How Police Lidar Guns Work

By Vortex
January 8, 2016
January 8, 2016
1 mins to read

In this video we talk about the physics behind police laser guns and how they measure the speed of a moving target.

Learn how police laser jammers work here.

Learn how police radar guns work here.

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