What would you recommend as a solution? I don't know about you, but when it comes to my family or myself flying at a cruising altitude of 30,000 feet at 500mph, I'd rather not have the pilot blinded by some a-hole. Me, I think the solution would be a clockwork-orange-style-reverse-laser-to-the-a**hole's-eye.
What about tough penalties for odd few hooligans that thinks its funny to toy with a 40 tonne missile carrying 26000L of fuel and hundreds of passengers.
But how do you catch those that pull off these stunts?
Thing is, it's still very easy to hide a laser pointer due to its size. Laws like this will probably screw the non-asshole citizens more than the ones doing the deeds. The people doing this shit in the first place will probably continue as if nothing happened.
I think when pilots are flying at cruizing altitude, they arent flying by VFR, but rather IFR, making it very hard for anyone to make the laser visible to the pilots. Im not saying only point at high flying planes, but if i lived there, ill have to hit you with my steel lathe for dicking around and getting my lasers taken away. Reminds me of the .50BMG incident in california http://www.thegunzone.com/rkba/rkba-50.html
I agree, but how do you propose catching these hooligans? The crime can happen anywhere with a line of site to an airplane, the only evidence is a temporary green dot inside the cockpit with little chance of being able to spot a point of origin, and the only witnesses may be blinded or shouldn't try looking for the point of origin for fear of being blinded and risking the lives of those on board.
Meanwhile, the hooligans merely place their laser pointer into a pocket and stroll away.
The only chance of catching them is for a police officer to actually see them do it.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Lance @ Apr 21st 2008 9:09AM
This is just another case of the NSW government restricting what responsible adults can have and do all because of a few bad eggs.
Prohibition is not the solution
Jon Doe. @ Apr 21st 2008 9:17AM
Under what rock have you been living...A few spoiling it for the rest?? Welcome to the real world...sadly.
nedy78 @ Apr 21st 2008 9:23AM
What would you recommend as a solution? I don't know about you, but when it comes to my family or myself flying at a cruising altitude of 30,000 feet at 500mph, I'd rather not have the pilot blinded by some a-hole. Me, I think the solution would be a clockwork-orange-style-reverse-laser-to-the-a**hole's-eye.
Lance @ Apr 21st 2008 9:55AM
"What would you recommend as a solution?"
What about tough penalties for odd few hooligans that thinks its funny to toy with a 40 tonne missile carrying 26000L of fuel and hundreds of passengers.
BobTurbo @ Apr 21st 2008 10:01AM
laser tracer buster
Kyrra @ Apr 21st 2008 10:02AM
But how do you catch those that pull off these stunts?
Thing is, it's still very easy to hide a laser pointer due to its size. Laws like this will probably screw the non-asshole citizens more than the ones doing the deeds. The people doing this shit in the first place will probably continue as if nothing happened.
teej @ Apr 21st 2008 10:15AM
they may not be kids, but terrorists!?@ GASP
Bobs @ Apr 21st 2008 11:04AM
I think when pilots are flying at cruizing altitude, they arent flying by VFR, but rather IFR, making it very hard for anyone to make the laser visible to the pilots. Im not saying only point at high flying planes, but if i lived there, ill have to hit you with my steel lathe for dicking around and getting my lasers taken away. Reminds me of the .50BMG incident in california
http://www.thegunzone.com/rkba/rkba-50.html
phoomp @ Apr 21st 2008 11:28AM
"penalties for odd few hooligans"
I agree, but how do you propose catching these hooligans? The crime can happen anywhere with a line of site to an airplane, the only evidence is a temporary green dot inside the cockpit with little chance of being able to spot a point of origin, and the only witnesses may be blinded or shouldn't try looking for the point of origin for fear of being blinded and risking the lives of those on board.
Meanwhile, the hooligans merely place their laser pointer into a pocket and stroll away.
The only chance of catching them is for a police officer to actually see them do it.
Jeebus @ Apr 21st 2008 12:32PM
"how do you propose catching these hooligans?"
How do you propose catching them WITH this law in place?
zumajoe @ Apr 21st 2008 1:57PM
dead on Jeebus!
Terpy @ Apr 21st 2008 3:34PM
Solution: 1 way mirror windshields - ok probably would not work and would completely backfire at night. What about polarized aviator sunglasses?
Notice I gave no solution to stop people from pointing lasers. This is because people are asses, and there is just no way to stop that.
dannythepetrock @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:57AM
get a permit, maybe?
prohibition may not stop it but it will deter it.