radar detector
logical extention to use jammers to prevent them from getting accurate readings. The
technology already works to detect the radar signals, so why not jam them? Marketing will
tell you that jammers work. However there are two very good reasons not to invest in a radar
jammer.
The first is that they're illegal. The technology has been banned as far back as 1977 by the
FCC, technologically the police are protected in their use of the technology. Even
passive systems are illegal
The second reason is that they're ineffective. To date no jammer has proven to be
effective. After investing your money in one of these systems you're left with at best a
useless box that gives you a false sense of security and at worst a felony for attempting to
jam a police radar system. However, if you want to claim that your vehicle has a jammer,
Laser jamming systems are fair game.
Laser speed sensors are another can of worms entirely and the field is still wide open and
there are laser jamming systems that are legal and effective, though increasing
sophistication of police laser guns are cutting sharply into the security that the
systems offered. For those of you depending on your technology to avoid speeding
tickets, Laser Atlanta's Generation III Police Laser gun can defeat most systems,
though the Blinder Xtreme series are still effective.
How long with that last? Roadways today are increasingly becoming a technological
battleground between increasingly sophisticated detection, electronic warfare
systems, vehicle coatings and systems such as digital radars and advanced generation
laser guns.
No technological system will maintain its dominance forever, but for now if you're
looking for a jammer, the only one that will reliably work at all only works against laser
systems and it's the Blinder Xtreme. But even this is defeated by Laser Atlanta's system.
How wide spread is the system? No one really knows. Until they become widespread the laser
jammers work and as Blinder and their competitors are coming out with new technology to
defeat these system, the arms race will continue.
