V1's laser detection is suspect!

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Dec 12, 2002 | 09:26 AM

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Bill Faure

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From: longwood

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Originally posted by Scrib
I'm not missing the point here. I'm sharing the knowledge that I have (albeit perhaps limited) on the issue and you come off as being the "fore most authority" on this; You're right, everyone else is wrong. Prove me that I'm wrong, would ya??? Again, I've fully admitted that I don't know much about this, and I'm fully ready to say "You were right Bill, I was wrong", as soon as I see the proof. I have no problem with that.

But please don't throw out the snide comments and then not think you won’t receive anything back. I simply disagree with you in that laser does NOT scatter like conventional doppler-based police radar and that's why your girlfriend didn't pick up the warning. It doesn't go any further than that. If you can prove me wrong, please do and I'll retract all my statements, no problem.

But answer me this... Why have all radar detector manufactures admitted that laser is the most difficult to pick up? Certainly if there was scatter like you’ve mentioned, this wouldn’t be an issue for them, correct?

This is entirely possible, but my whole beef is that laser does NOT scatter like conventional doppler-based police radars. When I think of the word "scatter" I like of "goes everywhere". And I don't think that's the case with laser. If it was, detectors wouldn't have a problem detecting them, right???

A couple of corrections here. First, I never claimed to be an authority. I was passing along information from someone who is an authority: My brother the Deputy Sheriff. Second, I went back and reread the posts. No one ever claimed or said laser scatters like doppler radar. In fact as you sumized they are 2 different matters. What I'm saying is a fact quoted from a police laser operator's manual. Laser does scatter depending on what makes it reflect. I wish I could scan the users manual for you, but my brother lives in a different town. I'll tell you what I'll do for you. I'll see my brother as well as his police cruiser with the laser in it over Christmas. If I can remember I'll ask him to scan the couple of pages from the operator's manual that I've been talking about. OK? Since you don't believe me maybe that will set this issue straight for you.