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The answer is "yes." Traffic radar monitors both the speed of the vehicle in which is it mounted and the speed of "target" vehicles coming toward or moving away from it. On the radar display, the officer sees two speeds: "patrol" (the speed of his vehicle) and "target" (the speed of the vehicle the radar is tracking). the target speed measurement is equally accurate, whether the patrol vehicle is moving or not.

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