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Your on board? of another piece of pointless legislation?

You really think that someone can point a laser at both the pilot and the co-pilot within seconds of each other and cause a crash?

That's a plane traveling at 180 - 300 mph, and probably with the nose pointing up slightly so you would have to be at least 10 miles in front of the plane. Not to mention the glass in the way which would reflect the majority of the light at that angle?

Seen any hand held lasers latterly brighter than the sun? No? Well how about just using a mirror? Would that not be 10,000 times brighter? Lets ban mirrors then, oh and glass for that matter. All those reflective windscreens on cars must be removed!

Rupert, BPhys]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/04/14/laser-pointers-now-considered-controlled-weapons-in-australia/http://www.switched.com/2008/04/14/laser-pointers-now-considered-controlled-weapons-in-australia/Apr 24th 2008 3:12AM