New radar gun spots tailgaters
Tailgating has long been a dangerous practice causing many fatal highway accidents, yet law enforcement agencies have struggled to effectively enforce the law as they lacked the proper equipment to document and prosecute violators;without definitive proof, cases involving tailgating were difficult to win in court, but a Colorado based company may have sold this problem; Laser Technology Inc. (LTI) has developed a device it calls Distance Between Cars (DBC)
Tailgating has long been a dangerous practice causing many fatal highway accidents, yet law enforcement agencies have struggled to effectively enforce the law as they lacked the proper equipment to document and prosecute violators.
Without definitive proof, cases involving tailgating were difficult to win in court, but a Colorado based company may have sold this problem.
Laser Technology Inc. (LTI) hasdeveloped a device it calls Distance Between Cars (DBC). The company has built special software into its radar based speed detection systems to accurately measure the space between vehicles in both distance and time.
According to officials from the Golden, Colorado police department, the number of rear-end collisions on high speed highways has sharply increased in recent years.
“We’re seeing a lot of [rear-end] collisions at those traffic lights because people aren’t paying attention to whether or not they’re too close to the front car,” said Office Jeff Kreutzer. “The rear-end collisions have tripled roughly over the last four years.”
To help the officers prevent collisions and deter tailgating, the department recently purchased LTI’s UltraLyte 100 LR laser which comes DBC capabilities.
With the new laser, officers can measure the distance between two cars by first measuring the speed of the lead vehicle before measuring the speed of the second vehicle. Once both measurements have been taken, the laser will display the speed of the second vehicle as well as the time between both vehicles.
The new devices are beginning to generate interest in other states as well. Arizona currently has nine of the devices in use in the Phoenix area and plans to purchase nineteen more.
