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Old 05-04-2014, 02:43 PM   #76
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Just turn it on parking mode and as far as I'm concerned its a parking sensor officer.
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Old 05-04-2014, 02:47 PM   #77
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Because a radar detector detects just that: radar. Modern detectors are frequently equipped with laser detectors as well, hence your "LASER" warning. However, if your detector warns you of laser, the chances are pretty high that your speed has already been acquired and hitting the brakes at that point would be pointless.
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thank you for the clarification.

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yea zulu. you should know better. Common sense can't be bought off a shelf you know!
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Old 05-04-2014, 05:27 PM   #79
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zulutango, does the design, colour or reflectivity of the car you're trying to measure affect how quickly the lidar gun gives you a speed reading? If so, what's the shortest and longest amount of time it takes to get a reading?

Red is the best colour, a bigger target is obviously physically easier to hit (easier to get a bead quickly on an elephant, takes a bit longer to draw down on a deer...the bullet hits them both at the same time) and the 60 distance readings are taken in 1/3 of a second....a constant.

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yea zulu. you should know better. Didn't you hear common sense can't be bought off a shelf
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Done work for the VPD before, some of the guys there are pretty good. I remember once having a conversation with one of the guys that had been there over 20 years and he was telling me one of the issues with new officers is they don't understand the impact of their decisions.
And this differs from a lot of youth these days, how?
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