how to disable a scam van, found by accident!

[bryan35]

LTI 20/20's don't like specular reflections (as well as other things).
Completely by chance this morning, a Hull scam van was clearly annoyed that the sun was bouncing off an object somewhere straight at them.
SO from this, what you need is a mirror that you can hold steady and the sun.

Now my car has electric mirrors, i bet others have too!

[mybrainhurts]

So, all I've got to do is control the movement of the sun?

[bryan35]

well no, but you can sit in the car and keep adjusting the mirror so the reflection is always pointing in the right direction.

Hours of fun to be had.

[cen]

Or maybe while the officer is sitting for hours in the van buy a can of expanding foam and spray into his exhaust pipe. What do you reckon will happen?

[mybrainhurts]

Constipated van.....?

[corozin]

And there was me thinking this thread was going to have instructions for handling hi-explosives...

Pah!

[ATG]

I imagine the problem is the operators can't see the on-coming cars coz they're being dazzled by the reflected sunlight ... makes one wonder what would happen if one were to accidently point a laser pointer at the van through a weak lens to widen the beam a little ...

[Streetcop]

ATG said:

makes one wonder what would happen if one were to accidently point a laser pointer at the van through a weak lens to widen the beam a little ...

You'd get locked up...

[Richard C]

Sunlight particularly at low angles - morning and evening has plenty of infrared in it at 904nm wavelength. I have found that a laser detector can go off due to sunlight.

Laser pointer is visible red light at 635nm or thereabouts. The light energy emitted by a leaser pointer at 904nm is very low and can be seen easily by the human eye.

[Fat Audi 80]

cen said:

Or maybe while the officer is sitting for hours in the van buy a can of expanding foam and spray into his exhaust pipe. What do you reckon will happen?

No, offer them donuts and while they are distracted poke three bananas up the tail pipe a la Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop

[wolves_wanderer]

I always found pulling over after "seeing a warning light" and popping the bonnet up has a similar effect, albeit dependant on you not having anything more important to do

[Streetcop]

wolves_wanderer said:

I always found pulling over after "seeing a warning light" and popping the bonnet up has a similar effect, albeit dependant on you not having anything more important to do

[wolves_wanderer]

Streetcop said:

wolves_wanderer said: I always found pulling over after "seeing a warning light" and popping the bonnet up has a similar effect, albeit dependant on you not having anything more important to do

Bonnet in way of laser=no scamming till they, or I move. Simple really!

[mrmaggit]

Streetcop said:

wolves_wanderer said: I always found pulling over after "seeing a warning light" and popping the bonnet up has a similar effect, albeit dependant on you not having anything more important to do

Aw c'mon Street. You're not that dumb. I'd do it. Indeed, I have done, albeit around the next corner. I must have saved at least £500 in fines myself. Can't remember exactly when, mind.

[Streetcop]

I'm still lost.....you mean;

see a speed trap you past in excess of the speed, then pull up around the corner and flip the bonnet to pretend something is wrong. When Bib arrive, plead car probs?

Street

[Boosted Ls1]

Nope, he means obstruct the scammers field of view whilst having your lunch or letting the engine cool

Boosted.

[wolves_wanderer]

Boosted Ls1 said:

Nope, he means obstruct the scammers field of view whilst having your lunch or letting the engine cool Boosted.

Exactly, being observant you see the scam in advance, have nothing better to do than piss off some scammers, stop in front of the van and block it's view with your bonnet.

Come on Street, it's not that hard a concept surely

[Streetcop]

It was hard for me.......I didn't have a clue what you were on about...

I do now....thanks for being patient...

Street

[ATG]

Richard C said:

Sunlight particularly at low angles - morning and evening has plenty of infrared in it at 904nm wavelength. I have found that a laser detector can go off due to sunlight. Laser pointer is visible red light at 635nm or thereabouts. The light energy emitted by a leaser pointer at 904nm is very low and can be seen easily by the human eye.

Yes. The whole point would be to dazzle the operator so they can't point the device. p.s. I am not recommending this as a course of action. It's very unpleasant looking into a laser, even though it is perfectly harmless with laser pointers (only knock out abot 3mW .. damage threshold for eye is around 10mW).

[towman]

wolves_wanderer said:

Exactly, being observant you see the scam in advance, have nothing better to do than piss off some scammers, stop in front of the van and block it's view with your bonnet.

Similar, but just as effective......pull up (in BIG truck) and obstruct view. Ask for directions and pretend not to understand.