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Clearly nobody really knows if these are legal or not at the moment.
I have seen them advertised as garage door openers. Does anybody know if they can actually be configured to open a garage door?
I ask as I have electric doors on my garage which operate from a remote control. It would obviously be a great defence if could actually use the LRC 10 to open the doors.
I have seen them advertised as garage door openers. Does anybody know if they can actually be configured to open a garage door?
I ask as I have electric doors on my garage which operate from a remote control. It would obviously be a great defence if could actually use the LRC 10 to open the doors.
Let's take a more pragmatic view of jammers.
At present they have not, in themselves, been deemed illegal. A couple (or more) prosecutions have been threatened for 'obstruction of a Police Officer in the course of his duty'. In all known cases (I think) the accused pleaded guilty and was fined, but no points were added as it is not a driving offence.
However, if a 'not-guilty' plea were entered the outcome seems uncertain. Since the Talivans do not normally have a pursuit vehicle on-hand to stop a vehicle the laser operator believes may have been emitting a jamming signal, all they could do is to get a warrant to come to your home and seize your car. By then you may well have removed the jammer, especially if it's a vehicle registered to a company and you get to hear that they are after you. Surely you would simply remove the jammer for a short while. They would really have to stop you immediately to be in with a realistic chance.
Remember, it's your £60 they want and they're not going to get this stripping down cars which have had their jammers removed, then paying out compensation for wrongfully depriving owners of their vehicles.
If the laser-camera operator is a civilian, then the offence of 'Obstructing a Police Officer.....' would not wash anyway, as a civvie is not a Police Officer.
All-in-all it seems worth while having a jammer, if only for peace-of-mind on long journeys. By all means call it a 'garage door opener' if it makes you feel better, but it is really a laser-jammer (and a good thing too).
Until they make it a specific offence to cause an 'Error Code xx' on a laser-gun, then there is no great problem, surely. All you are doing is emitting a light (albeit invisible) down the road in a manner which does not dazzle other road users.
At present they have not, in themselves, been deemed illegal. A couple (or more) prosecutions have been threatened for 'obstruction of a Police Officer in the course of his duty'. In all known cases (I think) the accused pleaded guilty and was fined, but no points were added as it is not a driving offence.
However, if a 'not-guilty' plea were entered the outcome seems uncertain. Since the Talivans do not normally have a pursuit vehicle on-hand to stop a vehicle the laser operator believes may have been emitting a jamming signal, all they could do is to get a warrant to come to your home and seize your car. By then you may well have removed the jammer, especially if it's a vehicle registered to a company and you get to hear that they are after you. Surely you would simply remove the jammer for a short while. They would really have to stop you immediately to be in with a realistic chance.
Remember, it's your £60 they want and they're not going to get this stripping down cars which have had their jammers removed, then paying out compensation for wrongfully depriving owners of their vehicles.
If the laser-camera operator is a civilian, then the offence of 'Obstructing a Police Officer.....' would not wash anyway, as a civvie is not a Police Officer.
All-in-all it seems worth while having a jammer, if only for peace-of-mind on long journeys. By all means call it a 'garage door opener' if it makes you feel better, but it is really a laser-jammer (and a good thing too).
Until they make it a specific offence to cause an 'Error Code xx' on a laser-gun, then there is no great problem, surely. All you are doing is emitting a light (albeit invisible) down the road in a manner which does not dazzle other road users.
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