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[95PGTTech]

The radar detector will pick up the laser...when it's shooting you.
That's my point.

There is a reason V1s money back guarantee specifies radar only.

And it will also pick up the laser being directed on the car 1/2 mile in front of me, giving me plenty of warning.

It won't pick up the lazer hitting the car 50 feet in front of you, let alone a half mile. If it goes off, it's because you've been tagged. This is basic principles of physics here.

Sure it will, your point makes the assumption that the cop gets a 100% accurate pinpoint shot on its target every time but in reality they are trying to hit a target or let that target ride into a beam that is generally @ up to 6ft wide and travels up to 2000ft. A quality radar detector like a V1 has been proven to be able to pick up these signals even around slight bends.

I say prove it as everything I was tought when I was selling them was lineof sight when it comes to t laser.

The proof is in the ownership and everyday real world usage. I have been alerted numerous times of radar and seconds later there is the officer sitting there in their hiding spot tagging individual cars.

Quit bringing a radar gun to a laser gun fight. YES radar goes everwhere so you can read them behind the gun if you want. LASER is line of sight. I donot care how much ya paid for your V1 it is not going to bend light. YES, If your radar goes off 99% of the time he SHOT YOU.




http://www.valentine1.com/laserhowto/

YOU CAN READ IT FROM TEH HOURSES MOUTH.

I meant to say laser but its ok if you copied 95's line, Lidar is in fact just light and as you say not bendable BUT it is refract-able and unless used under perfect conditions not 100% fool proof. Light scatters in the slightest moisture IE rain,fog, humidity etc so its not impossible to think stray signals can occur. I know you want to think the laser is just like Star wars and its pin point accurate but that is not possible in real world applications because there are too many variables.

read the other posts.
stray signals are filtered out mathematically because they result in significantly oddball results.

 

[DropTopPony]

Stray signals are filtered out mathematically from the Lidar's speed calculation but is there no chance they could be picked up by a Laser detector?

 

[OnyxCobra]

If you guys are saying Laser beams are so tight then isn't there a high possibility that you're getting hit with laser a lot of times without even being warned? Someone said it has to be within 3 feet of the detector to be picked up, and from what I've heard cops aim for the front license plate of cars so it seems like a lot of times you shouldn't even see laser on your detector if it has to be that direct of a hit. Don't know just thinking out loud.

 

[95PGTTech]

Stray signals are filtered out mathematically from the Lidar's speed calculation but is there no chance they could be picked up by a Laser detector?

you're still not reading. read the above posts before you make yours. they could be, and they are picked up and sometimes set off laser detectors. the problem is that they are extremely improbable even within a few car lengths. getting a pick up miles up the road where you would have time to adjust your speed or around corners is damn near impossible.

so again, once you're hit, all your $400 "detector" is doing is telling you it's about 45 seconds until you're going to be written a ticket.

 

[Inspector13]

From what I have seen riding in squad cars is that unless your in traffic radar/laser detectors are virtuously useless. If the cop can see you he can radar/laser you (from over a mile away too) and the radar/laser gun is barely on for a second if that. All they do is blip it quick and it gives them an instant readout of how stupid you are. A lot of cops know when you are speeding and only use the radar/laser as a formality in their paperwork to make the trip to court much easier on them and harder on you. I've seen a lot of cops who could verbalize how they knew someone was speeding without having them on radar/laser and it held up in court.


I've never owned a radar/laser detector and I've gotten 2 speeding tickets both of which were when I was young and being really stupid (ie I deserved them). I don't drive like little miss daisy either, but I haven't gotten a ticket for anything in about 7 years now. It's called using your head.