DEVICE FOR PREVENTION OF SPEEDING, AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090237271A1
• Filed: 03/20/2009
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Sundstrom
• Original Assignee: John Sundstrom
• Inventors: Sundstrom, John
• Application Number:
  US12/408,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20090237271A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/936
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0955 transportable

Abstract

A standalone vehicle speed detecting device that is portable and transportable, that creates the illusion of a police car when viewed by a vehicle driver, and that reacts to the detection of a speeding vehicle in a manner that simulates initial law enforcement vehicle engagement.

Claims

1. A device for prevention of speeding, comprising:

a trailer having lights;

a siren light;

a power source for said trailer lights and said siren light; and

an activation mechanism for lighting said trailer lights and said siren light.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an image reproduction of a law enforcement vehicle; and

a support substrate carried by said trailer, wherein said image reproduction is carried by said support substrate.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein said activation mechanism is operatively related to a vehicle speed evaluation device.

4. The device of claim 2, further comprising a frame, wherein said frame, said support substrate, and said image are foldable.

5. The device of claim 1, further comprising an audible effect, wherein said activation mechanism for lighting said trailer lights and said siren light further activates said audible effect.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein said device defines a portable, transportable, standalone vehicle speed detecting device, wherein said device delivers a fixed illusion of a realistically-sized police vehicle when viewed by an approaching vehicle driver, and wherein said device delivers a lighted function in response to detection of a speeding vehicle.

7. The device of claim 2, wherein said trailer lights and said image reproduction of a law enforcement vehicle are associated in such a manner as to render said trailer lights to appear as a set of functional lights on the law enforcement vehicle of said image reproduction.

8. The device of claim 2, wherein said siren light and said image reproduction of a law enforcement vehicle are associated in such a manner as to render said siren light to appear as a functional siren light on the law enforcement vehicle of said image reproduction.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein said power source is selected from the group consisting of a battery pack, solar source, wind source, or electrical connector.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein said power source is a battery pack contained within a securable storage unit.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein said siren light is removably stored within a securable storage unit.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein said image reproduction of a law enforcement vehicle displays one of a plurality of perspectives according to an intended use relative to a roadway, wherein said plurality of perspectives are selected from the group consisting of a front view, a side view, a rear view, or an angled view, and wherein said image reproduction of a law enforcement vehicle is selected from the group consisting of a car, a motorcycle, or a truck.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein said activation mechanism randomly activates said lights.

14. The device of claim 3, further comprising an image capture device activated by said activation mechanism.

15. The device of claim 4, wherein said frame further comprises a plurality of foldable arms and a plurality of foldable supports.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein said substrate and said siren light are supported by said plurality of foldable arms.

17. The device of claim 12, wherein a plurality of said image reproductions are employed to facilitate viewing of the law enforcement vehicle in said image reproduction from more than one angle.

18. The device of claim 2, wherein said image reproduction is a decal, and wherein said decal is applied to said substrate.

19. A method of decreasing the incidence of vehicle speeding comprising the steps of:

a) deploying an unmanned law enforcement post proximate a roadway, wherein said unmanned law enforcement post further comprises a police vehicle decoy-shaped structure and one or more light elements, and wherein each of said one or more light elements is visually functional;

b) activating said visual function of each of said one or more lights in response to a predetermined stimulus;

c) delivering a first manner of perceived threat of a citation by said visual function;

c) de-activating said visual function of each of said one or more lights upon the expiration of a predetermined time interval.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said unmanned law enforcement post further comprises an audible element, wherein said audible element is activated in response to said predetermined stimulus, delivering a second manner of perceived threat of a citation by auditory function.