Laser Jammer's opinions please

[h4pry]

Last sunday driving thru my hometown and there was a mobile speedtrap in operation in a 30 speed limit. As soon as I knoticed him I glanced down at the speed whilst hitting the brake and I calculate I was doing 34mph.

This is obviously over the 10% threshold and therefore I could be done.

Now after picking up 3 points in January for doing 81 on a motorway I am started to get very tired of this....

I am not interested in buying a RA2 or anything like that because they do not protect you from the mobile speed traps...So I was thinking about a laser jammer....

Does anybody have any experience with these and do they work well? I was under the impression that they give you about 5 seconds to slow down.

Opinions please [ok

p.s Please don't reply if you are going to lecture about these being ilegal because we all know they are ;)

[Shuriken]

I'm not sure about the five second bit but I thought the idea was that as soon as they jam a laser and beep you turn them off and hit the brakes. That way when mr policeman goes to get another reading (after his first failing), you are below the limit.

If you already knew that then sorry :o

Shuriken.

[BigFas]

Do not get the jammer!!!! First off, they are illegal, even if they are marked "garage door opener". IF you are caught, if you do not have a valid excuse for owning such a device, you will be done for perverting the course of justice, or obstruction.

Now for the good part.

Police forces are now becoming wiser on the error message they receive on their cameras when catching speeders. They will get your number plate and at ANY time, they can raid your house, impound your car and strip it in search of such a device. It's not worth it. Get a detector, GPS based or not, but not the jammer. You'll be screwed.

[h4pry]

Do not get the jammer!!!! First off, they are illegal, even if they are marked "garage door opener". IF you are caught, if you do not have a valid excuse for owning such a device, you will be done for perverting the course of justice, or obstruction.

Now for the good part.

Police forces are now becoming wiser on the error message they receive on their cameras when catching speeders. They will get your number plate and at ANY time, they can raid your house, impound your car and strip it in search of such a device. It's not worth it. Get a detector, GPS based or not, but not the jammer. You'll be screwed.

Blimey! now that is what you call wisely using Police resources [hmm

[Chaos]

Fas is right, they're catching on to these in a big way now, turns them into right little Hitlers if they think you've been playing them at their own game and robbing them of all that revenue.. Plenty of coppers read forums etc about jammers and how to avoid getting caught, there's no secrets from them and as Fas said they can get your plate and then they've got you bang to rights when they knock on the door with a warrant.

I got really lucky last Friday. I won't go into boring details but I didn't floor it on an open dual carriageway near a mate's like I usually would have, and round the next corner was a van with a laser poking out the back. They'd have nailed me for sure. Further up the road was an Omega parked up probably to tag people speeding massively or maybe also to pull over cars visibly speeding but showing error readings to find out why - who knows, I'm just bloody glad I never found out.

If a laser detector goes off, it's too late - if you were speeding then you just got caught. BUT, at least you know and can take it super-steady while you wait for the postman to deliver the letter or not, it's better than not knowing at all and then getting done again the day after. Either way, laser jammers and tricks to avoid being caught are very high profile at the moment, best not to have an enthusiastic CPS monkey try to make an example out of you in court.

[Shuriken]

I thought we weren't meant to take this approach but as it has already been said, I think jammers are more hassle than they are worth. If the copper can't getting a reading off your car he will pull you over for that instead of your speed, so you're screwed either way.

Not worth the hassle, remember that even mobile speed trap locations have to be declared as well as the static ones. They're let out is that they provide a list of possible locations (about 8 around here) they might be at on that day. If you are planning a long trip or something, you can still note the areas to be careful in so it's quite useful. If you wanna plan at their own game, the burecratic way is a lot safer. :)

Shuriken.

[Afif]

[hmm Where can you get list of location on motorways?..... I just want to clear something up. If they catch you speeding with the gun how often do they pull you up instead of sending the thing to your house?

[Chaos]

Depends Afif. They don't always have a car up the road, or that car may already be with an offender, they may not be in a position to flag you down themselves, etc etc. How long is a piece of string really.. Depends a lot on the force/coppers aswell and whether they just want to rip through the numbers or talk to people and try the friendlier approach. They're not under any obligation to actually pull you over so there's no hard-and-fast rule really.

[h4pry]

Thanks for all the comments so far peeps.....

So the general concensus here is that the jammer is a very bad idea.... So what about a detector device like the the RA2?

Do you think that this will be outlawed eventually?

[Chaos]

Well, good old BLiar is trying his hardest to push them out, but for now they're still legal and I've got every intention of getting an RA2 myself very shortly when I throw my ICE in.

