SPEED MONITORING
Laser Facts
It’s well documented that many radar guns
cannot reliably provide the speed of a targeted vehicle that
is traveling in a group of vehicles. In contrast, a laser gun can
target a specific vehicle out of a line of traffic and determine
its speed. The advantage of laser over radar in terms of
target identification is the result of the laser gun’s narrow
beam. A radar gun’s transmission can cover more than a
four-lane highway at a distance of 1,000 feet, compared
with a laser gun’s transmission which covers about 3 feet at
the same distance. For best protection, keep these points
in mind:
• Because the vehicle’s license plate or headlights are
the laser gun’s primary targets, mounting the Whistler
detector on the dashboard can improve laser detection
at short range.
• Do not follow closely behind any vehicle you cannot see
through. If you can’t see past a vehicle ahead of you,
chances are your detector can’t either.
• The receiving range of your laser detector will not be the
same as a radar detector.
• Laser guns are most often used at short range.
ARE DETECTORS LEGAL?
In Most States YES.
Laser-Radar detectors are legal in every state (except Virginia
and Washington, D.C., which have local regulations
restricting the use of radar receivers in any vehicle) when
used in automobiles or light trucks (under 10,000 lbs.). The
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a regulation,
effective January, 1994 which prohibits radar and laser
detector use in vehicles over 10,000 lbs. Prior to the FHWA
regulation, laws existed in New York restricting the use of
radar detectors in trucks over 18,000 lbs. and in Illinois in
trucks over 26,000 lbs.
FCC INFORMATION
FCC ID: HSXWH26
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1)
(2)
this device may not cause harmful interference,
this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
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