Police cars?

[Sidewinder]

How fast will a police car go? i have no idea but be nice to know

[fatzx10r]

not fast enough ;)

[98tls]

As fast non police cars,the unmarked Ferraris can be a bastard.

[ManDownUnder]

I'd be more concerned about the RT

[vifferman]

They don't need to be SUPER fast - they have radio waves that can extend out from them in all directions at approximately the speed of light. :eek:
So.... in most circumstances, out-running them is fraught with difficulty, especially since most cops are just tooling around in the cars just itching for an opportunity to put the pedal to the metal...

[Mully]

I'd be more concerned about the RT

And the chopper

[ManDownUnder]

And the chopper

The Kaukopakopa copper chopper?

[Mully]

The Kaukopakopa copper chopper?

That's the one.

Actually, does us posting on this thread make us accessories to the crime when he tries to outrum the fuzz?

[ManDownUnder]

Fuzz? He's old enough to shave?


That's the one.

Actually, does us posting on this thread make us accessories to the crime when he tries to outrum the fuzz?

[Mully]

Fuzz? He's old enough to shave?

Ba-dom, TISH.

[kiwifruit]

I was chasing a S1 RX7 one night, a long time ago, on my 1990ish gsxr250. I was flat out and had been for some time, laying on the tank, poor wee thing...it was indicating 180-185kmh. The RX7 was pulling away. A cop car came up beside me, the passenger waved his finger at me then the car, with 3 people in it, accelerated away briskly. No flashing lights or anything.... it could have been beside me for some time!! I'd say it would have got to 210-220 or so while in my view, seemed to me, at the time, to have alot of pace. After all this i closed the throttle and went home, thankful and unable to believe my luck! The next day i got a telling off from my boss, he was in the car as a volunteer or something and had recognised me and asked them to perhaps go after the car instead.

:sunny:

[shafty]

I was chasing a S1 RX7 one night, a long time ago, on my 1990ish gsxr250. I was flat out and had been for some time, laying on the tank, poor wee thing...it was indicating 180-185kmh. The RX7 was pulling away. A cop car came up beside me, the passenger waved his finger at me then the car, with 3 people in it, accelerated away briskly. No flashing lights or anything.... it could have been beside me for some time!! I'd say it would have got to 210-220 or so while in my view, seemed to me, at the time, to have alot of pace. After all this i closed the throttle and went home, thankful and unable to believe my luck! The next day i got a telling off from my boss, he was in the car as a volunteer or something and had recognised me and asked them to perhaps go after the car instead.

:sunny:

That's a GREAT BOSS

[kiwifruit]

That's a GREAT BOSS

He was a tough but fair man.

[skidMark]

Been in front passenger seat of a highway patrol car from kaiakoura to picton, pissing wet the whole way, he was just crusing through the tight twisties.... slow movements of the wheel driving like ya granny, but we were doing 90kph around 35's in the pissing wet and it wasn't even trying to cut loose.

Try to outrun one? FUCK THAT.

He also let me use the radar the whole way and i learnt ALL about how to operate one...

But thats for me to know and you lot to wonder. :eek:

[JacksColdSweat]

How fast will a police car go? i have no idea but be nice to know

About as fast as a VT, VZ, WQ - whatever series of Holden Commodore it is... (I am not a Holden fan so I don't keep up with whatever model they are up to now)

[Swoop]

when he tries to outrum the fuzz?
That will take a lot of drinking. The ecilop's know how to put back their rum!

[Morcs]

I thought the marked commies top out at about 200 as the big lights cause a shit load of drag.

[cave weta]

95 kph - speed limited
at least thats what the sticker on the back said....
oh no hang on, that was a milk tanker!

The truck I saw said on the back that This is NOT an un-marked police car.
but perhaps it was.
It was slow of the mark but hard to shake off in my diesel van!

