Top this for a speeding ticket story...

Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in an
unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the A1 Great
North Road . One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to check
the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and was
surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300 mph. Their radar
suddenly stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had
in fact latched on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet which was engaged in a
low-flying exercise over the Border district, approaching from the North
Sea .

Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff
complaint to the RAF Liaison office.

Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style:

"Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on this
incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the
Tornado had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked onto, your
hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to
it. Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft
had also automatically locked onto your equipment. Fortunately the pilot
flying the Tornado recognized the situation for what it was, quickly
responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to override
the automated defense system before the missile was launched and your
hostile radar installation was destroyed.

Good Day..."

that is freaking hillarious!

Great way to remove speed traps.

Folklore:

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp

Folklore or not, great joke.

MAYBE, THATS WHY I POSTED IT UNDER JOKES?? and not current events???

Thanks for clearing that up, I was a little confused.

I actually know a fellow who used to be a military policeman in the US armed forces. Apparently, even MP's are issued radar guns because it was a common prank to get the "new guy" to try to clock the speed of a helicopter. The gun would lock onto the rotors and would need to be sent back to the manufacturer to be reset and recalibrated.