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efarley · 07-12-2014, 05:23 PM

A laser detector is useless. The way the gun works is the officer points the detector like a pistol at your license plate or other large solid object on the front of your car, pulls a trigger and a pin point focused laser shoots out, bounces off the car and returns to him telling him the speed your traveling. The main difference there between the laser and radar is that the laser is a targeted pinpoint focused beam that only tells you the speed of what it's being aimed at, while the radar is a wide signal that indiscriminately hits everything and tells you the fastest object that bounced a signal back in it's field of vision. This is important to understand because a detector can only detect the laser when it's hitting your car and telling the officer your speed, where as a radar emits lots of wave lengths over a large area allowing your detector to pick up the stray signals reflecting off things before you're in the radar guns field of view.

Jammers however work very well IF they are legal in your state/jurisdiction, however the main problem with them is that even if they are legal the officer will know 100% that you jammed his signal and will likely pull you over and at least waste your time if not find something else to ticket you for.

07-12-2014, 05:23 PM	#3
efarley Drives: 2009 Audi S5 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Beaverton, or Posts: 49	A laser detector is useless. The way the gun works is the officer points the detector like a pistol at your license plate or other large solid object on the front of your car, pulls a trigger and a pin point focused laser shoots out, bounces off the car and returns to him telling him the speed your traveling. The main difference there between the laser and radar is that the laser is a targeted pinpoint focused beam that only tells you the speed of what it's being aimed at, while the radar is a wide signal that indiscriminately hits everything and tells you the fastest object that bounced a signal back in it's field of vision. This is important to understand because a detector can only detect the laser when it's hitting your car and telling the officer your speed, where as a radar emits lots of wave lengths over a large area allowing your detector to pick up the stray signals reflecting off things before you're in the radar guns field of view. Jammers however work very well IF they are legal in your state/jurisdiction, however the main problem with them is that even if they are legal the officer will know 100% that you jammed his signal and will likely pull you over and at least waste your time if not find something else to ticket you for. Last edited by efarley; 07-12-2014 at 05:36 PM.