[paulm3]

dammit.. better take mine off then :(:( i have it paired to my origin... had it bout 6 months... hidden behind the mesh bit under the number plate(pigs will still find it if they get my car).. it has worked on many occasions.. but i think i'll have to take it off and 'wise up' :(:( lrc100 anyone??

[benny boy]

best one i have seen are snooper s6 retails at £500 but its a gps device
and also picks up laser guns which some of the cheaper models dont pick up laser or moble speed traps like th s4 which still is gps retails @ £350 what u can do is add onto the s4 so it picks up moble speed traps but will cost you £200 so the s6 works out cheaper in the long you also have to pay £5 per month subscription now i work at a volvo dealership which sells snooper now i
may be abe to get these at cost if any one is intrested contact me i will see what i can do hope that helps snooper is the best on the market road angles do looke better and smaller but no where near as good [ok hope that helps

[Raja_SMGII]

Take it off? No chance - simply contact Kris @ kmph.co.uk and ask him for a home transponder which can be wired to a porch light for your driveway.

http://www.kmph.co.uk/product.asp?PID=23

£180 for added protection - if the police want to dispute it, let them go ahead, but explain you will bill them to reclaim time and monies lost through their pety investigation.

[BigFas]

oooooh. I like this!!!!!

[Afif]

me 2. Always wanted a porch light :D.

[h4pry]

This is more like it :D

[peppernick]

There are always ways round thing :D

[M5 SC]

:BENNY BOY:

Might be interested in the snooper s6 for the right price.
Let me know what you can do mate!?

[h4pry]

Have been offered a RA2 for £255 brand new with 6 months contract. [cool

Is this a good deal? [hmm

[paulm3]

1 special porch light turny on thing on order :):) he he.... fcuk em.. money grabbing ***ts.....i'd rather spend £££'s on stuff .. than giving it to tony blair,, like where all the £6.8 billion go a day on just petrol tax alone goes...

[h4pry]

1 special porch light turny on thing on order :):) he he.... fcuk em.. money grabbing ***ts.....i'd rather spend £££'s on stuff .. than giving it to tony blair,, like where all the £6.8 billion go a day on just petrol tax alone goes...


:D :D :D

[mystic sport]

Take it off? No chance - simply contact Kris @ kmph.co.uk and ask him for a home transponder which can be wired to a porch light for your driveway.

http://www.kmph.co.uk/product.asp?PID=23

£180 for added protection - if the police want to dispute it, let them go ahead, but explain you will bill them to reclaim time and monies lost through their pety investigation.

Always wanted a way of opening my garage door without carrying my remote everywhere on my car keys. I guess it is very handy for its secondary more important feature as well - will be getting one of these lovelies :D

[7MAT]

Laser diffusers like the LRC100 are not illegal, but they are also not legal.

Unless they are banned, which is now very unlikely there needs to be a test case in the high courts for a ruling to be passed.

I've got a LRC100 & b2 fitted to my M3. It has saved me a few times now.

When it goes off you have five seconds to get your speed down, as this is how long it will take to reset the gun for another reading. After the LRC100 has gone off the b2 will turn it off. This way the Policeman can get a reading (hopefully you are now under the speed limit) and prevent any suspension.

I have been stopped twice in the last few months for having German style number plates, each time the Policeman has spotted my LRC100. I even chatted with one copper about how usefull it was. All I got was a £30 fine for the number plate.

Untill they are made illegal the Police in my experience couldn't care less.

7MAT

[7MAT]

Do not get the jammer!!!! First off, they are illegal, even if they are marked "garage door opener". IF you are caught, if you do not have a valid excuse for owning such a device, you will be done for perverting the course of justice, or obstruction.

Now for the good part.

Police forces are now becoming wiser on the error message they receive on their cameras when catching speeders. They will get your number plate and at ANY time, they can raid your house, impound your car and strip it in search of such a device. It's not worth it. Get a detector, GPS based or not, but not the jammer. You'll be screwed.


There has only been to the best of my knowledge one case where the Poilce have taken down the registration number and raided his house. This was because the clever chap was goading the Police by driving past a laser trap at high speed several times. Even then he was not actually charged with owning a laser diffuser.

The Police just do not have the resources to raid everybodys house who they suspect own a radar diffuser. Remember they are not illegal yet!

7MAT

[Chaos]

http://www.tyresmoke.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=304283

Food for thought.

[7MAT]

http://www.tyresmoke.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=304283

Food for thought.

It the same story from 2002 repeated, just like Chinese whispers the story gets changed and its always a friend of a friend. LOL

7MAT