On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 07:35:15 -0700, Wes Stewart wrote:

On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 14:47:08 -0800, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

What illegal? I can either retune it for a ham band or reduce power if
necessary. I'll find the hardware first and figure out the legal later.

Well, I know I'm going to be asked to leave this discussion but,
technically, unless you are IDing with your call sign every 10
minutes. it would be illegal. I seriously doubt that this was in your
plan.

Police radar guns, should you come up with one, are also licensed to
the department, assuming the cops are following the law, always a
dubious proposition.

So, because these are -technical- newsgroups, I was being -technical-.

Now for a "prohibited" non-technical suggestion, here is one that I am
contemplating. I too live on a short, private, single-lane road, that
serves four multi-acre homesites. I am plagued by the guys driving
delivery trucks (DHL, UPS, etc) who roar down the road in a cloud of
dust while delivering to my neighbors. I have complained to UPS
repeatedly without success.

So one of these days, when I'm up to it, after they go by on the way
to the neighbor's house, I'm going to take my truck out and block the
road for 15 minutes. (A second offense will call for a penalty of 30
minutes, etc) UPS seems to have a deal with law enforcement that
exempts them from speed limits on public roads, but in AZ the statutes
say:

28-628. Rights of real property owners

This chapter does not prevent the owner of real property that is used
by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the
owner and not as a matter of right from:

1. Prohibiting that use.

2. Requiring other, different or additional conditions than those
specified in this chapter.

3. Otherwise regulating the use as deemed best by the owner.

In other words, I get to regulate the speed (I've posted it as 10
MPH). I have no power to fine UPS, but I can still cost them money.

Put up a gate and charge them $1.00 in and $100.00 out. ;-)

Good Luck!
Rich

Rich Grise, but drunk wrote:
snip
28-628. Rights of real property owners

This chapter does not prevent the owner of real property that is used
by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the
owner and not as a matter of right from:

1. Prohibiting that use.

2. Requiring other, different or additional conditions than those
specified in this chapter.

3. Otherwise regulating the use as deemed best by the owner.

In other words, I get to regulate the speed (I've posted it as 10
MPH). I have no power to fine UPS, but I can still cost them money.

Put up a gate and charge them $1.00 in and $100.00 out. ;-)

Good Luck!
Rich



Then the next step is to post legal notice in the form a large sign.
"Private road. Right to pass under control of owner." And make sure that
you know just what ownership rights you have. If other owners attached to
the private road have equivalent ownership you could create problems for
your self. However, patterns of Bott's dots on the road also have
significant speed reducing effect and cases against them have usually lost
clearly. Also, rumble strips made by any method have been effective also.
--
JosephKK

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 03:00:55 +0000, Joseph2k wrote:

Rich Grise, but drunk wrote:
snip
28-628. Rights of real property owners

This chapter does not prevent the owner of real property that is used
by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the
owner and not as a matter of right from:

1. Prohibiting that use.

2. Requiring other, different or additional conditions than those
specified in this chapter.

3. Otherwise regulating the use as deemed best by the owner.

In other words, I get to regulate the speed (I've posted it as 10
MPH). I have no power to fine UPS, but I can still cost them money.

Put up a gate and charge them $1.00 in and $100.00 out. ;-)

Good Luck!
Rich



Then the next step is to post legal notice in the form a large sign.
"Private road. Right to pass under control of owner." And make sure that
you know just what ownership rights you have. If other owners attached to
the private road have equivalent ownership you could create problems for
your self. However, patterns of Bott's dots on the road also have
significant speed reducing effect and cases against them have usually lost
clearly. Also, rumble strips made by any method have been effective also.

In Hopkins, Minnesota, the main street is kinda S-shaped - it's impossible
to speed, because you would be going over curbs. It's like, for a half a
block, the sidewalk on one side is 6 feet wide, and on the other side it's
18 feet wide, and then the roadway curves, because in the second half of
the block (except the transition), the 6' sidewalk on one side grows to
18', and the 18' side shrinks to 6', so if you're in your car, you have
to turn, or hit the curb; it's terribly difficult do do this any faster
than about 20 MPH.

But, admittedly, road-building is mind-bogglingly expensive.

Good Luck!
Rich