Speeding Ticket
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:59 am
I got this sent via email. I dont know what to think of it, but its good for a laugh. 
Hi All
>
> Top this for a speeding ticket...
>
> Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in
> an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the A-1
> 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 defence system before the missile was
> launched and your hostile radar installation was destroyed. Good Day...'
>
Hi All
>
> Top this for a speeding ticket...
>
> Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in
> an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the A-1
> 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 defence system before the missile was
> launched and your hostile radar installation was destroyed. Good Day...'
>
Someone has more faith in RAF equipment than it deserves...