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Not sure if this has been discussed here or not, but thought I would give everyone a heads-up. Police officers in Wake County are now using LIDAR (laser) guns for catching speeders. Today on I-40 around noon, in the Cary/Morrisville/RDU exit areas, there was a HUGE speedtrap setup, and their primary speed measurement was done using the laser guns. My radar detector got a few hits of K and Ka band radar, but by and large they were all using laser guns.
If you have a radar detector, it is useless against a laser gun. Even if your radar detector also detects laser, by the time it goes off they already know how fast you are going.
As long as I am allowed my 9 over, I hope LE uses every tool in their toolbox. The idiots doing 80 or driving recklessly in other manners need to be eliminated. I hope they will take that technology a step further and air it out on 55, US 1 and Aviation Pkwy, for example. Part of the success of effective LE is the surprize factor.
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Laser jammer FTW. Also, simply going past the limit set by the clueless, ignorant lawmakers doesn't make one reckless. It may be illegal, but its not the only factor that means you are or are not being reckless. The vehicle, tires, brakes, conditions, road surface, driving experience, and much more all come into play when determining whether someone is being reckless or not. Speed by itself does not kill and cause accidents. There are other factors, as has been proven time and time again.
Not sure if this has been discussed here or not, but thought I would give everyone a heads-up. Police officers in Wake County are now using LIDAR (laser) guns for catching speeders. Today on I-40 around noon, in the Cary/Morrisville/RDU exit areas, there was a HUGE speedtrap setup, and their primary speed measurement was done using the laser guns. My radar detector got a few hits of K and Ka band radar, but by and large they were all using laser guns.
If you have a radar detector, it is useless against a laser gun. Even if your radar detector also detects laser, by the time it goes off they already know how fast you are going.
I didn't even know there WEREN"T using LIDAR here yet. It's been in use for years in other places. The fact that radar detectors are legal here is stupid anyway. I guess coming from Virginia it just seems weird to me. I would never buy one or use them, because they are essentially useless against an officer that knows what they are doing.
I didn't even know there WEREN"T using LIDAR here yet. It's been in use for years in other places. The fact that radar detectors are legal here is stupid anyway. I guess coming from Virginia it just seems weird to me. I would never buy one or use them, because they are essentially useless against an officer that knows what they are doing.
Spoken like one who has not been saved by a radar detector. They are most certainly NOT useless. They are very effective except against LIDAR.
I've read studies (sorry, no links) that show the higher the speed, the safer people tend to drive (to an extent). Also something about roads that are full of curves also are safer vs. ones that are just straight ahead, as it forces people to concentrate more. Something to think about.
That being said, as citizens we are obligated to operate under our current laws. It's a speed limit, not a speed suggestion. I really don't care if people speed but I would hope cops pop as many people as they can, as it means lower taxes for me .
I've read studies (sorry, no links) that show the higher the speed, the safer people tend to drive (to an extent). Also something about roads that are full of curves also are safer vs. ones that are just straight ahead, as it forces people to concentrate more. Something to think about.
That being said, as citizens we are obligated to operate under our current laws. It's a speed limit, not a speed suggestion. I really don't care if people speed but I would hope cops pop as many people as they can, as it means lower taxes for me .
I think anti-speeders have been waiting years for death rates in Germany (Autobahn related) to rise so they could point and say "See! Speed kills." But it just doesn't. There are many, many other factors, most of which are MORE IMPORTANT than speed, that make the difference. Facts are facts.
Regarding your taxes being lower if more people are caught speeding, sorry, not true. The government is highly inefficient. You think they'll ever lower our taxes because they had a few good years of speeding ticket revenue? Heck no - they'll waste/spend/lose it as they always do. They are only popping extra people because funds are low and they need even more money.
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