G. Lieberman

Abstract

These specifications describe performance requirements and test methods for stationary, automated across-the-road radar speed measuring devices used by law enforcement agencies for enforcing vehicle speed regulations. These specifications apply to radar speed measuring devices that transmit an unmodulated continuous wave (CW) microwave beam across the roadway, monitor the signals reflected from the moving vehicles crossing the microwave beam, process the Doppler shifts of the reflected signals for the vehicle speeds, and may automatically record images of those vehicles which exceed a preset speed.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - IR 7113
Report Number
IR 7113
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Keywords

across-the-road radar, automated speed enforcement, electromagnetic interference, methods of test, performance specifications, photoradar, speed accuracy

Citation

Lieberman, A. (2008), Speed Measuring Device Performance Specifications: Across-the-Road Radar Module, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed April 25, 2024)

Created October 16, 2008