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After many hours of testing this product with different cars
and different speed police laser guns, we have determined five primary
contributors to police laser's effectiveness. They are (in order of
decreasing importance): whether or not a license or vanity plate
is mounted on the front of a vehicle; the surface-area of
headlights, fog lights, and parking/running lights that are
positioned in the front; the amount of large sections of chrome
that is perpendicular to the road facing the front; the shape of
the vehicle - specifically how much of the vehicle is vertical
or perpendicular to the road; and finally the color of the
vehicle (white being the easiest to detect) and type of
automotive paint (metallic being the easiest to detect.)
Let's examine each one of these factors which contribute to a
vehicle's "visibility" to police laser/lidar.
First
Most states and
countries require the use of a front license plate (as of this
writing, only seventeen states do not.) These plates are mounted
perpendicular to the road surface, thereby acting as a strong
reflector of light energy. Furthermore, most current state
plates are retro-reflective which, in effect, magnifies or
intensifies the amount of reflected light. We have found that
even on black cars that have hidden head lights, such as
Corvettes, when they have a front-mounted license plate,
effective targeting range increases as much as four times!
Second
Head/fog lights and parking/running lamps are also strong reflectors however they
are typically spaced farther apart and since the LIDAR beam only
strikes a portion of them at any one time, they are the
secondary contributing factor.
Third
Vehicles that have large sections of chrome are easier to target than do vehicles
that do not or have complex thin chrome grills with a lot of
space in between them.
Fourth
The frontal shape of a vehicles plays a large role in effecting the targeting range
of laser. Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs, and many import sports
cars have steeply raked front-ends that have fewer surfaces that
are perpendicular to the road. Therefore, cars which are
aerodynamic looking are likely harder to target with laser as
these kinds of vehicles reflect laser light away from the gun
source. These types of vehicles stand to benefit the most when
VEILed.
Fifth
The color and type of paint contributes to a vehicle's stealth nature. Metallic and/or
light cars are easier to target at greater range than darker
non-metallic cars. You may be surprised to see that color is not
higher on the list of importance, however, we have found that
all laser guns have improved, since their debut, to the point
that the other factors play a more important role in
contributing to the overall visual signature to laser. However,
darker vehicles will tend to benefit the most with
VEIL, because once the reflected portions are obscured
with VEIL, the car's color will be the source of any remaining
reflectivity.
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