lrc 100 owners
Discussion
I've been thinking of buying one of these units.If i were forget to turn it off and approached a camera van would i get a very angry policeman come running out asking questions on why he couldn't get a fix on my speed or would he just let it go and focus his attentions on the next vehicle coming round the corner/over the hill etc?
Even with a jammer fitted he may still get a reading from you! Unless fitted exactly right and then tested you cant be sure it will work properly! I am not slagging them off as they can work really well. I just wonder how many people there are speeding around with faulty or badly fitted jammers on their cars
I spoke to the Yeovil scamera brigade the other day, parked up nabbing innocent drivers asked them about jammers.
Their reply was something along the lines of "well there appear to be a few cars with something that stops us getting a signal. Sometimes it's just the unit does'nt get a fix, if so we move the target area or try another vehicle"
A bit like burglar alarms I get the impression, ie there is always an easier one to steal money from!! there are so many easy targets why worry about the odd one or two?
I have a blinder unit, I have not had it tested, but I know I have been targeted a few times at least.
Their reply was something along the lines of "well there appear to be a few cars with something that stops us getting a signal. Sometimes it's just the unit does'nt get a fix, if so we move the target area or try another vehicle"
A bit like burglar alarms I get the impression, ie there is always an easier one to steal money from!! there are so many easy targets why worry about the odd one or two?
I have a blinder unit, I have not had it tested, but I know I have been targeted a few times at least.
I have the origin B2 and LRC 100 in mine too, as far as I and the guy who fitted the LRC 100 are concerned it is a garage door opener.....mr plod doesn't know that i have big old rotten wooden doors on my garage that would fall off if i ever did open them!! Thats the answer you give at the roadside coz thats what it is!!
Yes it *may* detect the prescence of a laser, but why'd you want to know that youd just been scammed?
The whole point of the jammer is that you get a sporting chance to slow down and deny them the cash they so desperately grasp at.
Better to stop them from dipping into your wallet than to know theyve just done it, 2/3 of a second earlier..no?
The whole point of the jammer is that you get a sporting chance to slow down and deny them the cash they so desperately grasp at.
Better to stop them from dipping into your wallet than to know theyve just done it, 2/3 of a second earlier..no?
deltaf said:
Yes it *may* detect the prescence of a laser, but why'd you want to know that youd just been scammed?
The whole point of the jammer is that you get a sporting chance to slow down and deny them the cash they so desperately grasp at.
Better to stop them from dipping into your wallet than to know theyve just done it, 2/3 of a second earlier..no?
Detlaf
I guess your right, I will keep the LRC 100 connected for now. I haven't been through a speed trap since it was fitted so I don't even know if it works properly yet.
JohnL said:
How do they work as garage door openers? Just out of interest!
See the NIR retro reflective photoeye here.
Basically the yanks are bigger on them, but we tend to prefer keyfobs.
www.discountfence.com/gate_openers/accessories.htm
The NIR photoeye is essentially similar in operation to an LRC100 - but it works in reverse. It transmits IR light then when it is reflected back (you can attach an IR reflector to your SUV) it senses this and triggers the switch to open your electric garage door.
When a car with an LRC 100 hoves into view, no reflector is needed. The LRC spots the IR transmission (police laser it thinks!) and fired its more powerful laser shot back. This is the equivalent of a triggering reflection, and the photoeye opens your garage door.
So basically an LRC 100 on your car could be used with a photoeye, but you could also use a normal IR reflector plate on your vehicle instead.
It wouldn't be good for ultra secure garages as presumably any other IR transmission/reflection will trigger the photoeye, ie another car with an LRC100 fitted. Keyfobs may be more secure as they can be fully coded.
All as I understand it as an enthusiastic amateur (I have an LRC 100 and a garage door that I intend to automate this way!).
That's why I want to get a photoeye!
Check out www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk for some interesting case law. They did try and get heavy on a chap with a laser jammer.
However, they would have a hard time doing you for an offence like attempting to pervert the course of justice because:
1) The LRC is switchable, so you could say that as soon as you knew the police were attempting to carry out their duty (ie laser warning goes apesh1t) you turned your garage opening device off for them to get a reading.
2) They would have to prove you intended to fit/use it for naughty purposes. If you had an infra red gate or garage door opening system, they would have huge problems with proof.
3) The person they prosecuted in the ukspeedtraps story was a habitual speeder, and they confiscated the car to find the device. He admitted the error of his ways and escaped lightly. If you regularly drive like a tosspot then the bill are going to have their suspicions. That is why the LRC is switchable, so it is only the first reading that gets jammed.
Check out www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk for some interesting case law. They did try and get heavy on a chap with a laser jammer.
However, they would have a hard time doing you for an offence like attempting to pervert the course of justice because:
1) The LRC is switchable, so you could say that as soon as you knew the police were attempting to carry out their duty (ie laser warning goes apesh1t) you turned your garage opening device off for them to get a reading.
2) They would have to prove you intended to fit/use it for naughty purposes. If you had an infra red gate or garage door opening system, they would have huge problems with proof.
3) The person they prosecuted in the ukspeedtraps story was a habitual speeder, and they confiscated the car to find the device. He admitted the error of his ways and escaped lightly. If you regularly drive like a tosspot then the bill are going to have their suspicions. That is why the LRC is switchable, so it is only the first reading that gets jammed.
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