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Originally Posted by bpjones  ....and in regards to your "keep your head down" comment, if the new M27 is as good at jamming the signal from the LOE gun as they claim, how come your helmet would make any difference? Tim..what do you say about this? |
Barry, in regards to what Sonny is mentioning, if you get into the simple physics of how a LIDAR gun works, it shoots out a beam of light that is pulsing at certain rate. However, it's a very narrow beam and has very little dispersal as compared to a Radar gun that is shooting out an actual wave of microwave energy.
LIDAR guns have to be 'aimed' for that very reason, which is why you see in all the pics, the LEO is aiming it via the sights. Also the reason why you always see them standing on the side of the road, or locally, they'll be standing beside their motorcycle on the side of the freeway just over a rise.
On a car, they are aiming for a flat spot on the front of the vehicle, typically the license plate. On a motorcycle though, there isn't much of flat anything, so a LIDAR gun gets aimed at the headlight of the motorcycle. Or as Sonny alludes, a riders visor since that and the headlight are likely the few flat spots on a bike.
Our sheriffs deputy over the weekend on the pashnit tour also said motorcycles are somewhat hard to focus in on as opposed to a mini-van or truck which has lots of front flat surface area. Obviously, they can get a speed reading with a bit of practice was his comment, but it's a huge difference from pointing the LIDAR gun at a cab-over semi coming at them vs a small bike.