Interesting! My radar/laser ingorance is beginning to show. I was unaware that laser jamming IS legal in some states as opposed to radar jamming which is NOT legal anywhere. Now learning that there a legal differenciation between the 2, I may even be wrong in assuming that laser jamming is illegal in NYS.
I just checked NY law (I am not a lawyer) and noticed:
§ 397-a. Radar detectors and laser detectors prohibited. 1. No radar
detector or laser detector shall be used in any motor vehicle with a
gross vehicle weight rating of more than eighteen thousand pounds or in
any commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than
ten thousand pounds. The presence in such vehicle of a radar detector
or laser detector connected to a power source and in an operable
condition is presumptive evidence of its use by any person operating
such vehicle. Such presumption shall be rebutted by any credible and
reliable evidence which tends to show that such radar detector or laser
detector was not in use.
I guess the law against cars having detectors must be somewhere else...it doesn't appear to say that here. Again I am no lawyer, just looking through your traffic codes.
Here is Colorado's law:
42-4-1415. Radar jamming devices prohibited - penalty.
Statute text
(1) (a) No person shall use, possess, or sell a radar jamming device.
(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle with a radar jamming device in the motor vehicle.
(2) (a) For purposes of this section, "radar jamming device" means any active or passive device, instrument, mechanism, or equipment that is designed or intended to interfere with, disrupt, or scramble the radar or
laser that is used by law enforcement agencies and peace officers to measure the speed of motor vehicles. "Radar jamming device" includes but is not limited to devices commonly referred to as "jammers" or "scramblers".
(b) For purposes of this section, "radar jamming device" shall not include equipment that is legal under FCC regulations, such as a citizens' band radio, ham radio, or any other similar electronic equipment.
(3) Radar jamming devices are subject to seizure by any peace officer and may be confiscated and destroyed by order of the court in which a violation of this section is charged.
(4) A violation of subsection (1) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense, punishable as provided in section
42-4-1701 (3) (a) (II) (A).
(5) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to peace officers acting in their official capacity.
Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 340, § 1, effective July 1.