STI Laser Encounter (or lack thereof)

[thetruth]

I was cruising down the turnpike (Oklahoma loves em) about 15 miles outside of Tulsa and I see a Motorcycle on the opposite side of the road with a guy standing in front of it pretty much out in the middle of nowhere...and so I happened to slow down only because I was thinking the guy might have a flat tire or be out of gas...maybe need some help ya know.

Turns out it was a Motor Officer for the city of Broken Arrow shooting hand held laser...I don't know what kind but it was a totally round unit and he was sure trying to hold it steady...there was only one car coming at him on the other side and I kept my speed down cause I'm in a Silverado and figgered I'm a easy target for him to practice on going away...STI never made a sound!

I didn't turn around and get a run at him for further evaluation because it's a stupid toll road. My STI is mounted right in the middle of the windshield under the RVM so it *could* see scatter from behind in a perfect world...

Oh well...just FYI....I'm thinking LPP jammer...I was wanting a 9500 later this year to play with but it might be better to get my priorities straight.

[Cips]

The only way to defeat laser is with a jammer. It's very difficult for any RD to get a real laser warning. And if it does, more times than not you're the one being hit.

[Freebird]

I have never got a alert of laser on the STI unless i was being hit. Gotta love that cb radio for the warning he was there before i got shot. Ohio toll road sitting in the middle.

[spankyaf]

How do you know he shot you at all? If you slowed as you said then he probably didnt bother. I've had excellent laser response from the Sti

[2Strokers]

I can honestly say I got a laser save 2 weeks ago LEO under bridge on I-95 on right side of the road in FL, shot a car about quarter mile ahead of me. I knew it was laser since I've had laser falses near Ft Lauderdale's airport. I really wasn't too far over the limit so I just eased off a bit.... then I got shot hard about 10 seconds later. Straight line of sight and he was using a hand held, not a tripod so I guess I got some splatter. Florida used to not use that much laser since they want to keep their cars rolling for more exposure. I guess the rise in gas prices may of changed their reasoning.

[sascuderi]

Just came back from a trip to the Delaware Beaches this weekend.

LEOs where all over route 1 from 95 to Rehoboth Beach. At one point a LEO was on an overpass and they were pulling cars over 5-6 at a time! Another LEO 15 miles later was shooting Laser from the center medium.

For the Laser, by the time detector went off I could see the LEO, so if I was speeding probably would have been too late.

At the beach, LEO's were using Ka in town so had more time to slow down.

So that was a total of 3 speed traps in 70 miles of driving!

[christosxo]

The only way to defeat laser is with a jammer. It's very difficult for any RD to get a real laser warning. And if it does, more times than not you're the one being hit.

X2

I agree with you 8)