re: Clocking Speed via Laser
This will probably NOT catch on.
Laser light is not governed under FCC rules, and thus you can jam it at will.
Thus, any laser measurement device can be easily jammed, and at a significantly
lower cost than the price of a detector. The gun will cost about $3500, while a
jammer could be made for $1000, and I would think even less, unless it requires
some sophisticated mounting and/or emitters which would tend to elevate costs.
I doubt that they will make much use of this more expensive technology on a
widespread basis.
There was an article in the New York Times about this, In the "D"/Business
Section, from March 1, 1989.
(It also mentioned something called the "Carbella Stealth Fairing", perhaps
this is what some people here and on rec.autos were disucssing in reference to
Stealth paint?)
-Doug
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dreu…@wesleyan.bitnet
In article <1991Jan26.165805.38…@eagle.wesleyan.edu> dreu…@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>re: Clocking Speed via Laser
>Laser light is not governed under FCC rules, and thus you can jam it at will.
Well, not quite. The FCC has no jurisdiction, however, interfering with a
police officer in his course of duty IS still illegal.
>lower cost than the price of a detector. The gun will cost about $3500,
Actually, the price I saw was higher than that. Radar guns are still
far cheaper.
— Jeff
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< Laser light is not governed under FCC rules, and thus you can jam it at will.
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Most if not all locals have a plethora of laws already covering what amount
of light your car can or cannot emit. Put a flashing blue strobe light on
your dash and traffic will dive out of your way as you approach. That is
until you pass a real policecar who will not be impressed by the fact that
blue light is not governed under FCC rules. All you need is one vaguely
written law that says you cannot install any lights that mimic or make
your car appear to be a policecar and they got you.
John Eaton
!hp-vcd!johne
In article <2550…@hp-vcd.HP.COM> jo…@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton) writes:
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>< Laser light is not governed under FCC rules, and thus you can jam it at will.
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>Most if not all locals have a plethora of laws already covering what amount
>of light your car can or cannot emit. Put a flashing blue strobe light on
>your dash and traffic will dive out of your way as you approach. That is
>until you pass a real policecar who will not be impressed by the fact that
>blue light is not governed under FCC rules. All you need is one vaguely
>written law that says you cannot install any lights that mimic or make
>your car appear to be a policecar and they got you.
>John Eaton
>!hp-vcd!johne
You don’t even need that. Most legal systems have "nuisance" laws that
cover unforseen behavior. These laws don’t even have to be oriented towards
driving or the vehicle code, however anyone doing what you described above
would get his ass nailed to the wall because of the "disturbance".
Bill