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Old 04-20-2011, 07:55 PM   #8
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Default Re: Red Light Answer

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Originally Posted by Bernie Cunningham View Post
As far as I know, that type of sensor is no longer used, as in where light reflections or flashes would cause them to 'switch'.

These days the units are a sender and receiver across the track and must communicate with each other to 'switch'
So when the funny cars take out the 1/8 mile and finish line foam blocks there is not just a reflector in the blocks but a receiver or sender?
Did it use to be just a reflector? maybe that's where the idea of wheel reflection got started.
Camera flashes for an instant are very bright, I hate the annoying flashes from overhead strobes at NBA games that are triggered by the photographers camera.
If I watch a replay in slow motion it will white out my tv screen.
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