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Snake Oil. IMHO.
Laser Detectors may provide some warning. A proper jammer is a different matter - but again...could be interpreted as an offence.
I have traditionally taken the view that good observation eliminates 99% of the threat of speed enforcement. Of late I have considered additional electronic assistance - but no doubt I won't get around to it prior to it being banned.
I have 3pts on my licence. But I saw the cops doing it and drove past 'em confident I was obeying the speed limit and couldn't be prosecuted. Oops. Two lanes doth not a dual carriageway make. 70 in a 60 and the North Wales Police. Nice.
So basically...why bother with nonsense that's unlikely to work. If I was on 9pts and facing a ban on totting up it might be worth spending some cash on extra help but otherwise why not just keep your eyes peeled...
Laser Detectors may provide some warning. A proper jammer is a different matter - but again...could be interpreted as an offence.
I have traditionally taken the view that good observation eliminates 99% of the threat of speed enforcement. Of late I have considered additional electronic assistance - but no doubt I won't get around to it prior to it being banned.
I have 3pts on my licence. But I saw the cops doing it and drove past 'em confident I was obeying the speed limit and couldn't be prosecuted. Oops. Two lanes doth not a dual carriageway make. 70 in a 60 and the North Wales Police. Nice.
So basically...why bother with nonsense that's unlikely to work. If I was on 9pts and facing a ban on totting up it might be worth spending some cash on extra help but otherwise why not just keep your eyes peeled...
Well in theory it is possible to reduce the range for example black tinted windows, do exactly that as do less reflective cars. Don't buy a silver car!!
So depending on what this stuff is it could possibly work. All it needs to be is something that absorbs light at around 904nm lots of stuff does this.
I have the necessary equipment a Prolaser to test the stuff if anyones knows a source of it.
So depending on what this stuff is it could possibly work. All it needs to be is something that absorbs light at around 904nm lots of stuff does this.
I have the necessary equipment a Prolaser to test the stuff if anyones knows a source of it.
phlea said:No but I asked a similar question last week.
Has anybody tried this product?... www.laserveil.com/
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Blademan
Road Vehicles Display of Registration Marks regs 2001?
A registration plate must not be treated in any other way which renders the characters of the registration mark less easily distinguishable to the eye or which would prevent or impair the making of a true photographic image of the plate through the medium of camera and film or any other device.
which could cost you 1000 notes, thank you.
DVD
A registration plate must not be treated in any other way which renders the characters of the registration mark less easily distinguishable to the eye or which would prevent or impair the making of a true photographic image of the plate through the medium of camera and film or any other device.
which could cost you 1000 notes, thank you.
DVD
If you find a method of reflecting only non visible light on the plate, without altering it. Technicaly you are not imparing it being seen or photographed. Shame this is very hard to do
Also perhaps spraying the car matt black would be an advantage. Your car does not look shiny but light will seem to fall into it, you can make hitchhiker's guide references and the bodywork will absorb laser very well. Could reduce range. If you have those small projection headlights this could further reduce range. However the numberplate is still a highty reflective target with its corner cube backing. To passively beat the laser on a numberplate would require some very precise glasswear and lots of refraction equations on the wavelength. I think this is a little beyond a meer sunblock
Also perhaps spraying the car matt black would be an advantage. Your car does not look shiny but light will seem to fall into it, you can make hitchhiker's guide references and the bodywork will absorb laser very well. Could reduce range. If you have those small projection headlights this could further reduce range. However the numberplate is still a highty reflective target with its corner cube backing. To passively beat the laser on a numberplate would require some very precise glasswear and lots of refraction equations on the wavelength. I think this is a little beyond a meer sunblock
another quick note before I vanish off for lunch.
If you have Xenon headlights and put them on full beam, you can't get a speed reading at all via a laser gun.
Even normal headlights make locking on a problem when on full beam.
Xenons flicker at high frequency, and are b****y bright.
If you have Xenon headlights and put them on full beam, you can't get a speed reading at all via a laser gun.
Even normal headlights make locking on a problem when on full beam.
Xenons flicker at high frequency, and are b****y bright.
Dwight VanDriver said:
Road Vehicles Display of Registration Marks regs 2001?
A registration plate must not be treated in any other way which renders the characters of the registration mark less easily distinguishable to the eye or which would prevent or impair the making of a true photographic image of the plate through the medium of camera and film or any other device.
which could cost you 1000 notes, thank you.
DVD
Is firing a laser at a plate, "taking a photographic image" of it or just bouncing light off a flat surface?
No picture, no problem under the above wording.
I have a black, low slung car. It has Pop-up/down headlights and a non reflective plate fitted at a slight downward angle with the front fogs removed to eliminate reflection.
Id be extremely interested in seeing how well itd fare against any of the laser guns in current use, and im pretty confident the range at which its detectable is probably around the 200 foot mark.
Might get around to testing it one day.
Id be extremely interested in seeing how well itd fare against any of the laser guns in current use, and im pretty confident the range at which its detectable is probably around the 200 foot mark.
Might get around to testing it one day.
I have to admit, I'm tempted to try it on my lights, and would test it on a spare plate to see if it's obviously visible.
I've done all the other obvious ones, like black car, small (though legal) front plate with slight downward angle etc.
I've been lasered twice recently (on clear open stretches of the M6 toll) at speeds where I expected to get done, and on both occasions they took a second reading, by which time I was near the legal limit. I don't know if this is down to not being able to get a reading on the first try or not, but anything I can do to reduce my laser signature is worth a try.
At the end of the day it's only £50.
I've done all the other obvious ones, like black car, small (though legal) front plate with slight downward angle etc.
I've been lasered twice recently (on clear open stretches of the M6 toll) at speeds where I expected to get done, and on both occasions they took a second reading, by which time I was near the legal limit. I don't know if this is down to not being able to get a reading on the first try or not, but anything I can do to reduce my laser signature is worth a try.
At the end of the day it's only £50.
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