Yesterday in the late evening, it was pretty foggy in my town, so of course I was playing with my lasers. 
I did not point the laser close to cars etc. Nothing special happened, and I went inside to go to bed.
But about ten minutes later, I heard that someone was knocking very hard on my front door. I looked out of the window and saw a police car standing in my driveway! Of course I panicked, thought "what have I done!" and my heart started beating really hard. When I opened the door, I found a really harsh policewoman standing outside my there. She asked me If I had shone some laser thingy around, because thay had seen it and wondered what the heck it was! Well, what should I say? I told her that I had done that, and I also said that I was very cautious with it. I even showed it to her and the other police officers standing outside, and when they saw the amazing green beam of my x-85 they said "holy crap!" and even asked me where I got it. I never thought that the COPS would ask something like that!
They said that it was okay, but that I should be very careful with it. When I later went to bed, I still was really scared!
One downside with this meeting with the cops, though, is that if anyone in my town will see a very annoying green beam shine around, the cops will know exactly who it is.
I did not point the laser close to cars etc. Nothing special happened, and I went inside to go to bed. But about ten minutes later, I heard that someone was knocking very hard on my front door. I looked out of the window and saw a police car standing in my driveway! Of course I panicked, thought "what have I done!" and my heart started beating really hard. When I opened the door, I found a really harsh policewoman standing outside my there. She asked me If I had shone some laser thingy around, because thay had seen it and wondered what the heck it was! Well, what should I say? I told her that I had done that, and I also said that I was very cautious with it. I even showed it to her and the other police officers standing outside, and when they saw the amazing green beam of my x-85 they said "holy crap!" and even asked me where I got it. I never thought that the COPS would ask something like that!
They said that it was okay, but that I should be very careful with it. When I later went to bed, I still was really scared!One downside with this meeting with the cops, though, is that if anyone in my town will see a very annoying green beam shine around, the cops will know exactly who it is.
I think that they must have thought that you're a reasonable and honest person, so if some other loser goes crazy with a greenie, they would be less likely to think it's you. Thanks for presenting a good face for the hobby! [smiley=thumbsup.gif] The more the authorities meet sensible laser hobbyists like yourself, the less they will demonize our hobby in general, (we can only hope).
I wouldn't want to live in Australia right now, the authorities would think that all laser enthusiasts are crazy idiots!
