[Scan-DC] scanner use by street racers noted in Post article

[dehm]

this is by far nothing new. i've been to street races and seen it first hand
i guess the media has nothing better to report on..

jay


On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:00:31 -0700 (PDT), dc2wheel <dc2wheel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Article on the front page of todays Washington Post
> mentions that scanners are used by illegal street
> racers to evade police.  Not exactly the best image of
> our hobby to have publicized:
> 
> "Equipped with a police scanner, the racers could
> learn when officers were on the way, spread the word
> via cell phone and then scramble to another racing
> spot. "
> ...
> "And organized racers have become harder to catch,
> with spectators monitoring police radios and spotters
> posted down the road watching for patrol cars."
> 
> link to complete article - free registration required:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/4re5w