Amazing Laser

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02-25-2009, 01:05 AM
ghz1

Amazing Laser

Racing into town tonight speeding 30 over the PSL all by myself on a four lane road. My .863 went nuts. OMG I just hit the brakes to the PSL, looking ahead I could see 3 cops about 400 meters up the road so I pulled the V1 down put in the glove box and hoped for the best. Well I tell ya that V1 Saved my “A” big time I do not know what the cop was doing with his Laser gun but It don't get a ID on me. The alert went for a good 3 sec before I pulled the V1 down. It was dusk so my head lights were on Did that save me? i really was starting to crap my self when I drove by them.
Thanks VR.
02-25-2009, 01:36 AM
djrams80

Re: Amazing Laser

Headlights have little to no effect on today's laser guns. The only way to know why you didn't get a ticket is to ask the LEO. Anything else would be a total guess. A couple of weeks ago I got drilled by I/O 35.5Ka. I was at least 25 mph over the PSL and didn't get a ticket. Sometimes, you just get lucky.

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...cky-today.html
02-25-2009, 09:33 AM
stevo1569

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghz1

Racing into town tonight speeding 30 over the PSL all by myself on a four lane road. Thanks VR.

Thats Intelligent!:w00t:

Anyway, yea V1 is damn good at laser. Also, good idea with taking it down. I would have done the same thing.
02-25-2009, 10:06 AM
AirMoore

Re: Amazing Laser

Bottom line: You got lucky.
02-25-2009, 10:38 AM
Fanman

Re: Amazing Laser

Wow! I had a similar thing happen to me. LEO was about 1500 feet away when I was 20 over PSL from in a 35. I heard the distinctive laser Two-tone beep from my V1 with the bars lit up so i jammed the brakes hard! I drove by the LEO without incident.

I've a pretty small dark colored car with only a little chrome and rather small headlights, yet a very reflective front license plate. Hoping that when I get my blinder M25 installed it'll do all that I need it to.
02-25-2009, 11:13 AM
RadarKid

Re: Amazing Laser

yea mine is awesome at detecting Infinitis up to .5 mile away....

No need to take mine down...he'd never see it unless he got in the drivers seat.
02-25-2009, 12:37 PM
stevo1569

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadarKid

yea mine is awesome at detecting Infinitis up to .5 mile away....

All too common...:(
02-25-2009, 05:53 PM
fire65

Re: Amazing Laser

30 over with no rabbit, WTF. No way I would ever do that. If I did get caught I would chalk it up to stupidity.
02-25-2009, 10:07 PM
ghz1

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by fire65

30 over with no rabbit, WTF. No way I would ever do that. If I did get caught I would chalk it up to stupidity.

True, but I was in the sh!t with my wife cause I was late picking here up from work and i wanted to get some sleep that night etc etc.
02-25-2009, 10:24 PM
An0nym0us

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by fire65

30 over with no rabbit, WTF. No way I would ever do that. If I did get caught I would chalk it up to stupidity.

It is easy doing that through a small town because almost every single one of them run CO Ka and I would dare myself to go 30 over with no rabbit but the problem is that some town always have traffic enforcement almost at all times in my region.
02-25-2009, 10:35 PM
djrams80

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by fire65

30 over with no rabbit, WTF. No way I would ever do that. If I did get caught I would chalk it up to stupidity.

I run well over the PSL all the time, almost always without a rabbit, because I'm impatient. I know it will cost me tickets at some point, but I'm OK with that. I drive too fast to expect to be saved from every ticket. I realize that. I just want to be able to drive the speeds I like, without threat of losing my license. Having all the countermeasures I do affords me that luxury.
02-26-2009, 05:53 AM
KaPro

Re: Amazing Laser

^^^X2. GHz, if I was in your shoes I would do the same thing. I'd rather chance a ticket than incur the "wrath".:eek:
02-26-2009, 06:03 AM
RadarKid

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by djrams80

I run well over the PSL all the time, almost always without a rabbit, because I'm impatient. I know it will cost me tickets at some point, but I'm OK with that. I drive too fast to expect to be saved from every ticket. I realize that. I just want to be able to drive the speeds I like, without threat of losing my license. Having all the countermeasures I do affords me that luxury.

you're the reason why cops believe all drivers who happen to have a detector own it for the purpose of driving recklessly. which is why they tend to target drivers that they see have detectors, and are less likely to give a warning once they see it. the rest of us that use it for the occasional times we may not realize we're over the PSL pay the price for it. well done.
02-26-2009, 06:14 AM
KnightHawk

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by djrams80

Headlights have little to no effect on today's laser guns.

There is some truth that headlights do have some effect dj. I brought up a question which I posted a while back shooting laser at dusk with headlights on. Results vary from vehicle to vehicle and also depends on the distance and laser gun used. There was a video around here were a civic with DRL's showed an E code and just could not find it.
02-26-2009, 07:41 AM
djrams80

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadarKid

you're the reason why cops believe all drivers who happen to have a detector own it for the purpose of driving recklessly. which is why they tend to target drivers that they see have detectors, and are less likely to give a warning once they see it. the rest of us that use it for the occasional times we may not realize we're over the PSL pay the price for it. well done.

Oh really? Please explain how this is possible, since I've never in my life been pulled over for speeding with a RD on my windshield. This is part of the beauty of having remotely installed RDs. When the LEO looks around my car, they see no sign of a RD, which certainly would make it hard to equate fast drivers like me with RDs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KnightHawk

There is some truth that headlights do have some effect dj. I brought up a question which I posted a while back shooting laser at dusk with headlights on. Results vary from vehicle to vehicle and also depends on the distance and laser gun used. There was a video around here were a civic with DRL's showed an E code and just could not find it.

