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Old Jul 31, 2018, 2:26 pm
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gfunkdave
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Originally Posted by davie355
@gfunkdave, many cops do use laser but many laser guns are slow enough to get a reading that the driver can get by with slamming on the breaks upon hearing a laser alert from a windshield-mounted detector.
How interesting. When I had a radar (and laser!) detector in about 1994, I distinctly remember the manual saying that lasers were the fastest way to get a speed reading, within 0.2 seconds. I guess tech has changed.
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