Comedy justification for looking like a numpty.
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I put my foot in it big style last night when introduced to the partner of a colleague, during polite conversation I asked what he did for a living and got the reply "I'm a long distance lorry driver" I then steamed straight in with "Christ I hope you haven't got those daft LED's on your washer jets and a line of CD's along the front of the cab" but not only did I get the blank look but the response of "Yes and I'm bloody glad too they've saved my neck a few times". Now this is where it gets really comedy value he then proceeded to try convincing me that the combination of blue LED's (because of their position in the light spectrum don't you know 
) and the CD's was able to "reflect" (not even refract) the beam of a police laser and that I must be a numpty for not nowing such a pearl of wisdom. I stiffled a snigger replied with "I thought the police were trying to get a reflection of their laser of the front of your lorry" and shuffled off to mingle with some others higher up the evolutionary chain mumbling "cnut" 
(mental image of police laser hitting a cd and bursts of Tom Jones filling the cab)
Christmas parties don't you just love them, you get to meet such a wide and varied cross section of brain donor, be carefull people there are those out their that actually believe this kind of bollox and their licensed to drive 50 tonne trucks.
) and the CD's was able to "reflect" (not even refract) the beam of a police laser and that I must be a numpty for not nowing such a pearl of wisdom. I stiffled a snigger replied with "I thought the police were trying to get a reflection of their laser of the front of your lorry" and shuffled off to mingle with some others higher up the evolutionary chain mumbling "cnut" (mental image of police laser hitting a cd and bursts of Tom Jones filling the cab) Christmas parties don't you just love them, you get to meet such a wide and varied cross section of brain donor, be carefull people there are those out their that actually believe this kind of bollox and their licensed to drive 50 tonne trucks.
Now this is where it gets really comedy value he then proceeded to try convincing me that the combination of blue LED's (because of their position in the light spectrum don't you know
As a trained optics profesional with a PhD in laser physics, can I assure everybody that this is UTTER TOSS. Blue LEDS (short wavelength) do not interfere with red/infrared lasers (long wavelength), they just look stupid. And as for the CDs......
Where do people get these ideas from? I'm off to do a web search and find out....
Ecellent ! well done Mel Years ago, in my ham radio days, I started a rumour on the CB channels that old, used coaxial cable worked better than the new stuff because it acquired an 'RF coating' that helped the signals travel up the cable better. Not only did I keep finding people telling each other this, some of them even came and told me! To add insult to (their) injury I was then able to flog several lengths of old coax that I'd had lying around in the cupboard for a while, at inflated prices 
CB-ers, don't you love 'em. Errr... aren't a lot of truckers also CB-ers...?! :arfarf:
Ian
CB-ers, don't you love 'em. Errr... aren't a lot of truckers also CB-ers...?! :arfarf:
Ian
Ahhh, CB radio, the internet of its time. I coudn't find anything, even on some of the slightly more dubious maxpowery sites about this, so I guess CB is the way it has spread.
Like the magnet idea, but we want something more visible, more obviously denoting stupidity.
I hear Tinsel around the windscreen make a good lidar diffuser......
Like the magnet idea, but we want something more visible, more obviously denoting stupidity.
I hear Tinsel around the windscreen make a good lidar diffuser......
Right it's official and I'll tell you lot as long as you all promise to keep stum and not let the feds find out. I drove through a police laser speed trap today and didn't get pulled afterwards, that is because the DartTag I've got on my windscreen interferes with the frequency of the laser and gives a reading to the officer of £18.00 credit and not 130mph as it should have been. Lets see if Dart Tag sales now go through the roof
Here's an idea - how about we tell em that wrapping clingfilm around your numberplate distorts the image that the camera picks up - all to do with the refractive index of PVC bending the laser in different directions. But it has to be high-PVC content nclingfilm - the 'fatty food safe' version won't work.
Or we could tell em to put a sheet of foil on the front of the dash
Or we could tell em to put a sheet of foil on the front of the dash
wedg1e said: Years ago, in my ham radio days, I started a rumour on the CB channels that old, used coaxial cable worked better than the new stuff because it acquired an 'RF coating' that helped the signals travel up the cable better.
I did a similar thing many years ago - persuaded a ship's radio operator he'd get better radar transmission if he painted the scanner
k! ...another irritating numptie move.
Have you noticed some folks in petrol stations lifting up and shaking the hose to make sure every last drop gets into the tank. Problem is the 'tap' is at the end of the hose, so once you've shut it off, messing about with the hose just make you look a dork.
WB
>> Edited by williamball on Tuesday 17th December 18:56
Have you noticed some folks in petrol stations lifting up and shaking the hose to make sure every last drop gets into the tank. Problem is the 'tap' is at the end of the hose, so once you've shut it off, messing about with the hose just make you look a dork.
WB
>> Edited by williamball on Tuesday 17th December 18:56
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