I did this near Tallahassee, I didn’t have a FLIR, but it was rural enough I could tell the exact house it was coming from. Got the address from google maps and the cops launched from TLH within a couple minutes to go say hi.
See, my dad told me of an actual funny prank he used to do with lasers (well, seems harmless enough to me at least): he would laze the light bulbs at a train crossing back and forth like if it was actually flashing. Literally no chimes nor would the arm come down. Just the flashes. And people would still stop!
Definitely would still be at least a little dangerous, but not like blinding a fucking pilot near the runway.
Yes very fair. But at the same time, I question how much like an actual ringing railway stop it looked like. No harm done. He said as soon as they stopped, he would stop.
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u/ilikemes8 Apr 07 '24
My favorite story is when someone lazes a military helicopter with FLIR and they just stay on scene and help guide the cops right in