Test Parameters: As with all field evaluations conducted by Speed Measurement Laboratories Inc. (SML) of products, laser guns are only operated by certified police officers. This practice eliminates any claim of impartiality and insures testing credibility. Members of the El Paso Police Department and EI Paso ISD Police Department conducted the test of Veil. The testing was supervised by SML's Dave Adams. Dave is a E.E. with twenty-five years experience with laser at White Sands Missile Testing Range.

Two different colored vehicles were used, i.e. a light grey Mustang and a black Mitsubishi Galant. Both vehicles were similar in size and shape and the distance of the headlights from the front license plate was similar for both vehicles. Officers operated a Kustom Pro III laser gun from Kustom Signals, Inc. Distance cones were placed at 1320 feet (400 meters)  and 1000 feet (300 meters) . As a baseline for testing the effectiveness of Veil, both test vehicles were targeted by the laser gun at both cones. Both test vehicles had front license plates. A second baseline was established by removing the front license plates and retargeting with the laser gun. In both cases the laser gun had no problem in reporting the exact speed and targeting distance of each vehicle. 

Veil was applied to all front reflective surfaces of both vehicles. When applied to the black test vehicle the Veil was effective in reducing the targeting range of the laser gun to 731 feet at the 1/4 mile cone of 1320 feet (400 meters), almost a 50% reduction in targeting range when aimed at the treated headlight. Due to the light color of the Mustang, Veil did not reduce targeting range when the treated headlight was targeted at 1320 feet (400 meters).

Seventeen states do not use a front license plate. A baseline was established on both vehicles removing the front license plate and targeting the vehicle with a license plate cover attached from both distance cones. The laser gun had no problem here. However, when Veil was applied to the license plate cover and no license plate attached, Veil reduced the laser gun's targeting range from 1320 feet (400 meters) to 725.5 feet (220 meters) on the black test vehicle, almost a 50% reduction in the laser gun's targeting ability. Now the license plate was reattached to the front bracket behind the treated license plate cover. In this instance, Veil reduced the laser gun's ability to report a speed reading from the untreated 1,000 foot (300 meters) cone to 767 feet (232 meters).  Veil had no effect in target reduction in the light grey test vehicle from 1,000 feet (300 meters).

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