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Re: Laser Ban
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:05 pm
by Toottoot
jasonjag wrote:
Vote:
Should Australian states ban laser pointers?
YES: 10933
NO: 13676 This number must own lasers ??
How stupid are people for so many to vote NO ???
What your source? The article in the link does not seem to mention these statistics.
Re: Laser Ban
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:07 pm
by jasonjag
[quote="Toottoot"][quote="jasonjag"]
Vote:
Should Australian states ban laser pointers?
YES: 10933
NO: 13676 This number must own lasers ??
How stupid are people for so many to vote NO ???[/quote]
What's your source?[/quote]
Read Earlier Media poll post. Ninemsn have a vote poll every day and that date 30 march was the vote poll and those figures were from that. ok
Re: Laser Ban
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:34 pm
by Toottoot
jasonjag wrote:
Vote:
Should Australian states ban laser pointers?
YES: 10933
NO: 13676 This number must own lasers ??
How stupid are people for so many to vote NO ???
Well then to that I pose the question:
How stupid are people who think that a ninemsn on line poll is a true and accurate representation of the view of the greater population?
23676/21,352,373 = 0.0011% of the population with a no vote of 13676/21,352,373 = 0.00064%. Its not really that many people.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:37 pm
by WPXZBP
Believing online polls are fraught with danger. If there's people with a bent one way or another then they will contact their mates by IM/email etc and get them to vote likewise.
Poll
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:16 pm
by jasonjag
[quote="WPXZBP"]Believing online polls are fraught with danger. If there's people with a bent one way or another then they will contact their mates by IM/email etc and get them to vote likewise.[/quote]
I agree with WPXZBP. I quoted that poll to show exactly what some one said about most votes were in favour, knowing it was rigged etc.
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:15 am
by Tyranus
WPXZBP wrote:Believing online polls are fraught with danger. If there's people with a bent one way or another then they will contact their mates by IM/email etc and get them to vote likewise.
That or if you really want to just clear your cookies and it will usually let you vote again.
Laser Light
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:55 pm
by jasonjag
VH-CWO outbound from 03 Perth Airport on Departures reported a green laser light being shone at them on the Flight path. 5 klms NW 2052
Re: Laser Light
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:46 am
by gkoutlis
jasonjag wrote:VH-CWO outbound from 03 Perth Airport on Departures reported a green laser light being shone at them on the Flight path. 5 klms NW 2052
Correct me if I am wrong - but VH-CWO is an RFDS plane - and last time I checked, at that time she had departed Jandakot Runway 06L - 2038... Not sure why it would be leaving Perth Airport for....

Re: Laser Light
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:48 pm
by jasonjag
[quote="gkoutlis"][quote="jasonjag"]VH-CWO outbound from 03 Perth Airport on Departures reported a green laser light being shone at them on the Flight path. 5 klms NW 2052[/quote]
Correct me if I am wrong - but VH-CWO is an RFDS plane - and last time I checked, at that time she had departed Jandakot Runway 06L - 2038... Not sure why it would be leaving Perth Airport for.... :roll:[/quote]
You are correct "Gkoutlis" that the rego VH-CWO is a RFDS plane, but my wife and i heard very clearly as departures, kept asking the Pilot/Crew to confirm as accurate as possible the location, after they reported it, they repeated numerous times and i wrote down the rego when it happened, ATC Departures and the Tower continued for at least an hour warning all other AC departing 03 about the location reported by CWO, so have no idea if it was over flying PA or took off from PA, but rego was clear.. (maybe i got the letters mixed but 99% sure i didnt as i wrote it down imediately. ??) any way, regardless of the rego, some idiot was shining a laser and hope the P***k gets caught.. jj
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:28 pm
by danielrigano
Re: Laser Light
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:27 pm
by written_ficton
jasonjag wrote:gkoutlis wrote:jasonjag wrote:VH-CWO outbound from 03 Perth Airport on Departures reported a green laser light being shone at them on the Flight path. 5 klms NW 2052
Correct me if I am wrong - but VH-CWO is an RFDS plane - and last time I checked, at that time she had departed Jandakot Runway 06L - 2038... Not sure why it would be leaving Perth Airport for....

You are correct "Gkoutlis" that the rego VH-CWO is a RFDS plane, but my wife and i heard very clearly as departures, kept asking the Pilot/Crew to confirm as accurate as possible the location, after they reported it, they repeated numerous times and i wrote down the rego when it happened, ATC Departures and the Tower continued for at least an hour warning all other AC departing 03 about the location reported by CWO, so have no idea if it was over flying PA or took off from PA, but rego was clear.. (maybe i got the letters mixed but 99% sure i didnt as i wrote it down imediately. ??) any way, regardless of the rego, some idiot was shining a laser and hope the P***k gets caught.. jj
Depending on certain things, RFDS arrive at perth sometimes and offload
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:38 pm
by WPXZBP
danielrigano wrote:I think laser pointers below 200 mw is safe.
When a red laser pointer less than 5mW can make a student permanently blind in one eye, as shown at Denmark District High School a few years ago, a green laser at 200mW is definately
NOT safe... especially considering green light has more energy than red light.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:47 pm
by w0mbat
Just to clarify, it was not CWO who reported this. No incident report was lodged.
cheers all

Laser Threat to Aircraft
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:14 pm
by jasonjag
A Laser has been active in Osborne Pk area tonight, ATC warning all AC, especially RFDS as they fly around Perth AP in that direction to Jandakot.
2200 jj
Re: Laser Threat to Aircraft
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:21 pm
by Toottoot
Maybe they should put reflective tinting on the AC windows so it bounces back and burn's their eyes.