RE: re radar love

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Agreed. There have been interesting articles, some in Crap & Drivel (tm)
about the fact that lasers use the IR wavelength, and can be overpowered
somewhat with one driving light always on or running with your high beams on
(daytime only, since everyone has 'em on at night, and it's hard to
differentiate speeders in the dark), and by limiting the reflection points
on the front of your revenue generator. Apparently this technique will
confuse the laser enough for your detector to read the "You just got a
ticket" signal long enough to ensure compliance before the box can get a
valid return. I wonder what lights are most effective, and least obtrusive?
How about one of those marine 1,000,000 candlepower spotlights? Are you
responsible for the cost of the laser after you melt it?

Interesting posture on the part of the Strate Poopers when they are
illuminating you, looks kind of like what a clay pigeon must see just before
Nirvana. I wonder how long before Bernhard Goetz's cousin takes offense to
being "shot" at and shoots back with lead, not light?

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA
1990 Coupe Quattro

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>From: 	cngnyec@pipeline.com[SMTP:cngnyec@pipeline.com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, April 09, 1996 2:36 PM
>To: 	Duff, Ian
>Subject: 	RE: re radar love
>
>Ian, 
>  Overspray works for me.  In all of the literature that I have read, the
>only way to slow down to avoid Laser or instant on is to detect the skip
>off of other targets, if your alone, your toast. 
>Mike
>