RE: More laser stuff

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

There's usually less traffic there (in the right lane) too. What is it
with most drivers? Is there some sort of stigma attached to the right
most lane?
- peter, peterhe@microsoft.com, issaquah, wa, usa
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  80 mazda 626


>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Mike Miller [SMTP:JoMi@msn.com]
>Sent:	Monday, September 16, 1996 3:53 PM
>To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject:	More laser stuff
>
>This is taken from the web article on Laser Guns:
> <For example, with the LTI 20.20, even vehicles that are 5 feet to the side 
>of the target vehicle could be the ones measured! The deviation grows 
>increasingly with measurements taken on curves or with measurements that 
>aren't directly in the line of travel (cosine effect), although to the 
>advantage of the target driver, the speed displayed is less than the actual 
>speed. So it's possible to measure vehicles that aren't in the direct
>vicinity 
>of the target.>
>The whole article is available at http://www.motorists.com/laser.htm ( as 
>previously posted)
>
>One thing I notice here is that as the angle of measurement increases, the 
>difference in the speed indicated by the laser gun and actual vehicle speed 
>increases in favor of the driver. This would indicate that traveling in the 
>lane (on multi lane roads) farthest from where the laser traps are normally 
>setup would result in the lowest speed reading. Here in WA state, I ususally 
>see laser or radar traps set up using the left side of the road. So this says
>I should drive fast in the slow (right) lane.