MO - Troopers get Lidar in Macon District

[StlouisX50]

MoDOT North Central District News Release
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November 24, 2008 Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety Purchases New Lidar Guns for Highway Patrol
MACON - The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety's North Central Region recently purchased two new lidar guns for the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Troop B Headquarter to be used by officers in their troop.

Officers use the lidar guns to calculate the speed a vehicle is traveling. They are more accurate than a regular radar gun, and are capable of focusing on a single vehicle no matter how closely that vehicle is to another moving object.

The goal of the Missouri Coalition is to reduce accidents and fatalities, and speeding is one of the leading causes of accidents on our roadways. The Coalition knows the $5,788.00 price tag is money well spent, as these lidar guns will assist the patrol in enforcing the speed limit.

Captain John Elliott and Lieutenant Eric Olson greatly appreciated receiving the new guns and look forward to getting them in the hands of their field officers.

The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety is comprised of many partners across Missouri who have banned together in an effort to reduce fatalities and save lives on Missouri's roadways.

For more information on the Coalition visit savemolives.com/northcentral or call 1-888-ASK-MoDOT.

[StlouisX50]

Wonderful, besides the taxes I pay to the police department for new equipment, now the taxes I pay for highways is going towards new police equipment too.

Just to try to come back and bite me in the ass in the very end.

[v1user]

$5,788.00 for one or 2 guns?

[SpeedinLancer]

I've been waiting to test out my LI in a real-world scenerio. Let's go trap crashing =)

[v1user]

I've been waiting to test out my LI in a real-world scenerio. Let's go trap crashing =)

This weekend operation CARE. Had any jams yet?

[StlouisX50]

I've been waiting to test out my LI in a real-world scenerio. Let's go trap crashing =)

This weekend operation CARE. Had any jams yet?

Was not out on the highways nor in the Macon district so I saw nothing

[v1user]

I've been waiting to test out my LI in a real-world scenerio. Let's go trap crashing =)

This weekend operation CARE. Had any jams yet?

Was not out on the highways nor in the Macon district so I saw nothing

I took 70 and 54 to the Ozarks this weekend and the bear's were thick. Three were using QT. Three were using C/O and 1 was being very very selective with I/O.