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Originally Posted by zulutango
So you are driving along with your laser jammer (a device designed to interfere with the operation of Police laser and prevent them from detecting your breaking of the law), powered up in case Police are operating laser units to detect your speed. If you are not expecting to prevent them from recording your speed, why are you using the jammer?
You may not know the location but you are attempting to obstruct any Police laser use that might catch you. If not, what reason do you have to use a laser jammer? The legal phrase "mens rea" means guilty mind and shows intent to break the law by obstructing the readings. If and when you encounter the laser, your jammer will jam the speed readings and you have obstructed the Police . How can you articulate that in court.
Section 129 of the criminal code. of the criminal code says: Every one who (a) resists or wilfully obstructs a public officer or peace officer in the execution of his duty or any person lawfully acting in aid of such an officer, (b)
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Criminal code 129 states you need to obstruct the police officer, laser jammers simply protect the vehicle you’re in against laser, it is a countermeasure.
When there is no law, I find police bend other laws in order to justify their disapproval. You cannot use a criminal code for a motor vehicle act, if the attorney general wishes to make laser jammers illegal, then they should make a law against it.
Laser jammers do not obstruct, they simply delay the reading until the operator turns the jammer off, I hardly find 2 seconds delay an “obstruction of justice” the officer will not get a JAM code, not unless they use Laser Atlanta, and those guns will shows JAM for many reasons, if you ever worked with laser guns before, you’ll know those laser guns will show “JAM” because of sunlight hitting the gun, car being too far away, and if the vehicle is not reflective. All modern guns do not show JAM, they simply don’t show a speed.
Source:http://drivesmartbc.ca/equipment/rad...-laser-jammers
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I dont feel like going through this, but luckily a commenter in there shares my sentiments exactly. So I will just say that I concur with his statement.
EDIT: Out of curiosity about the reflective portion of the above, I have head the same thing a variety of times, and they even sell film and stuff meant to stop lidar traps. Since my car is vinyl wrapped a matte colour, would the officer not get a reading unless he hit my windshield?
And if so would that mean that my vinyl wrapping my car a matte colour was obstruction of justice?
Can you see where this line starts to get really fuzzy really fast?