What is a laser jammer and how do they work?
Laser jammers (also known as laser diffusers) were developed because laser detection was not enough. Laser jammers are designed to stop a laser from recording your speed for a short period. giving drivers time to adjust their speed safely. They give you a visual and audio alert inside the car so you have time to check your speed and, if necessary, safely reduce your speed to the posted limit, before getting a ticket. The manufacturers purpose is not to encourage speeding, but to allow people who are following the flow of traffic or who have drifted above the speed limit to adjust to the proper speed before being fined. Jammers work by recognising which laser has been fired at your car and then transmitting its own matching infra-red or laser signal back towards the laser gun. The jammers signal confuses the gun, which is unable to calculate the speed of the vehicle and displays an error message. It is perfectly normal for an officer using a laser gun to receive error messages all the t
