What's the latest on laser jammers?

[regmolehusband]

There's a bit of a debate on blatchat.com so I was wondering whether there's any up-to-date news on laser jammers. Apparently, while the bloke in Gwent was released without charge, two in Lancashire were not.

Does anybody know the latest position?

[regmolehusband]

So nobody knows?

[DennisTheMenace]

They are a illegal , so illegal i am getting one for the bike

Buy one they dont play fair so why should we !

[apeebles]

It's a good question which I would like to know the answer to as well. I could be investing in one of these when I return to the UK in Jan.

[count duckula]

They are not illegal to have, but if they are used in jamming a Bibs laser gun then you can be done for preventing the course of revenue raising, opps I mean duty.

Get one.

Malc

[gh0st]

Got one on the bike

Hopefully getting it tested this weekend

[james_j]

In October 2003's Classic & Sportscar magazine, the is an advertisement (page 163) for a laser jammer: Rocky Mountain Laser / Radar Detector and Laser Jammer.

They claim that it is legal, in that there are no laws against the transmission of its infra red jamming beam. If this is true, £329.99 sounds tempting.

[rich 36]

get one now before they outlaw em.

[gh0st]

james_j said:

In October 2003's Classic & Sportscar magazine, the is an advertisement (page 163) for a laser jammer: Rocky Mountain Laser / Radar Detector and Laser Jammer. They claim that it is legal, in that there are no laws against the transmission of its infra red jamming beam. If this is true, £329.99 sounds tempting.

There are no laws against transmitting light otherwise I would be in trouble whenever I opened the fridge door...

The problem is using the light (infra red or laser diode in the LRC case) to interfere with a policemans job.

IMO they would not bother with you as you are just one lost £60. There might be a risk of it costing them money if it goes through court and they lose so as long as you use the jammer sensibly then you should not have a problem (i.e slow down to speed limit, turn it off, let them get a reading, on your merry way again )

[john_p]

gh0st said:

The problem is using the light (infra red or laser diode in the LRC case) to interfere with a policemans job.

Of course it may not be a policeman in the Talivan! So interfering with him - with his speed detector at least - should not be a problem..

[gh0st]

Exactly! Bring on the civies!

I will cheerfully swear as I go by

[blueyes]

The bloke from Gwent was taking the pi55. Seems he was driving at Mach 2 everywhere and even going past the same van a couple of times. Even so he got let off with a caution!

A few more like him and we can expect trouble.

[guysh]

I thought that if you do drive around everywhere at MACH 2 and use one then I recon your asking fro trouble, however if you're only doing a small amount over the limit and you jam a signal - slow down switch it off and then let them get a proper reading I think you might get away with it....

[outlaw]

the only peeps to get done for it have admited it and pled guilty.

so far there has not been a good case on it that i am aware of.

from what i can se if they tryed a perverting the course of justis one, they would have a hard time proving it.

[jeffreyarcher]

outlaw said:

so far there has not been a good case on it that i am aware of. from what i can se if they tryed a perverting the course of justis one, they would have a hard time proving it.

Maybe only an urban legend, but doesn't there have to have been a crime for an attempting to pervert charge to be made?

[streaky]

jeffreyarcher said:

outlaw said: so far there has not been a good case on it that i am aware of. from what i can se if they tryed a perverting the course of justis one, they would have a hard time proving it. Maybe only an urban legend, but doesn't there have to have been a crime for an attempting to pervert charge to be made?

The 'crime' was speeding

[jeffreyarcher]

streaky said:

jeffreyarcher said: outlaw said: so far there has not been a good case on it that i am aware of. from what i can se if they tryed a perverting the course of justis one, they would have a hard time proving it. Maybe only an urban legend, but doesn't there have to have been a crime for an attempting to pervert charge to be made? The 'crime' was speeding

But how did they get the evidence that a crime had been committed? Did they set up a 'sting' operation, e.g. radar as well?

[gh0st]

If they had been zapping cars all day and had no problem then 1 car failed to get a lock I would say that its enough to get suspicious.

On a bike however its quite hard to get a lock from a distance without a jammer so as long as you shut it down quickly there would be no suspicion

[jeffreyarcher]

gh0st said:

If they had been zapping cars all day and had no problem then 1 car failed to get a lock I would say that its enough to get suspicious.

Yes, but there would be no evidence of his crime; i.e. the speeding.

>> Edited by jeffreyarcher on Monday 29th September 11:09

[Leadfoot]

: pedantmodeON: Speeding is not a crime, it's an offence : pedantmodeOFF:

>> Edited by Leadfoot on Monday 29th September 12:49