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Skip · 07-15-2009, 03:13 PM

As Woodsy has correctly pointed out, the primary speed enforcement tool of choice on Winnipesaukee is the handheld LIDAR (or sometimes referred to as Laser) unit. This unit does not emit or use radio frequency for ranging, it uses light. Therefore you would need a LIDAR rated detector and would need to be in the LIDAR unit's limited emitted light cone for the brief bursts that it's being activated in order for your detector to alert. Given the conditions over water, if you are within the LIDAR's emiiter light cone for the brief time it is activated, all your detector will inform you of is the fact that your speed has just been measured by a NHMP officer.

07-15-2009, 03:13 PM	#13
Skip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 1,615 Thanks: 256 Thanked 514 Times in 182 Posts	LIDAR capable detector limitations.... As Woodsy has correctly pointed out, the primary speed enforcement tool of choice on Winnipesaukee is the handheld LIDAR (or sometimes referred to as Laser) unit. This unit does not emit or use radio frequency for ranging, it uses light. Therefore you would need a LIDAR rated detector and would need to be in the LIDAR unit's limited emitted light cone for the brief bursts that it's being activated in order for your detector to alert. Given the conditions over water, if you are within the LIDAR's emiiter light cone for the brief time it is activated, all your detector will inform you of is the fact that your speed has just been measured by a NHMP officer.