# Speed trap warning in Bethel Park

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**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [July 12, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-warning-in-bethel-park/191128 "2007-07-12T11:23:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/speed-trap-warning-in-bethel-park/191128/11 "2007-07-12T18:46:05Z")

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> [@Is Marcus an attention whore?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/is-marcus-an-attention-whore/31315/13):
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> As far as I’m aware in Pennsylvania, yes they are.
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> Nonetheless, I know the spot you’re talking about. They are using VASCAR there, which basically is a stopwatch measuring the time it takes a car to travel between two spots. Use a formula that includes the distance between the two lines and the number of seconds it takes to travel between the two at certain speeds, and you have an idea how fast people are going.

Yup. Just the Troopers get to use Radar here.

There is that new IR thing, but it’s basically automating the stopwatch.

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