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Lidar Intercept

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:23 pm
by hwybear

see if this photo works.....took this from Friday afternoon...only cellphone photo...8 cruisers on the shoulder....


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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:44 pm
by racer

Nice pic


and how many vehicles were stopped there? Was that a major drug bust/arrest happening?


Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:25 pm
by tdrive2

Wholy *EDIT* what is going on there.


Looks like you guys got the whole force on the side of the 401.


I see some marked vics and the tahoe to.


Were you on the bridge with a laser tri pod and radio the cars when you get a speeder?


Why would you have all 8 there haha.


Looks like something you would expect to see on hwy 400 S/N.


Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:43 am
by viper1

They are testing the helicopter.

Around the same last sunday near bowmanvillle.



That's All


Cheers

Viper1


Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:57 am
by Reflections
Was that a major drug bust/arrest happening?

giving away donuts again....... :D


Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:07 am
by tdrive2

Oh god they got a helicopter now?


What next is the OPP gonna blow your car up on global news for going 175?


Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:17 am
by tdrive2

viper1 wrote:They are testing the helicopter.

Around the same last sunday near bowmanvillle.



That's All


Cheers

Viper1


Hwybear from what i have heard patrolls west between London and Essex in carnage alley.




Bowmanville is a long way from there NO WAY that is in his zone. Bowmanville is east of Oshawa.


Also the 401 is 2 lanes there with a center median seems like more out west towards Middlesex county.


From what it looks like the whole detachment is out. Perhaps escorting a funeral or something of the like?


Can;t see but from the looks we have 1 Tahoe, 2 white older style cruisers, a black and white vic, and ahead of them i cant tell but it looks like they have a few customers. Looks like a common kind of bridge to do speed traps.


Haha from my guess hwybear is sitting on top of the bridge with a Lidar on a tripod looking for speeders.!


Or perhaps he is up there with a giant eye glass looking for the next tim hortons truck to pass by so the officers can do a routine truck safety inspection!!!! :twisted:

After all even a tim hortons rig going 102 km/hr is still speeding right? Perhaps a few doughnuts and a warning :lol:


Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:33 am
by Squishy
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:59 pm
by pinch

Is any particular part of a vehicle targeted with lidar? Is it aimed at the license plate, or just anywhere on (or in :( ) a vehicle?


Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:16 pm
by hwybear

racer wrote:Nice pic


and how many vehicles were stopped there? Was that a major drug bust/arrest happening?


8 cruisers on the shoulder and 3 "clients" on the shoulder in front.


The operator of the lidar was directly under the over pass, which was cruiser #9 and I was on top of the bridge with cruiser #10 (just came up on top b/c I thought it was a neat photo). It was actually very slow on this Friday afternoon (I had time to leave for the photo) even when going for the 20 overs.


There was still 3 more units (2 marked, 1 unmarked) that stayed west of this location.


Our platoon has 7 officers and the "floating" platoon had 6 officers working on this day.


I will try to remember my own good camera for better photos next time.