<VV> Radar & Front Plates

[Joel Rushworth]

I also forgot to mention.

I remember seeing a test years ago in Car & Driver.  Having your high beams
on will interfere with a Lidar gun as they are based in the Infrared
spectrum.  The tests used a 4th gen Camaro, with and without license plate
and without license plate and with high beams on.  Each modification had a
significant impact at which the Lidar gun would get a reading at.

Regards,
Joel

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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Joel Rushworth
Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 5:42 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Radar & Front Plates

While it will have little to no effect on a radar gun, the front licence
plate is the target of choice for police when using a Lidar gun.

With it's prominent downward angle on the front of the LM 'vair, I've often
wondered how difficult it would be to get a positive reflection off of it
with a Lidar gun.

Regards,
Joel

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Frank DuVal
Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 3:53 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Radar & Front Plates

What difference does a 12" x 8" or so aluminum plate on front of a mass of
steel about 24" x 55" have on radar reflections?

Extremely minute!

Frank DuVal


On 12/8/2012 6:00 PM, Charlie wrote:
>
> I think the reason I never got a ticket before is that I usually have 
> no front plate for radar to reflect back, and I was driving a rental 
> with a front plate?
>
> Next time, I take the front plates off when cruising the insterstate 
> 'revenue roads' !
>
> Charlie
>

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