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      01-25-2022, 12:33 PM   #30
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In that case I would take my LIDAR gun's download to court to show the magistrate that my gun was, indeed, being jammed by that vehicle although I couldn't find the jammer itself. I would have a 50/50 shot of getting the favorable ruling.
That video dates way back and before LIDAR gun got better. I know the folk over at radardetectors.net use to get their hands on radar and LIDAR guns and use to do real world testing. They use to test the jamming features, and they said if you were like 10 over, and you heard the signal and hit the brakes fast enough you could slow 10 in less time it took the LIDAR to acquire the returning signal, it is not instantaneously. Plus no person using a LIDAR is perfect it take a little time to accurately acquire the target, It is not unusually for you to hit the front then the hood then the windshield before your settle the gun. Especially at longer distances, You already said you wait to they get close this reduces error. The easies way to beat a LIDAR ticket was the one which were done over 1000ft, the target area is small at and the beam spread was 8 to 10 ft so you could be hitting multiply things at the same time and the gun need time to figure out what was the true return signal.

I use to have the operating and training manuals for a couple of the popular LIDAR and Radar guns. Over the years the manual became useless since they did not want people like me knowing how the gun worked
I wait for the vehicle to get closer to visually estimate because department policy and state requirements (…California P.O.S.T.) mandate that we do it. It's an integrity thing. If I didn't have integrity I wouldn't do it and I would just lie and state that I did. My gun is calibrated and accurate. Using a LIDAR gun isn't that difficult and the learning curve isn't steep. I mean, my LIDAR gun has a red dot in the viewing window. It couldn't get any easier. See car, aim at car, pull trigger…..obtain reading. If you are shooting uphill or downhill, that could pose an issue because the laser needs to return to the gun in order to get a reading; flat surfaces are easy as pie. Rain can cause an issue because the laser bounces off of the water.


P.S. When my gun is being jammed, the reading is a series of symbols and nonsense rather than a speed. That's how I know.
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