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A possible candidate is MIR (Micro Impulse Radar), developed at Lawrence Livermore Labs, at public expense. There is a measly 100K USD license fee... Anyway, thought I'd mention it. http://www-lasers.llnl.gov/lasers/idp/mir/mir.html Regards, Jack Allen Foster wrote: > > I am currently designing a system to measure the distance between two cars > when they are moving at speed. Would ultrasonic transducers be suitable for > the job? I'm a bit worried about what effect the wind will have on them and > if they will opertae over a long enough range. > > Also, does anyone know what mercedes use to measure the distance in their > cruise control system which measures the distance between cars?