Grrrr! Need Laser Jammer
08-08-2015, 08:16 PM
#81
Burning Brakes
Got a ticket going 86 in a 65 while traveling through Mississippi last week. Damn cop was so jealous of the vette he wouldn't not knock off any. He even said when he came up to the window that he wished he could afford the car. Anyway I've been very happy with my Passport Max 2 but in this case he shot me with a laser and I got the warning only when he pulled the trigger which was too late.
I've been told a jammer would have saved me. Is this true and what is the best jammer to buy? Thanks for any advise.
I've been told a jammer would have saved me. Is this true and what is the best jammer to buy? Thanks for any advise.
Since the Laser uses a pulse coded waveform you won't find an effective jammer capable of transmitting enough power to overcome the compression gain in the code. Ditch the passport, get a Valentine 1. If he squeezes the trigger on anybody in front of you it will catch the backscatter and give a very unique tone that screams LASER! If you are quick, you can get your speed down before he lights you up.
If there's no one in front of you, well, you're going to get cited!
Last edited by BWFitz; 08-08-2015 at 08:19 PM.
08-08-2015, 08:22 PM
#82
Racer
Since the Laser uses a pulse coded waveform you won't find an effective jammer capable of transmitting enough power to overcome the compression gain in the code. Ditch the passport, get a Valentine 1. If he squeezes the trigger on anybody in front of you it will catch the backscatter and give a very unique tone that screams LASER! If you are quick, you can get your speed down before he lights you up.
If there's no one in front of you, well, you're going to get cited!
If there's no one in front of you, well, you're going to get cited!
Sounds pretty cool. So, you're saying laser jammers are ineffective? Just want to understand all this stuff I'm reading.
08-08-2015, 08:36 PM
#84
Burning Brakes
Len, that is exactly what I mean. The very first laser guns just used uncoded pulses to measure range and calculated speed from multiple pulses. The more sophisticated ones now use coded waveforms which allow the laser to measure doppler the same way radar guns do....so, if you live in Arizona, New Mexico or the 'Left Coast' a laser jammer won't help you.
08-08-2015, 08:37 PM
#85
Burning Brakes
08-08-2015, 08:39 PM
#86
Drifting
Found out the expensive way they also have a "Super Speeder" fine of $200 when you are over 15 over. Marker 80 on I75 which is a known trap area. Got a WAZE notice but in a large group of cars and got lasered. Was in the wife's Dodge Durango RT. Was also lasered at 80 mph also in GA in a Vette and not stopped. Moral is to stay under 15 over posted speed limit.
08-09-2015, 08:31 AM
#88
Instructor
Thread Starter
08-09-2015, 09:37 AM
#89
All this nonsense that going over a posted limit is automatically dangerous is just that, NONSENSE. Why? Because limits are not set in a scientific manner, they are set in a political manner. IF the limit was chosen because of road design, car design, average driver skill set, etc. that argument would have merit. But limits are set with goals of revenue generation, and with the idea that most will exceed them. Or they are lowered because of a fatality - yet that fatality is often because of going 50 over so lowering the limit has zero effect on reducing those kind of crashes. Oftentimes a speed limit drops by 10 or so for a mile yet if you look objectively, you will find no logical reason for it except for use as a cash cow. So, please spare us the BS about safety. I drive 30K a year and can tell you first hand that the biggest risk is not the limit but the disparity in speeds. Left lane blockers with that "its the limit" chip on their passive-agressive shoulders top the list. Yeah, the idiots going 90 in traffic and weaving in and out are a big hazard too, but their numbers are much less than the left lane bandits. And surprise surprise, when the weather changes, the vast majority of folks slow down all by themselves - no speed trap required! On a recent trip through upstate NY on the thruway, the vast majority of the traffic was 80. And the world didn't end. In fact, the biggest risk was when a LEO was observed and the heavy braking began. So, go the limit if you'd like, but be courteous and stay in the right lane, which is also just as much of a law as the limit is.
08-09-2015, 10:08 AM
#90
Drifting
08-09-2015, 11:16 AM
#91
Instructor
Thread Starter
All this nonsense that going over a posted limit is automatically dangerous is just that, NONSENSE. Why? Because limits are not set in a scientific manner, they are set in a political manner. IF the limit was chosen because of road design, car design, average driver skill set, etc. that argument would have merit. But limits are set with goals of revenue generation, and with the idea that most will exceed them. Or they are lowered because of a fatality - yet that fatality is often because of going 50 over so lowering the limit has zero effect on reducing those kind of crashes. Oftentimes a speed limit drops by 10 or so for a mile yet if you look objectively, you will find no logical reason for it except for use as a cash cow. So, please spare us the BS about safety. I drive 30K a year and can tell you first hand that the biggest risk is not the limit but the disparity in speeds. Left lane blockers with that "its the limit" chip on their passive-agressive shoulders top the list. Yeah, the idiots going 90 in traffic and weaving in and out are a big hazard too, but their numbers are much less than the left lane bandits. And surprise surprise, when the weather changes, the vast majority of folks slow down all by themselves - no speed trap required! On a recent trip through upstate NY on the thruway, the vast majority of the traffic was 80. And the world didn't end. In fact, the biggest risk was when a LEO was observed and the heavy braking began. So, go the limit if you'd like, but be courteous and stay in the right lane, which is also just as much of a law as the limit is.
08-09-2015, 11:24 AM
#92
Safety Car
and that is why I don't go on car cruises with Corvette clubs. Too many old farts in a Vette driving at or below the limit. It is just the silly, "look at me" mentality. 
My wife asked during me the last Vet cruise why do they drive so damn slow.
It is a shame and dishonor NOT to drive the car at speed. It's like having a beautiful girlfriend and not screwing her.
Her next boyfriend will appreciate it though! If your just going to drive the speed limit everywhere you go, just save yourself a lot of money and buy a Corvette poster and put that in your garage. 
My wife asked during me the last Vet cruise why do they drive so damn slow.
It is a shame and dishonor NOT to drive the car at speed. It's like having a beautiful girlfriend and not screwing her.
Her next boyfriend will appreciate it though! If your just going to drive the speed limit everywhere you go, just save yourself a lot of money and buy a Corvette poster and put that in your garage. In Virginia they confiscate the equiptment,write A ticket for using it and A ticket for speeding.
08-09-2015, 12:10 PM
#94
Team Owner
All this nonsense that going over a posted limit is automatically dangerous is just that, NONSENSE. Why? Because limits are not set in a scientific manner, they are set in a political manner. IF the limit was chosen because of road design, car design, average driver skill set, etc. that argument would have merit. But limits are set with goals of revenue generation, and with the idea that most will exceed them. Or they are lowered because of a fatality - yet that fatality is often because of going 50 over so lowering the limit has zero effect on reducing those kind of crashes. Oftentimes a speed limit drops by 10 or so for a mile yet if you look objectively, you will find no logical reason for it except for use as a cash cow. So, please spare us the BS about safety. I drive 30K a year and can tell you first hand that the biggest risk is not the limit but the disparity in speeds. Left lane blockers with that "its the limit" chip on their passive-agressive shoulders top the list. Yeah, the idiots going 90 in traffic and weaving in and out are a big hazard too, but their numbers are much less than the left lane bandits. And surprise surprise, when the weather changes, the vast majority of folks slow down all by themselves - no speed trap required! On a recent trip through upstate NY on the thruway, the vast majority of the traffic was 80. And the world didn't end. In fact, the biggest risk was when a LEO was observed and the heavy braking began. So, go the limit if you'd like, but be courteous and stay in the right lane, which is also just as much of a law as the limit is.
08-10-2015, 10:12 AM
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