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In article <1992Aug16.173120.10715@cis.ohio-state.edu> rubin@chocktaw.cis.ohio-state.edu (Daniel Rubin) writes:
>Actually, yes there is a laser detector available and the device is
>simpler and cheeper than a radar detector!  Cincinnati Microwave sells
>one for only $99 and it works very well ( from what I have heard I do
>not own one ).  I believe the laser beam is used as more of a scanning
>beam than a single beam so it is fairly detectable.  It would be very 
>hard for a police officer to point a single laser beam at a car moving at
>a high rate of speed.  

I interviewed with a company in Englewood, Colorado that makes these puppys
and after the interview I asked the interviewer if we could take one outside
and play with it. We did, and I can tell you that it has a deadly accurate
sight on it and you could easily target an oncoming car at up to 1/2 mile.
The readout is virtually instantaneous.

I am skeptical about the usefulness of the detectors as they would only work
if someone else was clocked while you and he were both in sight of the cop.

Using the $99 rationale for assuming the laser detector may not be correct,
it may simply be that both cost about the same to manufacture, but who'd pay
$299 for a detector that will almost never save you.

Chuck Luciano