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Originally Posted by AZ-J
shreddr, you are correct, on a dead-on hit, you will likely get a ticket. But, better to get warned from a hit on a vehicle in front of you. Then the V1 works every time.
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unlike radar, the spread of a laser beam detector is very small, the likelihood of picking up scatter is nil. here is a blurb from Radar Roy:
Laser Enforcement
A growing trend today are police departments moving to laser (lidar) enforcement and it is estimated that there are over 50,000 police laser guns in use today in the USA.
These guns transmit a beam of infrared light at a frequency of 330 terahertz. This light beam is only 18 inches wide at 500 feet and gets smaller as you approach the officer.
This narrow light beam is aimed by the officer to a reflective area on your vehicle, such as your headlamps or front license plate. The officer can only use the laser gun while he is stationary.
Unless your radar detector is within this 18" circle, or it picks up "scatter" from the beam, your radar detector will never alert. And by chance it does, it is too late as the officer has already obtained your speed.
Therefore Radar Roy says: "NO RADAR/LASER detector is effective against this type of traffic enforcement."