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re: Recommendations for audio installer to install a laser jammer?
Posted on 8/2/15 at 11:48 am to LSU-MNCBABY
Posted on 8/2/15 at 11:48 am to LSU-MNCBABY
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Didn't you run down some guy and basically do a citizen arrest speeding ticket?
Find it funny if that was you who did that you're now trying to be the one speeding
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Posted on 8/2/15 at 11:55 am to Hammertime
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It'll either not read and kinda buzz or say no lock or something of that nature. It doesn't specifically say that someone is using a jammer. Cops have to use their intuition
You're right. The only jammers that produce jam codes on LIDAR guns are the old school brute force jammers such as the Lidatek LE-10 or LE-30. Those jammers would just blast constant 905mm infrared back at the LIDAR gun. The newer jammers use pulsed infrared (laser) that exactly matches the gun used by police to essentially cancel out the pulses of said gun. Thus no speed reading is given. Just a light hum or buzz as if he was panning off a stationary object.
Posted on 8/2/15 at 12:02 pm to yankeeundercover
Nah, it just means that the gun can't get a lock. Any number of things could cause that. All jammers come with an on-off switch. Some come with a delayed auto-off function (3-5 seconds). Switch it off, cop gets your speed, all is good.
You're supposed to hide them as good as possible, without diminishing any functionality. Unfortunately I don't have that liberty, and cops can see it very easily. I think a clicking blind person could find the heads
You're supposed to hide them as good as possible, without diminishing any functionality. Unfortunately I don't have that liberty, and cops can see it very easily. I think a clicking blind person could find the heads
Posted on 8/2/15 at 12:17 pm to grif82
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Easy, if the majority of vehicles are speeding by 5 mph or more, then the speed limit is obviously set too low.
Furthermore, you can have the DOT preform honest speed studies of a given highway and set the limit to the 85th percentile of free flowing traffic. Do not set limits based on political maximums such as 55 on 2-lane, 65 on 4-lane or 70/75 on interstates. Studies have shown time and time again that speed limits set at the 85th percentile provide the most efficient and safest flow of traffic. In other words, setting speed limits too low make roads more dangerous.
Low limits produce the most speed variances as those well meaning individuals that insist on following the letter of the law will be putting along at 10-15 mph under the flow of traffic. They then become hazards on the roadway due to the majority of traffic having to continually pass them at such a speed difference. Raising the limit allows those drivers to keep up with the flow of traffic while following the law.
Also, you'd be wrong to presume that raising the limit will only permit those speeding already to drive "x" amount faster. When Utah raised the speed limit on the interstate from 75 to 80, the 85th percentile speed only went from 82 mph to 83 mph.
All of that is well and good but you also have to take into consideration just what speed the road was designed for, higher speed designs have a whole lot of differences in curves, guardrails, and width etc to make them safer. Just because everyone on a two lane road drives over the limit doesn't mean it's safe to do so.
Posted on 8/2/15 at 12:29 pm to Agforlife
I just drove 85 to Jackson and 100 from Jackson to New Orleans last night in a 3/4 ton truck. I think the interstate can handle it (other than the construction south of Jackson).
Eta: I slowed down at the curve in Hammond and the one in Ponchatoula to 85, and to 80 at the 55/10 merge, then hit road work, then back to a bill.
I've driven 110-130 to BR so many times with no problem (another 3/4 ton truck). The drivers are the most important factor when going faster
Eta: I slowed down at the curve in Hammond and the one in Ponchatoula to 85, and to 80 at the 55/10 merge, then hit road work, then back to a bill.
I've driven 110-130 to BR so many times with no problem (another 3/4 ton truck). The drivers are the most important factor when going faster
This post was edited on 8/2/15 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 8/2/15 at 12:46 pm to Hammertime
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I've driven 110-130 to BR so many times with no problem (another 3/4 ton truck). The drivers are the most important factor when going faster
Better check the speed rating for your tires. My guess is that your exceeding it at those speeds. 110-130 is way too fast for a truck, IMO. Sports cars can handle that no problem, but yor're going to get taken to jail getting nabbed at those speeds.
This post was edited on 8/2/15 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 8/2/15 at 1:03 pm to grif82
Current tires are rated for 99, and last set was 118. Last truck was much more comfortable at speed, so I was comfortable going that fast. I won't push it unless there is a really good reason to
Posted on 8/2/15 at 1:15 pm to Agforlife
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All of that is well and good but you also have to take into consideration just what speed the road was designed for, higher speed designs have a whole lot of differences in curves, guardrails, and width etc to make them safer. Just because everyone on a two lane road drives over the limit doesn't mean it's safe to do so.
Bottom line is that people are going to drive at whatever speed they are comfortable driving at. Unless there is a cop hiding around every curve in the road, the speed limit on the sign will have little effect on the flow of traffic. The only thing it affects is that it turns otherwise good drivers into law breakers. 55 mph on most 2-lane highways is way too slow. Texas has it right with most of their rural 2-lane roads being 70 or 75 mph. I nice being able to drive at a comfortable speed without having to worry about smokey popping me for 75 in a 55.
Furthermore, a lot of speed studies the DOT produces uses extremely outdated data concerning vehicles. For instance, I've read reports of the DOT using the braking distance from 70 mph at something like 245 feet (this does not factor in reaction time) when most modern vehicles can do it in 150 feet or much less. Moreover, most of studies on particular roads where done before the 1970s when power steering was rare, handling was shite, and drum brakes were still heavily in use. Hence why you have some of the most ridiculous curve cautionary speeds that want you to slow down to 40 mph when the curve can be easily taken at 60 without breaking a sweat.
This post was edited on 8/2/15 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 8/2/15 at 1:17 pm to Hammertime
Im sure it will be real comfortable when a 130mph 3/4 ton crashes into another car. But only for good reason. 
Posted on 8/2/15 at 1:37 pm to tigerzballzdeep
I don't do that during the day
Posted on 8/2/15 at 2:42 pm to Hammertime
Please get put in prison before you kill one of my kids.
Posted on 8/2/15 at 3:51 pm to Hammertime
Either you're lying or you're an idiot. I'm going to go with lying.
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