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AceFreely
05-24-2005, 11:58 AM
Has anyone tested LIDAR at night? Or does anyone know if LEOs use LIDAR at night?
I am going to be driving from Louisville to Orlando next month and I have to go through Georgia (seems to be the LIDAR capital, I know they love to write tickets to vacationers). I plan on driving at night and was just wondering what to expect...
nomore55
05-24-2005, 12:06 PM
I've yet to see it used at night...but then again, it's not very common in my neck of the woods :D
compu44
05-24-2005, 12:06 PM
Has anyone tested LIDAR at night? Or does anyone know if LEOs use LIDAR at night?
I am going to be driving from Louisville to Orlando next month and I have to go through Georgia (seems to be the LIDAR capital, I know they love to write tickets to vacationers). I plan on driving at night and was just wondering what to expect...
Lidar can be used at night but I've heard that a lot of officers don't like to use it because they obviously don't like staring at people's headlights through the sights on the lidar gun.
AceFreely
05-24-2005, 12:09 PM
Excellent point compu...I to would not like to stare at headlights for any extended amount of time. I bet you are right.
sethy
05-24-2005, 05:39 PM
In ohio, the state patrol use laser during the night as well. I am curious to know if they guess at the front license plate or tag the headlight...
L33T_Hacksta
05-24-2005, 06:25 PM
A couple weeks ago i got hit by laser at 9:30PM at night. My X50 alerted about 3/4 of a mile away, i guess hitting my hood, bouncing the signal to the detector? My M-20 Blinder also alerted and I could only assume he was being jammed. I was the only car in sight at the time and the laser warning didnt end till i got past the cops. Heres the thread....
http://www.radardetector.net/Laser-Experience-TONIGHT%21%21%21%21-1499t.php
-L33T_Hacksta
AceFreely
05-24-2005, 06:51 PM
A couple weeks ago i got hit by laser at 9:30PM at night. My X50 alerted about 3/4 of a mile away, i guess hitting my hood, bouncing the signal to the detector? My M-20 Blinder also alerted and I could only assume he was being jammed. I was the only car in sight at the time and the laser warning didnt end till i got past the cops.
Damn, that sux. I was hoping to not have to worry about laser on my trip to FL. Oh well, thanks for the responses.
rockmeupto125
05-24-2005, 08:21 PM
Just got hit in Illinois on Route 70 Sunday night around 10:30 PM eastbound. I saw a lot of brake lights in front of me moments before, and imagine there were other alerts as well. I received two prolonged alarms and drove by, so I assume my Blinder works.
:evil: Valdosta, Georgia BEWARE there are police nearly every three miles hidden behind construction barricades, guard rales, and parked along embankment slopes i was hit with laser about at 9 pm as soon as you leave florida http://www.speedtrap.org/
AceFreely
05-24-2005, 09:51 PM
Thanks for the tip popa! I take at least one road trip to FL every year and I am always amazed at the amount of speed traps in GA. IMO, FL make big bucks from the tourist in the summer. The only way that GA can get a slice of that money is for them to set up traps for those that are heading to FL.
I used to be in management, that said, I bet they actually tell the officers that their primary purpose is to write tickets. They probably have entry level positions for that very purpose...
happya$$
05-25-2005, 04:34 AM
I n my area (Cleveland area) they use it HEAVILY at night. The $$$$ are much more important for the cities than their officer's discomfort.
AceFreely
05-25-2005, 08:06 AM
I n my area (Cleveland area) they use it HEAVILY at night. The $$$$ are much more important for the cities than their officer's discomfort.
Guess I'll have to take it easy through GA. then...Or maybe Laser Mimic will be out soon enough.
happya$$
05-25-2005, 08:31 AM
Actually all you need is a black bra, the laser Veil, the Laser Shield, and preferably a V1 due to its awesome laser detection capability
AceFreely
05-25-2005, 08:34 AM
Actually all you need is a black bra, the laser Veil, the Laser Shield, and preferably a V1 due to its awesome laser detection capability
Dammit, I knew I should have fought harder to keep the V1!
holein1
05-25-2005, 05:07 PM
Has anyone tested LIDAR at night? Or does anyone know if LEOs use LIDAR at night?
I am going to be driving from Louisville to Orlando next month and I have to go through Georgia (seems to be the LIDAR capital, I know they love to write tickets to vacationers). I plan on driving at night and was just wondering what to expect...
Where I live they love to use it at night, just a couple of day's ago I was nailed by the local shefiff's dept. As I was coming around a bend in the road he was waiting for me at the bottom of the hill, parked sideways at the entrance to a medical building with his window down just sitting there waiting to snipe someone had I been speeding I would have been screwed!!