Laser Jammer in CA

[Deepdiver]

Originally Posted by TheTick

Wouldn't work for us guys in socal. Every cop is using laser now. If your detector detects it, he's already clocked you.

i disagree. CHP uses Ka band radar.

[k67p67]

CHP hasn't totally abandoned radar but they use laser in plenty of areas.

[beaditya]

I pick up Ka from cops on the highway when I drive to Monterey or Tahoe but not very much in the city.

I just saw cops pulling over people on the San Mateo bridge yesterday .. I never saw a cop the the bridge till yesterday, One more hot zone to remember

[InsaneG]

Originally Posted by gary c

Beaditya, my guess is they're targeting younger drivers which isn't unusual in CA. What was the average age of the citizens you noticed when you went to court? My guess (until you tell us) is 18 to 25. I got my license when I was 16 for the next 4 years I received 27 moving violations. It didn't matter how or what I drove, see you're not alone! It might be time to change your driving habits, get a V1 and be aware of who's around you at all times!
Gary

Holy ****, 27 moving violations? What did you do? lol

[gary c]

Originally Posted by InsaneG

Holy ****, 27 moving violations? What did you do? lol

Lost my license for 90 days over that period of time and paid a whole bunch of fines. One of the prices you pay for driving a modified car and growing up in the SFV.
Gary

[Todd157k]

Originally Posted by TheTick

Wouldn't work for us guys in socal. Every cop is using laser now. If your detector detects it, he's already clocked you.

According to a few of the LEOs on the vette/porsche forums, there are very few Laser equipped cops out there. They are too expensive for the current budgets. But you are correct, once you've detected them, they've got you. It's not like radar that you detect someone else being detected.

[TheTick]

Originally Posted by Deepdiver

i disagree. CHP uses Ka band radar.

Nope...they are using Lidar. Maybe they still use Ka in the car mounted radar, but I was referring to the actual hand held guns they are using now. I drive for a living and cover all of Socal from Santa Barbara to San Diego. I see CHP parked everywhere these days aiming their Lidar guns. Not sure why I see so many more cops these days clocking cars. Maybe it's the state defecit.

It's not just the CHP either. All cops I see hiding out on surface streets are also using Lidar.

[dakappy]

Source: California Vehicle Code, Section 28150
(Also available from http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/)


Jamming: Electronic Speed-Measuring Devices

28150. (a) No vehicle shall be equipped with any device that is designed for, or is capable of, jamming, scrambling, neutralizing, disabling, or otherwise interfering with radar, laser, or any other electronic device used by a law enforcement agency to measure the speed of moving objects.

(b) No person shall use, buy, possess, manufacture, sell, or otherwise distribute any device that is designed for jamming, scrambling, neutralizing, disabling, or otherwise interfering with radar, laser, or any other electronic device used by a law enforcement agency to measure the speed of moving objects.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), a violation of subdivision (a) or (b) is an infraction.

(d) When a person possesses four or more devices in violation of subdivision (b), the person is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who has a valid federal license for operating the devices described in this section may transport one or more of those devices if the license is carried in the vehicle transporting the device at all times when the device is being transported.

Added Sec. 1, Ch. 493, Stats. 1998. Effective January 1, 1999.