I don't have any problems getting speed readings when I shoot laser at night. I don't notice any difference between night and day in speed aquisition time.

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...eadlights.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by MetalFlame

Most LiDAR guns have very tight narrowband filter in front of photo receiver and everything that's not "in-sync" and on same wave lenghth,is filtered away.High beams,low beams,park lights...etc.does not distort,delay or have any effect on speed measurment.
02-26-2009, 08:29 AM
RadarKid

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by djrams80

Oh really? Please explain how this is possible, since I've never in my life been pulled over for speeding with a RD on my windshield. This is part of the beauty of having remotely installed RDs. When the LEO looks around my car, they see no sign of a RD, which certainly would make it hard to equate fast drivers like me with RDs.

Oh my mistake......I thought you ran a V1 on the windshield as well.

And for some reason it doesnt surprise me that an officer has never said:
"I pulled you over because you have a radar detector"

or

"I'm writing you a ticket instead of a warning because you have a radar detector"

Similar to the fact that they've probably never told anyone:
"I pulled you over because you're black"

But thats just me
02-26-2009, 09:42 AM
KnightHawk

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by djrams80

I don't have any problems getting speed readings when I shoot laser at night. I don't notice any difference between night and day in speed aquisition time.

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...eadlights.html

Which laser gun did you use?
02-26-2009, 10:14 AM
ghz1

Re: Amazing Laser

My town seems to run the old pro laser 2, they have a great big gray battery pack on the ground aswell.
02-26-2009, 10:53 AM
djrams80

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadarKid

Oh my mistake......I thought you ran a V1 on the windshield as well.

I do, but this is only a recent addition.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadarKid

And for some reason it doesnt surprise me that an officer has never said:
"I pulled you over because you have a radar detector"

or

"I'm writing you a ticket instead of a warning because you have a radar detector"

Similar to the fact that they've probably never told anyone:
"I pulled you over because you're black"

But thats just me

Now you're going on some crazy tangent. You specifically accused me of being "the reason why cops believe all drivers who happen to have a detector own it for the purpose of driving recklessly". Again I ask, why would a cop associate reckless driving and RDs because of me, when no cop could have possibly seen my RD after pulling me over for driving recklessly, not to mention the fact that I've never been accused of reckless driving?
02-26-2009, 10:54 AM
djrams80

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by KnightHawk

Which laser gun did you use?

Kustom PLII.
02-26-2009, 01:10 PM
RadarKid

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Again I ask, why would a cop associate reckless driving and RDs because of me, when no cop could have possibly seen my RD after pulling me over for driving recklessly

I thought you used a V1 mounted on the windshield......

"I do"- YOUR Quote

Quote:

not to mention the fact that I've never been accused of reckless driving?

"I run well over the PSL all the time, almost always without a rabbit, because I'm impatient. I know it will cost me tickets at some point, but I'm OK with that. I drive too fast to expect to be saved from every ticket. I realize that. I just want to be able to drive the speeds I like, without threat of losing my license" - YOUR Quote
02-26-2009, 01:26 PM
djrams80

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadarKid

I thought you used a V1 mounted on the windshield......

"I do"- YOUR Quote

"I run well over the PSL all the time, almost always without a rabbit, because I'm impatient. I know it will cost me tickets at some point, but I'm OK with that. I drive too fast to expect to be saved from every ticket. I realize that. I just want to be able to drive the speeds I like, without threat of losing my license" - YOUR Quote

I'm not sure what you think you're proving by quoting me and underlining words. Since I have never been pulled over for reckless driving(or even speeding for that matter) with a RD on my windshield, then I cannot be the reason why LEOs associate RDs with reckless driving.
02-26-2009, 05:35 PM
ghz1

Re: Amazing Laser

Anyway gentlemen. I'm pretty sure the cop had a unstable hand and with the V1 laser detection being the BEST it gave me warning to save my a$$. :geekon:
02-28-2009, 10:02 AM
CJR238

Re: Amazing Laser

Quote:

Originally Posted by RadarKid

you're the reason why cops believe all drivers who happen to have a detector own it for the purpose of driving recklessly. which is why they tend to target drivers that they see have detectors, and are less likely to give a warning once they see it. the rest of us that use it for the occasional times we may not realize we're over the PSL pay the price for it. well done.

:arg:

Almost all the LEO's i have encountered while using a RD ether have no idea how well, or bad they work, or even care. I have never seen or spoke to a LEO that targets RD users directly.

Most LEO's prefer Radar or laser because its a preference, not because it will catch a RD user better.

Cops are some of the craziest and biggest culprits for speeding, so I think they have a better understanding than just thinking RD users main purpose is to speed and drive recklessly.

Back on topic:

I honestly think allot of LEO's are a bit shaky with there laser guns because i always seem to get warning. Its as if they are running it over all the cars till they find a target they want.
I had one shooting through his windshield, or at least that's what it appeared to be. It was dark and his truck was facing toward me. He actually shot at me 2 times the first time i was 15-20 over the 2nd i was 9 over.
02-28-2009, 02:48 PM
happya$$

Re: Amazing Laser

The V1 can be mounted high and it will still pick up laser as good as if it was mounted low. Its laser sensititivity is out of this world. Ask Staton how he put his V1 in his glove compartment and it still picked up laser at SML a couple of years ago