Negative. The FCC prohibits using devices that jam (intentionally or orhterwise) other signals. Get gaught with it and you're goin' down.

 

Actually jamming lasers is okay. It's not a radio frequency which jamming is illegal because it's a broadcast technoology. While a laser is a narrow field technology and is local to what ever it's being aimed at, so deflectinging or degrading the returning signal is totally okay.

 

Umm, no its not. FCC regulations apply to all frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum. Besides, even if they're not familiar with the FCC regs, they can always bust you for interfering with a police officer or some such offense. Bottom line is if you're going to try and jam something, don't get caught. It will be painful and expensive if you do.

 

To all the Virginia Crossfire owqners - could you imagine getting caught with this equip. in your car and breaking the +20mph barrier, speeding, reckless driving fines and this - the fines would almost match the price of our cars. I am assuming that if we were stopped - we were not going the legal limit, safe assumption?

 

Luckily, that stupid tax is going to be repealed.

 

OK all VA Crossfire owners, trade your Xfires for 1998 Corollas and get yourselfs some peace of mind

 

From Radar Busters:

 

That is correct I have also read that.

 

Take anything you read on radarbusters with a grain of salt. That site was oroginally created because the owned had (has) an axe to grind with Mike Valentine. All of the info there appears to have a certain "spin" to it.

re: Jamming. Check Section 333 of the Communications Act of 1934 & get back to me, OK?

 

Radar is regulated by the FCC and it is illegal in all 50 states to jam it. Laser, on the other hand, is regulated by the FDA and it IS NOT illegal in all states to jam laser guns, its federal law, not state. The only place to draw the line where laser could be considered illeagel is

This is the FCC compliance code that every electronic device legally has to abide by:
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions: this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

They may get you by saying your device causes harmfull interference. But it only emits IR waves at around 904nm since the only transmitting portion is the IR laser diode, which is the same that the laser guns use. Police laser guns shoot out an IR laser beam not to be confused with radar guns which shoot radio waves..

Granted all are electromagnetic waves, but the FCC regulates radio waves.

It's a state statute so the issue of any city regulations is moot. Since the FCC does not regulate the visual spectrum, just the electromagnetic (radio, etc.), and IR is technically visible light, it is not a federal question, and thus not subject to federal regulation, so it is left to each individual state to regulate such items.

 

Fortunately, they got rid of the reckless driving fines. I was just in court a couple of weeks ago for a reckless. Got it knocked down to speeding, 10-19 over and $150 fine. I thought that was pretty good. But, then again, I paid $1200 for a lawyer as well!

I've been looking into the Blinder system and will seriously consider it because of my need for speed.