Re: Valentine/WSP (low Audi content)

[Igor Kessel <e6941tb@ix.netcom.com>]

Fringe Ryder wrote:

> 4) The V1 rear laser detection does work, but this isn't going to do you one
> whit (whatever a whit is) of good.  You're sunk if it goes off.

That's precisely why I elected to buy my V1 without the laser option.
I remember posting this a year ago, but the vast majority of the listers did not 
agree at that time. Fringe's post is a sad proof of my words. The coherent laser 
beam is precise, accurate, has a very narrow volumetric angle of propagation and 
does not scatter. That's what makes it deadly. Sure, you can sense it by a 
photodiod, but the moment you've senced it you are history.

Sorry to hear your story , Fringe. Get a good laweyer and fight those points.
I remember reading on the list that laser-based citations do not hold up in court 
too well. Perhaps the legal crowd on the list can shed some light on this issue.

Regards,

-- 
Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ - 18psi (TAP)
'97 A4TQ - on the dealer's lot
Philadelphia, PA
USA