Laser pen in the eyes while driving!

jock101

A friend of mine was hit in the eyes by some scumbag with a green laser pen while driving though Clondalkin on Friday night. Luckily he was driving slow as he was coming up to a red light! You can imagine what might of happened if he have been driving at speed! What kind of scum is being bred in this kip. Risking causing an accident, possibly death for a laugh!:mad:

MagicMarker

jock101 wrote: »

You can imagine what might of happened if he have been driving at speed!

What would have happened?

MarkR

MagicMarker wrote: »

What would have happened?

I can't imagine!

peasant

MagicMarker wrote: »

What would have happened?

The little scumbag most likely would "of" missed

Ghost Train

I guess its a good idea to report this sort of thing to the gards. Not really a clever thing to be doing, could damage somebodys sight

jock101

Ghost Train wrote: »

I guess its a good idea to report this sort of thing to the gards. Not really a clever thing to be doing, could damage somebodys sight

I heard the pen lasers have a low watt power output, but they do dazzle your sight for a few seconds, enough time to crash or hit something!
A five years prison sentence for it, like the British have for using them on Helicopters or Airliners!

KamiKazi

jock101 wrote: »

You can imagine what might of happened if he have been driving at speed! What kind of scum is being bred in this kip. Risking causing an accident, possibly death for a laugh!:mad:

He might "of" mistaken the words 'of' and 'have'?

Ghost Train

jock101 wrote: »

I heard the pen lasers have a low watt power output, but they do dazzle your sight for a few seconds, enough time to crash or hit something!
A five years prison sentence for it, like the British have for using them on Helicopters or Airliners!

It seems to be easy enough to get strong laser online these days assuming they get past customs

just looking at dealextreme they have 200mw one thats will burn stuff, light matchs, pop balloons

x in the city

Ghost Train wrote: »

It seems to be easy enough to get strong laser online these days assuming they get past customs

just looking at dealextreme they have 200mw one thats will burn stuff, light matchs, pop balloons

fekkin ridiculous, saw the video.

in the hand of brain dead scumbags that would be quite lethal..:eek:

Voodoomelon

I served a chap a few weeks ago who had a big white bandage over his eye. I asked him what happened, turns out hes an airline pilot and some scumbag was aiming a high output laser at the plane from the ground. The beam caught him in the eye and he required surgery to correct the damage. Incredible.

kirving

A few laser guided missiles (small ones! ;-) ) released from the aircraft could home right into them quite easily!

Seriously though, targeting an aircraft on approach is crazy carry on.

Plug

Ban them like they did with fireworks. They are good fun if you have a cat or a dog, they won't stop chasing the beam.

Del2005

Plug wrote: »

Ban them like they did with fireworks.

Fireworks have never been legal here yet they where always easy to get. The 2 year old €2000 fine for possession has also failed, it was like a war zone last night. Was much quieter over the last 2 years. Can hardly wait for next week.

They are good fun if you have a cat or a dog, they won't stop chasing the beam.

The low powered ones are relatively harmless and fun, the powerful ones are dangerous in the wrong hands and too easy for the wrong hands to get them.

MagicMarker

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I served a chap a few weeks ago who had a big white bandage over his eye. I asked him what happened, turns out hes an airline pilot and some scumbag was aiming a high output laser at the plane from the ground. The beam caught him in the eye and he required surgery to correct the damage. Incredible.

He must be a fan of CSI Miami.

SparrowTown

KamiKazi wrote: »

He might "of" mistaken the words 'of' and 'have'?

see that a lot on forums....?

Eoin

KamiKazi wrote: »

He might "of" mistaken the words 'of' and 'have'?

Or might "have" confused the motors forum for the English forum.

ottostreet

I'm very impressed with their aiming skills to get it directly in the eyes of a car driver/airline pilot!

KamiKazi

eoin wrote: »

Or might "have" confused the motors forum for the English forum.

Why would he post about someone getting lasered in the eye whilst driving in the English forum?


:pac:

bazzachazza

Sweet Jesus can we get back on topic.:mad:

These bloody laser pens/pointers are getting too bloody common. You don't have to point one directly at the eye. There is a very good chance that if you aim towards the face that at some stage you will hit the eye, dazzling/blinding the target.

Funnily enough this is getting a huge amount of attention in the Aviation world.

Run_to_da_hills

I use to drive next doors cat crazy with one of these.

Thoie

I believe the best thing to do if blinded by a laser while driving is to close your eyes and accelerate towards the source.

Mr. Manager

Thoie wrote: »

I believe the best thing to do if blinded by a laser while driving is to close your eyes and accelerate towards the source.

How do you know where the source is if your eyes are closed?!