Laser Detectors Y/N?

[Purrybonker]

I know the Valentine/Escort thing has been kicked around here many times before, but...

We're having a balmy spell here (up to +10c or around 45-50f) with no snow in recent memory. Roads are pretty much clean and dry. So I broke the car out for a nice cruise yesterday. After a nice warm-up I get caught in a convoy on the freeway (you know - four cars blocking up three lanes at sub-speed limit).

With a few miles of frustration behind me I spot an openning, nail it and slip through. Gotta let that new euro pre-muffler and Steve Wong chip have their head a bit, so I run it up to 100 mph+. I'm just coming off this blast when I spot the cop standing in front of me with his hand in the good-old stop position. Always amazes me how those guys will leap into traffic like that.

Lucky, it's only 30 kph over (20 mph) on laser with a $177 fine and a negotiation down to a "registered owner" charge so there's no entry on my driving record. Got me thinking though that it may be Valentine time.

But in reality, would a Valentine have helped me here? I was the lead vehicle with a real nice hide-out for the cop (no way to see him or the gun in advance). How would a detector possibly spot a laser signal in enough time to warn me and for me to throw out the anchor?

[UK Carrera]

With laser all the detector will tell you is that you have been tagged. very little scatter, unlike radar.

Better off with a jammer, which which jam the laser signal for sufficient time (well, about 5 secs) for you to slow down and then allow the gun to register a speed.

[RoninLB]

Originally posted by Purrybonker
. How would a detector possibly spot a laser signal in enough time to warn me and for me to throw out the anchor?

your positive it was laser ?

[Bill Verburg]

There is no defense against laser other than being alert and spotting the cop before he zeros in on you. It is line of sight only so you have a fair chance of beating him to the draw so to speak.