![]() ![]() ![]() My wife bought one of these gadgets so I read this thread with great interest. It's hard to hit something you cannot see, and just as hard to avoid hitting things you cannot see. Also, during daytime chances are you would not even notice the aircraft being there, or even be able to see it at all. A pilot in an airliner 35.000 feet up might be able to see your 1 watt green if accidentily pointed in its direction, but the illumination would be well beyond what would be considered seriously distracting. The lux (as in lm/m2) numbers make sense to me: 100 is about the brightness in a poorly lit hallway, 1000 is what you get outside on an overcast day. The burden of proof would however be with prosecution in such cases, and given the divergence of a typical laser pointer that treshold would not be reached unless standing on end of the runway. It would be perfectly reasonable to say that it should be illegal to illuminate aircraft under 10.000 ft with over 100 lux during nighttime or 1000 lux during daytime from the ground. That said i can see the reasoning behind making it illegal to point lights of any sort at aircraft, but make the criterium of what is a violation perfectly clear. A big xenon-short-arc searchlight would be just as distracting and even dangerous as any laser pointer. In all honesty there is no real difference in distraction or eye damage that depends on the source. ![]() The primary error in legislation is that it is specific to lasers. ^^^ some misconceptions but basically accurate With ~70,000 attendees catching this person IIRC failed.ītw she has a 'fund me' if you want to help her. So she took the one in millions shot to the eyes She was intentionally looking at the laser trying to find the jerkwad who had been shinning it a LOT at people eyes then running off. I hope the docs were wrong and she healed better. That is how BM Ranger Kelli lost an eye-last year You odds are better to hit the lotto or get struck by lightning than getting really blinded by a 100mw greenīut only if the beam hits the center of your eye's lens will it make a burn I do see a problem with the laser showersīUT some may take that and apply it to a more dangerous laser MEĪnyway dog, you can see the beam stops way before the plane so- no harm. My hommies took my greenie and they did it NOT. Undoubtably we have members here who have lased aircraft once or moreĪnd some who will do it again- after all they did not get caught and the plane did not burst into flames- its a prank right? Showing the pics of a retinal burn as well can balance this out Lighting a match shows the power but can give some bad ideas IF any of you do this- be careful about what you say- and show There is NO way to lessen the attraction humans have with lights of all kinds beginning of course with FIRE Offer to loan some of yours or come to talk to the class Reach out to the nearest Science HS teacher and just have a chatĪsk about the teacher's classes about lasers. Teachers and parents must share in the blame if that game is being played.ĭo the Science teachers know whats going on?ĪLL TEACHERS need to teach even pre school about laser danger Have any members really made sure no laser or even parts were sold to some minor with BAD IDEAS or ADULT FOR THAT MATTER. We all can do more and I am not talking about posts here. by now I would think somebody is actively going to do what the FAA and TSA are not. Where are the evening (laser dont do well at noon) patrols looking for lasers and hearing from the actual pilots when the incident is on-going The TSA has a zillion workers feeling us up and scanning us. To me sometimes i think they do NOT want to do the things that will help? TERRIBLE distraction upon landing or take-off- any disruption of the chunking prosess is extremely dangerous -ĪTM around 12 reports per day in USA of lasers on aircraft -they do afaik still reports all sighting except there is a seperation between the two. Those reporting 'injuries' remind me of people in minor car accidents who climb out of the car crying about neck/back pain (trannslation-PAYDAY)Īll this does NO GOOD for the REAL problem. THEN I think they were required to report ALL laser sightings- and that IMO is worthless data and totally skews the facts/stats Then the FAA iirc made it manditory to report lasers AIMED at them- and as lasers became so much more popular those numbers rose nearly every year BTW the huge spike in laser on aircraft incidents is due to IMHO several factors including Ben's comment on the laser hatersĪt one point in time here pilots had no specific rule to report getting lased or just seeing a laser from the air ( A HUGE diff imho) ![]()
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