Radar Operator Exam Questions and
Verified Answers
· 3 elements of the driving process - ✔✔o The operator
o The vehicle
o The roadway
Energy increases... - ✔✔disproportionately with speed
Braking distance is based on - ✔✔speed and reaction time
· Basic speed law elements - ✔✔o Speed greater than reasonable and prudent
o Having regard to actual and potential hazards
· Absolute speed limit - ✔✔o Unlawful to drive a vehicle on public roadway at a speed greater
than "X" mph
New Jersey v. Dantonio - ✔✔Judicial notice of the Doppler principle
Connecticut v. Tomanelli - ✔✔o Judicial notice of the tuning fork method
· Honeycutt v. Commonwealth - ✔✔o Properly setup the radar
o Properly test the radar
o Properly read the radar
o Testimonial requirements
, § Establish your qualifications and training as a radar operator
§ Establish that the instrument was properly set up and working normally
Establish that the radars accuracy was verified using a proper method of testing
· Verification that Radar speed measurement actually came from the particular vehicle in
question - ✔✔o Vehicle must be closest to the radar
o It must be in front of other vehicles and well separated from them
o There must have been an initial visual estimate of the speed
o The radar measurement must have agreed with the visual speed estimate
· Special concern when it comes to moving radar - ✔✔o How do we know that there was not an
abnormally high target vehicle speed based on a low patrol vehicle speed measurement?
· Wisconsin v. Hanson - ✔✔o Testimonial requirements for a MOVING RADAR operator
§ The patrol cars speed was verified
RADAR acronym - ✔✔o Radio
o Detection
o And
o Ranging
Police Radar detects... - ✔✔motion NOT direction
Signal speed - ✔✔§ Constant
All radio waves travel at the speed of light
Wavelength - ✔✔§ Variable
Verified Answers
· 3 elements of the driving process - ✔✔o The operator
o The vehicle
o The roadway
Energy increases... - ✔✔disproportionately with speed
Braking distance is based on - ✔✔speed and reaction time
· Basic speed law elements - ✔✔o Speed greater than reasonable and prudent
o Having regard to actual and potential hazards
· Absolute speed limit - ✔✔o Unlawful to drive a vehicle on public roadway at a speed greater
than "X" mph
New Jersey v. Dantonio - ✔✔Judicial notice of the Doppler principle
Connecticut v. Tomanelli - ✔✔o Judicial notice of the tuning fork method
· Honeycutt v. Commonwealth - ✔✔o Properly setup the radar
o Properly test the radar
o Properly read the radar
o Testimonial requirements
, § Establish your qualifications and training as a radar operator
§ Establish that the instrument was properly set up and working normally
Establish that the radars accuracy was verified using a proper method of testing
· Verification that Radar speed measurement actually came from the particular vehicle in
question - ✔✔o Vehicle must be closest to the radar
o It must be in front of other vehicles and well separated from them
o There must have been an initial visual estimate of the speed
o The radar measurement must have agreed with the visual speed estimate
· Special concern when it comes to moving radar - ✔✔o How do we know that there was not an
abnormally high target vehicle speed based on a low patrol vehicle speed measurement?
· Wisconsin v. Hanson - ✔✔o Testimonial requirements for a MOVING RADAR operator
§ The patrol cars speed was verified
RADAR acronym - ✔✔o Radio
o Detection
o And
o Ranging
Police Radar detects... - ✔✔motion NOT direction
Signal speed - ✔✔§ Constant
All radio waves travel at the speed of light
Wavelength - ✔✔§ Variable
