How Long Before...

**SPman** · 31st May 2004, 20:27

this gets here..... a handheld laser camera with a range of 2kms!
FFS!
The device, which can be operated just as easily from behind a bush as from the back of a van, can detect a speeding car long before the driver has a chance to spot the police officer wielding it. A high-quality video camera will simultaneously record the licence plate and a picture of the driver so that there can be no argument about who was behind the wheel.

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...123664,00.html

**maybe** · 31st May 2004, 20:35

Dam what next

**6Chris6** · 31st May 2004, 20:59

SH$T.

Oh well, might as well set up automatic payment to the courts now

**jimbo600** · 31st May 2004, 22:04

Originally Posted by SPman

this gets here..... a handheld laser camera with a range of 2kms!
FFS!
The device, which can be operated just as easily from behind a bush as from the back of a van, can detect a speeding car long before the driver has a chance to spot the police officer wielding it. A high-quality video camera will simultaneously record the licence plate and a picture of the driver so that there can be no argument about who was behind the wheel.

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...123664,00.html

There's little chance a cop can spot a speeding car at 2km's Plus, there aint no way a camera can record information 2km's away with detail. Haze, heat haze, seismic tremors to name but a few all degrade image quality. The max you could get on a perfect day is about 1km if lucky and you happen to have the hubble telescope handy.

**matthewt** · 31st May 2004, 22:28

Originally Posted by jimbo750

There's little chance a cop can spot a speeding car at 2km's Plus, there aint no way a camera can record information 2km's away with detail. Haze, heat haze, seismic tremors to name but a few all degrade image quality. The max you could get on a perfect day is about 1km if lucky and you happen to have the hubble telescope handy.

What if you shine the sun out of WT's arse towards the on-coming car

**FROSTY:Me** · 31st May 2004, 22:38

looks like we all need to buy harleys for road use and save the fast bikes for
the racetrack.

**Bandito** · 31st May 2004, 22:42

If these devices are laser operated wouldn't it be easy to foul them? COMMENTS PLEASE!

**Jackrat** · 31st May 2004, 23:14

Oh well lazer range finders are available now,and I have a spoting scope that you can read the writing on a golf ball with at 500 meters or a car #plate at 1000 easy so I guess anythings possible.The cop would just need to sit on a hill with the right optics an that's all she wrote.I would imagine the cop would just take the pic' at closer range than he got the speed read out at.
Wait til they start useing remote controled planes.
I reckon all the shot gun types would find a new sport.

**spudchucka** · 1st June 2004, 01:06

Originally Posted by maybe

Dam what next

GPS transponders in vehicles linked by satelite to computers that remotely generate infringement notices whenever your vehicle exceeds the given speed limit??? Scary thought isn't it! No need then for all those hated HP dudes.

**boris** · 1st June 2004, 09:00

IT'S HERE...saw it in use last week on the way to Palmerston North he nabed a truck coming down the dip by shannon he was standing next to a red commador station wagon, pessengers side.I saw a flash but no big camera,just some small thing in his hand.I was in my car,with a mate so he had a good look.I thought it counld be a speed normal gun but no one was pulling people over,no other

down the road.