Police cars?

[barty5]

[QUOTE=davereid;1990160]My 2007 3.6 VZ Commodore goes like a rocket to 160. From 160 to an indicated 220 it still goes well. At 220 speedo its actually going 200 GPS. At that speed its still accelerating but not with much titty, might reach 240 speedo (215 GPS).

My 07 VE SS-V 6.0L (exhuast and intake mods have been done 240kw at wheels stanard is round 210) gets to 160 rather quick and even up to 200 with out much less pace. Past 200 i been to 220 and the needle was still movin at a resonable pace.was done on nice straight road midlle of no where on a very unsed road with another car way ahead incase of others being on the road.

[scumdog]

This makes it very hard for the laser to get a series of identical readings and thus achieve lock.

ie.. two measurments of distance to a flat surface will give the same result, even if one is a few mm higher or lower than the other.

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But two measurements of a sloped surface wont work.


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Pretty clearly, even if the target was stationary, laser would have measured a change in distance even though none had occured.

So the laser takes a series of measurements, each 1/100 sec apart. Only when it has a whole lot the same indicating a high probability that it is getting reflections off a flat surface does it process the data and give the operator a speed reading.

Thats why CDs work at blinding laser.

Fark, I'd love to see the brackets and fixtures needed inside the car to mount the CDs to get THAT to work!!!

(And it hasn't worked yet....)

[3umph]

Fark, I'd love to see the brackets and fixtures needed inside the car to mount the CDs to get THAT to work!!!

(And it hasn't worked yet....)

hahah yip... maybe a cd store promo vehicle with cd's all over it may work

[Renegade]

i may have seen evidence of a new HP police car doing 230kmh

[Sidewinder]

i may have seen evidence of a new HP police car doing 230kmh

omg that is just so fast!

[FJRider]

i may have seen evidence of a new HP police car doing 230kmh

this post is useless without pic's...

[spudchucka]

Thats why CDs work at blinding laser.

They don't!

[peasea]

They don't!

What does?

[davereid]

As I pointed out early in the thread, it won't work when you are close to the operator, as he will be able to keep the beam on a nice flat surface like the front number plate. (If your car has one.. my plate is on a nice steep slope too)

But at longer ranges it works just fine, giving you plenty of time to spot the cop, or hear the laser warning and slow down.

Its physics, not magic or wishful thinking

[scumdog]

Its physics, not magic or wishful thinking

But as far as being a viable way of not getting a ticket goes it's pie-in-the-sky..

[joshy28]

6 years ago, i got done at 206km. He caught me in a mufti holden station. I was in a cage. Lukily i only recieved a fine of 800 bux rather than a loss of licence ... i had a good excuse

[joshy28]

6 years ago, i got done at 206km. He caught me in a mufti holden station. I was in a cage. Lukily i only recieved a fine of 800 bux rather than a loss of licence ... i had a good excuse

oops i forgot to say he was up my ass for at least 5km before pulling me over

[Max Preload]

oops i forgot to say he was up my ass for at least 5km before pulling me over

We're not interested in your recreational activities outside of motorcycling...

[spudchucka]

As I pointed out early in the thread, it won't work when you are close to the operator, as he will be able to keep the beam on a nice flat surface like the front number plate. (If your car has one.. my plate is on a nice steep slope too)

But at longer ranges it works just fine, giving you plenty of time to spot the cop, or hear the laser warning and slow down.

Its physics, not magic or wishful thinking

What's the point in targeting a vehicle that's two kilometres away? It may be viable in a theoretical sense but will never work in a practical sense. It does provide cops with a great source of amusement though.

[Boob Johnson]

6 years ago, i got done at 206km. He caught me in a mufti holden station. I was in a cage. Lukily i only recieved a fine of 800 bux rather than a loss of licence ... i had a good excuse

And the excuse was????