Richey Edwards Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-66925043 Has anyone on P&B been attacked with a laser? Has anyone on P&B attacked someone with a laser? Tell your story here. This thread is sponsored by Death Star Planetary Removal Solutions. Edited September 28, 2023 by Richey Edwards 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 "do you expect me to talk @Richey Edwards" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Has there been an increase? I recall these things being popular in the mid to late 90’s, used to play football on a patch of grass that was surrounded on 3 sides and you’d always have some wee p***k shining the things out their window at us. There were/are also stories every so often about folk being arrested after shining them at planes flying overhead on their way into Glasgow Airport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 About 10 year ago I bought one from my Kitten to chase. I ended up buying this massively overpowered thing. Could shine it for miles and miles. Could shine it for about 5 miles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, Ross. said: Has there been an increase? I recall these things being popular in the mid to late 90’s, used to play football on a patch of grass that was surrounded on 3 sides and you’d always have some wee p***k shining the things out their window at us. There were/are also stories every so often about folk being arrested after shining them at planes flying overhead on their way into Glasgow Airport. Happens sporadically to pilots coming in to land at Inverness Airport, I'd imagine it's near impossible to find the people doing it. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/800102/outrage-after-laser-pen-shone-at-passenger-plane/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) I think someone might have used one on me while driving, can't remember exactly where - but it occured within the last week. It was only brief and I wasn't 100% sure what it was, but my first thought was a laser pointer and it was green like the one shone at Mudryk. Edited September 28, 2023 by 2426255 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 One of my old lecturers, in the 90s, told us he had been banned from using a laser pointer in class in case he turned and pointed it at students, causing damage. Instead they gave him an 8 foot long stick to point at the overhead. As he explained, with this he could probably do more damage to the front few rows than he could with a laser pointer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I would urge anyone who criticises people for pointing lasers at planes to actually try it themselves. A truly thrilling experience. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 It should be made legal that people who have daft childish toys like laser pointers and drones get them shoved up their arse with immediate effect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I was on a train between San Sebastian and Bilbao when a wee lad who'd been mucking about with one shone it in my eye. This lead to a lesson in full Scottish invective for the lad and a clouting from his ma. Anyway a spokesperson for Don't Allow Lasers Everywhere, Ken said Spoiler F*CKING EXTERMINATE! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Put it on a key ring and we’re golden. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Could be worse. Could be attacked by sharks with fricking laser beams attached to their fricking heads. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: Happens sporadically to pilots coming in to land at Inverness Airport, I'd imagine it's near impossible to find the people doing it. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/800102/outrage-after-laser-pen-shone-at-passenger-plane/ It’s actually not that unusual to catch the perp. Here’s one example: https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/two-men-accused-of-shining-laser-pen-to-police-helicopter-pilot-in-south-shields-4350766 Given aircraft navigation and air traffic control systems, it’s pretty easy to narrow the location of an attack to a narrow spoke of a wheel from the point where a pilot was illuminated…get a second attack and it narrows even more. The jokers doing this tend to keep doing it, and are often stupid enough to either be in an individually identifiable location or they hit a police chopper eventually. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, TxRover said: It’s actually not that unusual to catch the perp. Here’s one example: https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/two-men-accused-of-shining-laser-pen-to-police-helicopter-pilot-in-south-shields-4350766 Given aircraft navigation and air traffic control systems, it’s pretty easy to narrow the location of an attack to a narrow spoke of a wheel from the point where a pilot was illuminated…get a second attack and it narrows even more. The jokers doing this tend to keep doing it, and are often stupid enough to either be in an individually identifiable location or they hit a police chopper eventually. This new Tom Jones song is shite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceanlineayr Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 36 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Put it on a key ring and we’re golden. Building such a thing in a country where Suella Braverman is in a position of significant political power strikes me as very dodgy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: Put it on a key ring and we’re golden. Sorted...It'll soon be on Temu for £8.99p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: It should be made legal that people who have daft childish toys like laser pointers and drones get them shoved up their arse with immediate effect. It's already legal mate and you just have to ask. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 hours ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: I would urge anyone who criticises people for pointing lasers at planes to actually try it themselves. A truly thrilling experience. I reckon hitting you around the head with a baseball bat would be a truly thrilling experience. Probably increase your IQ too. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 9 hours ago, Ross. said: Has there been an increase? I recall these things being popular in the mid to late 90’s, used to play football on a patch of grass that was surrounded on 3 sides and you’d always have some wee p***k shining the things out their window at us. There were/are also stories every so often about folk being arrested after shining them at planes flying overhead on their way into Glasgow Airport. Aye it was like a sport in Faifley for a while, i remember a spate of them reported in Clydebank and it turned out they tracked the guy down and got him done for it, one pilot was able to provide a location etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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