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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MR2NR
A laser needs a reflective surface to get a accurate reading. True the license plate and headlights are the best reflective surface, but unless you are driving the stealth bomber or similar, you are one big moving target and the reading can come from the sheetmetal, a grill, the window even.
The guys on "Mythbusters" did an episode a while ago about this exact topic. They tried a dozen different ways to fool the detector, and they all failed. As for jamming a radar or laser beam, I would be impressed to hear about anything available to John Q. Public....the military might have something but I doubt they'd let it out of the bag......
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