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    Default Question for people who rush to kill the jammer...

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    Default Re: Question for people who rush to kill the jammer...

    Quote Originally Posted by tosi View Post
    Let me preface this question, it is not intended to be a debate about whether or not JTG'ing is acceptable. Only about the hurry to kill the unit, it seems as if some people dive for the kill switch like it's life or death. Nor is it about areas where jammers are illegal, since I can fully understand the hurry.

    My question to them, have you ever shot LIDAR?

    Having spent a few days shooting it (PLIII/UL) on both rural backroads, and major highways, I no longer rush to kill my jammers. I do kill them, but only after I'm positive I'm down at the PSL, and I'm still in no particular hurry. Reason being when your actually shooting it, not all readings are instant, and after shooting hundreds of cars, a couple of second delay in getting a reading on a certain car doesn't even raise an eyebrow. A few cars I didn't get a reading on (no idea if they had jammers or not, but I doubt it), which if I were a LEO I wouldn't have found remotely suspicious.
    Yes after shooting the PLIII myself over the last several days in both City and Interstate locations I am not as concerned about rushing to kill it either. I would say 5% of those I shot at I did not get a reading, but they showed no evasive action like they had a jammer. It was about as typical to target a vehicle for 2-3 seconds before getting a reading as it is to get an instant reading.

    I have yet to even target someone who had a radar detector so I imagine jammers are really quite rare outside the enthusiest arena.

    I did however get one guy doing 49 in a 30 last night only to look back further and see a car closing in on him. I got him at 59 in a 30 and then watch him pull over the first car. I got a LEO speeding.
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    Default Re: Question for people who rush to kill the jammer...

    I would argue to not rush to kill the jammer so much as make an applied effort to get down to the speed limit quickly but smoothly to limit nose dive then kill the jammer in a controlled manner. If your on top of your alerts you should be able to slow, then kill the jammer in less than two seconds unless your into triple digit speeds.

    I've never had a laser hit over 100 mph so I can't testify to performance under that kind of pressure. A laser strike of less than 1000 ft would probably panic me pretty good.
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    Default Re: Question for people who rush to kill the jammer...

    I'd say I've had 4 situations where I didn't even have enough time to slow down. So I was still over the PSL while passing the LEO... that's just how close they shoot at us here in Ohio. (Less than 600 feet easily)

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    Default Re: Question for people who rush to kill the jammer...

    Quote Originally Posted by tosi View Post
    My question to them, have you ever shot LIDAR?
    Yes. I've shot a lot of lidar guns. I fully understand your point. Depending on what gun you use, there are definitely some instances like what you are describing. Usually though, readings are almost instantaneous. As long as I have a clear line of sight and a favorable shooting angle, no car gets past me without me getting its speed.

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    Default Re: Question for people who rush to kill the jammer...

    When I was shooting the PL3 it was acquiring speeds pretty much as fast as I could hit the trigger @ maybe 1000 ft. The Ultralyte LTi was not remotely as quick.
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    Default Re: Question for people who rush to kill the jammer...

    I see almost nothing but Ultralytes and PLIIIs. PLIIIs get a very quick reading on almost everything. The Ultralytes are not as quick, but still pretty good. My biggest fear is that experienced PLIII toting LEO that knows pretty quick that something is up.

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    Default Re: Question for people who rush to kill the jammer...

    Quote Originally Posted by djrams80 View Post
    I see almost nothing but Ultralytes and PLIIIs. PLIIIs get a very quick reading on almost everything. The Ultralytes are not as quick, but still pretty good. My biggest fear is that experienced PLIII toting LEO that knows pretty quick that something is up.
    I cannot post an email exchange on this topic yet. But, vehicle profile (size) is a big contributor to arousing suspicion your jamming.
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