Laser jammer saved my bacon!
Dec 10, 2004, 09:02 PM
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Laser jammer saved my bacon!
In March of last year I had an Escort ZR3 laser shifter installed on my Evo. It has gone off several times, but I never felt as if it really saved me -- until tonight.
I was driving on a 2 lane separated highway. It was about 9pm and I had just stopped at a traffic light. The road ahead was clear, so like any good Evo owner would do when you get a green light and a clear road… I stepped on it. I worked through redline up through 3rd and then continued in 4th, backed off and dropped to 5th. At this point I was probably doing about 100mph and coasting back down to the speed limit. This is where both my Valentine and my laser jammer started going crazy! I immediately nailed the brakes, quickly bringing my speed down to about 45. I then reached down and disabled the jammer to allow for the cop, which I couldn't see, to get a reading on me. My jammer was now silent, as it was disabled, but my Valentine was still making a racket. As I drove on a little ways, I finally made out a black unmarked police car in the center median. All of his lights were off and it wasn’t until I was within 100yds that I could clearly make him out. All I could clearly see was the red lighting from the laser gun.
When I finally came close enough to make him out clearly, I was then able to also see the 2nd officer parked next to him, ready to bust speeders. At this point I had all my fingers crossed, hoping that my jammer had worked.... and sure enough neither cop pulled out or even turned their lights on. PHEW!!!
I can just imagine the cop salivating as I came up on him, hoping for a big ticket. I can only imagine his frustration as he was unable to get a read on me until I was again doing the limit.
I then drove the rest of the way home at the speed limit.
Note to all about where I was speeding:
This piece of road has great visibility and and at this time, no traffic. It was completely safe. This is a road that I drive every day and am intimately familiar with.
I was driving on a 2 lane separated highway. It was about 9pm and I had just stopped at a traffic light. The road ahead was clear, so like any good Evo owner would do when you get a green light and a clear road… I stepped on it. I worked through redline up through 3rd and then continued in 4th, backed off and dropped to 5th. At this point I was probably doing about 100mph and coasting back down to the speed limit. This is where both my Valentine and my laser jammer started going crazy! I immediately nailed the brakes, quickly bringing my speed down to about 45. I then reached down and disabled the jammer to allow for the cop, which I couldn't see, to get a reading on me. My jammer was now silent, as it was disabled, but my Valentine was still making a racket. As I drove on a little ways, I finally made out a black unmarked police car in the center median. All of his lights were off and it wasn’t until I was within 100yds that I could clearly make him out. All I could clearly see was the red lighting from the laser gun.
When I finally came close enough to make him out clearly, I was then able to also see the 2nd officer parked next to him, ready to bust speeders. At this point I had all my fingers crossed, hoping that my jammer had worked.... and sure enough neither cop pulled out or even turned their lights on. PHEW!!!
I can just imagine the cop salivating as I came up on him, hoping for a big ticket. I can only imagine his frustration as he was unable to get a read on me until I was again doing the limit.
I then drove the rest of the way home at the speed limit.
Note to all about where I was speeding:
This piece of road has great visibility and and at this time, no traffic. It was completely safe. This is a road that I drive every day and am intimately familiar with.
Dec 10, 2004, 09:07 PM
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Nice!
Good thinking about turning it off and let him get a reading when you slowed down.
Gotta be careful, radar guns will get you from far away! All they need to see is headlights coming.
Good thinking about turning it off and let him get a reading when you slowed down.
Gotta be careful, radar guns will get you from far away! All they need to see is headlights coming.
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Originally Posted by burningmoney97
i read those jammers dont even work. whats its suppost to do?
Check this link out:
http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleID=8502
Dec 10, 2004, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by pumpdog720
Nice!
Good thinking about turning it off and let him get a reading when you slowed down.
Gotta be careful, radar guns will get you from far away! All they need to see is headlights coming.
Good thinking about turning it off and let him get a reading when you slowed down.
Gotta be careful, radar guns will get you from far away! All they need to see is headlights coming.
If he had been using "instant on" radar then I would have been toast. I was lucky he was using laser!
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Originally Posted by smp3000
what is the thing on your lic plate? How much is the jammer?
The price ranges between $300 and $400. They are hard to find these days as I don't belive Escort, for whatever reason, makes them anymore. When I bought mine, Escort was still advertising them on thier site. I can't find it now???
I did a quick Ebay search:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW
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hmm interesting. I always wonder if things like this actually work or not. It's hard to test them- unless you have a cop friend lol. Sounds like it worked for you- or they for some other reason didn't get a reading on you until you slowed down. Maybe they dropped a donut and were looking for it.
Are the jammers illegal in certain states?
Are the jammers illegal in certain states?
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Light emissions are controlled by a different agency than radar. Still legal.... right now 
, at least in CO. Not sure about other states.
Maybe they felt sorry for me because it was going to be a bad ticket???
, at least in CO. Not sure about other states.Maybe they felt sorry for me because it was going to be a bad ticket???
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Originally Posted by JTB
Check this link out:
http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleID=8502
http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleID=8502
