Top this for a speeding ticket. This took place about 70km North of Leeds
Valerie
.
Two 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 defense system before the missile
was launched and your hostile radar installation was destroyed."
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