Laser jammer?

[doc47]

I recently saw a police laser jammer (scrambler?) advertised.

Anyone know how it works and, more importantly, if it works?

[FLrider]

They work perfectly IF, like a radar detector, the operator uses them properly. An example would be if you get an alert and leave the device on as you pass by the LEO and wave. Poke a hornet's nest and see what happens....

Most devices have a kill switch. Once alerted, you will have 2-3 seconds to scrub off as much speed as possible, then kill the jammer.

 

You have to develop some situational awareness and know the devices limitations. The radar detector or jammer will not save an idiot from getting tagged and COPS are better at hiding than you are of finding them. Again, situational awareness. If you are approaching a cresting hill and all the vehicles ahead of you are braking......what do you think might be over the hill?

 

Inevitably someone on this forum will chime in and tell you that if you don't speed you don't need to worry about tickets. While that's an accurate statement, it's not one found in practicality. You don't have to be doing 100 mph in a 70 to get tagged. It could be a momentary lapse in focus, doing 35 in a 25 in some hick town speed trap.

 

Then you are going to get the argument that they are illegal. They are legal on most all states except VA and a handful of others. Read up on them in online forums that deal in radar detectors.

 

My feeling is if my govt wants to conduct surveillance on me (which is what radar and laser guns do), then I should have the right to know when I am under surveillance.

 

Here's a pic of my install. I have them on both front and rear.

 

Front Jammer

[Rougarou]

Which states allow laser jamming.

 

Laser jammers test here

[OoPEZoO]

From all of the reports I have read, yes they do work. As noted above though, the most important part is killing the unit once you get a detection. Some units will fire a warning (visual or audible) and then shut themselves down automatically. If I was going to buy one, I think this is the route I would go.

 

 

[frenchwv]

This topic tends to come up on here a few times/year... I've got the M27 Blinder on my RT and the TPX Jammer from Adaptiv on my K13S. They both work and have saved me a few times. The Blinder has an on/off switch on the RT which is handy. Get an alert, slow down, and turn it off so they can get a reading. The Adaptive shuts off automatically 7 seconds after an alert. However, you can plug the control unit into a laptop and use software to change that. There are three options - 7 seconds, 10 seconds, or never turn off. 7 seconds should be enough time to come down to the speed limit. This is mostly marketing, but you get the idea of how they work here:

 

 

They are pricey, but worth it if you ask me.

[RockBottom]

They are pricey, but worth it if you ask me.

 

Yikes! $500 before you even think about the mounting hardware for the Adaptiv!

 

I run the speed limit on places that are likely to be patrolled--major highways, towns, and near towns on the afternoon drive time. Then I get my kicks on isolated rural roads. So far in 65K of riding over the past 3.5 years, that's worked for me.

[jviss]

They are pricey, but worth it if you ask me.

 

Yikes! $500 before you even think about the mounting hardware for the Adaptiv!

 

I run the speed limit on places that are likely to be patrolled--major highways, towns, and near towns on the afternoon drive time. Then I get my kicks on isolated rural roads. So far in 65K of riding over the past 3.5 years, that's worked for me.

 

Interesting. In Massachusetts one 'good' speeding ticket can top $500; not so much the cost of the ticket ($150 to $300?), but the insurance surcharge for the 2 points could add 10% to your insurance premium for years! (one point per violation comes off every three years).

 

[lawnchairboy]

"the most important part is..."

 

staying out of the commonwealth of virginia

[doc47]

The jammers appeared while I was away in Africa.

Over there there isn't even radar, much less lasers. And police vehicles are used for "more important" tasks, like shepherding government officials around the country at a high rate of speed so they'll appear important. (Also, so they won't be such easy targets!)

Consequently, there are really no speed limits. In towns there are lots of unmarked, unpainted, nearly invisible speed bumps (known, in The Gambia, as "sleeping policemen").

 

There are, however, plenty of reasons not to get too cavalier about speeding. The first is the plenitude of potholes. The second are movable and unpredictable road hazards: cows, goats, sheep, monitor lizards, baboons, and I recently ran a large crocodile off the road at night. Luckily, his eyes lit up from quite a distance!

[RockBottom]

The jammers appeared while I was away in Africa.

Over there there isn't even radar, much less lasers. And police vehicles are used for "more important" tasks, like shepherding government officials around the country at a high rate of speed so they'll appear important. (Also, so they won't be such easy targets!)

Consequently, there are really no speed limits. In towns there are lots of unmarked, unpainted, nearly invisible speed bumps (known, in The Gambia, as "sleeping policemen").

 

There are, however, plenty of reasons not to get too cavalier about speeding. The first is the plenitude of potholes. The second are movable and unpredictable road hazards: cows, goats, sheep, monitor lizards, baboons, and I recently ran a large crocodile off the road at night. Luckily, his eyes lit up from quite a distance!

 

Don't forget buses and trucks carrying 50+ passengers while going 10 MPH so people can jump on and off.

[OoPEZoO]

"the most important part is..."

 

staying out of the commonwealth of virginia

 

Words to live by

 

They should at least name a street after me......I'm pretty sure I funded one

[Autocom Matt]

There is a wide variety of quality, types and price tags. Do your research.

 

Laser Interceptor

Blinder

Escort ZR4 (also in 9500ci)

 

I have personally tested the LI but can't vouch for others. The LI doesn't break through until your right on the cop.

 

I recently saw a police laser jammer (scrambler?) advertised.

Anyone know how it works and, more importantly, if it works?

[Autocom Matt]

Anyone know how it works and, more importantly, if it works?

 

Detection of the LIDAR relies on the fact that the guns send around 100 pulses of laser light within a fraction of a second. Reflected light off a flat service is detected by the gun and it's processor determines the speed of the vehicle, rejecting something known as sweep error. It is within this fraction of a second that the "jammer" transmits laser light of the same wavelength confusing the processor.

[Mike]

I wanted to point out for those contemplating one that the use of laser jammers is illegal in many states, though not all. Whether legal or not, you might to consider switching it off before the copper who's trying to clock you figures out that his unit's being jammed. Some are better than others, but nearly all of them will give you an opportunity to check and adjust your speed, except if you're being targeted at a very close distance.

 

As an aside, while the proponents of LIDAR units claim it ain't so, I have, in many instances, picked up laser alerts well in advance of being targeted, the result of the signal being reflected off of vehicles or other objects ahead of me.