[ElCoyote]

[/QUOTE]

Operating a radar must be easy if you can do it in handcuffs

[NighthawkNZ]

The Kaukopakopa copper chopper?

is that cows with guns or chicken in choppers

[ManDownUnder]

is that cows with guns or chicken in choppers

OH YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a5s5qGg01nE

[3umph]

How fast will a police car go? i have no idea but be nice to know


About as fast as a VT, VZ, WQ - whatever series of Holden Commodore it is... (I am not a Holden fan so I don't keep up with whatever model they are up to now)

Actually slower.... light bar causes drag and extra base weight with all the extra crap installed in them...

new commies even have 2 batteries...

[Sensei]

255k for the SV6 Holdens tops from what I was told by cop chasing me !!

[Big Dave]

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[scumdog]

Never found out the top speed of the turbo ZX we had as a mufti a few years back but I suspect it WAS over a 100kph...:shifty:

[scumdog]

Actually slower.... light bar causes drag and extra base weight with all the extra crap installed in them...

new commies even have 2 batteries...

But don't have big-ass (sorry Hitch) lights stuck on the roof nowadays...lots more streamlined.

[Gubb]

Larry Wallis - Police Car

I see your Larry Wallis - Police Car, and I raise you Dead Kennedys - Police Truck.

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[Madness]

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[wbks]

I think the traditional holden marked cars are limited to 180 kph but although you're not supposed to, it's possible to unhook the battery for a certain time and the computer looses its memory of the speed limiter and then it's just till it tops out. That's what I was told, anyway. Is that right, scumdog?

[Sidewinder]

can always have a drag race with a cop car and put the radar on the bike..........

[scumdog]

I think the traditional holden marked cars are limited to 180 kph but although you're not supposed to, it's possible to unhook the battery for a certain time and the computer looses its memory of the speed limiter and then it's just till it tops out. That's what I was told, anyway. Is that right, scumdog?

Nope.

Not had a 'work' car with a limiter since 1998.

Unless driving around in 2nd gear counts as a limiter:lol:

[Sidewinder]

Nope.

Not had a 'work' car with a limiter since 1998.

Unless driving around in 2nd gear counts as a limiter:lol:

why what kind of car do you drive atm?

[bully]

i find that funny, i think he was pulling either your leg or himself.

opps i was spose to quote the police sv6 doing 255.

[scumdog]

why what kind of car do you drive atm?

Brand new yellow'n'white one with a very flat light-bar on top.:shutup:

[Sidewinder]

Brand new yellow'n'white one with a very flat light-bar on top.:shutup:

yea are the new low lights LED?
oh shit are you highway?

[Sidewinder]

i find that funny, i think he was pulling either your leg or himself.

opps i was spose to quote the police sv6 doing 255.

are the SV6 supercharged?

[Madness]

http://www.odt.co.nz/files/story/2009/02/photo_by_the_new_zealand_herald__1587905683.JPG
Like this one Scummy?

[Big Dave]

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[scumdog]

Like this one Scummy?

Naw, I haven't as many scratches on mine.

And the lightbar on mine ain't skew-whiff like that neither.<_<

[Sidewinder]

http://www.odt.co.nz/files/story/2009/02/photo_by_the_new_zealand_herald__1587905683.JPG
Like this one Scummy?

i like the "Join us 0800newcops" that is writen on the back window.......!!!!!

[peasea]

Naw, I haven't as many scratches on mine.

And the lightbar on mine ain't skew-whiff like that neither.<_<

Is that a bag of donuts on the rear parcel shelf?

[3umph]

But don't have big-ass (sorry Hitch) lights stuck on the roof nowadays...lots more streamlined.

Does your light bar get a lot of wind noise/drumming like the first lot without the deflector under then did???

I heard the economy is better with the new ones as well... not that it would worry you :lol:

[3umph]

yea are the new low lights LED?
oh shit are you highway?

all new marked police cars are yellow and blue :Police:

[bully]

i like this one from the states.:Punk:

[skidMark]

Operating a radar must be easy if you can do it in handcuffs


Was under arrest but didnt get cuffed.

He saw no need for it.

[GurlRacer]

My cop buddy says he's been up at 210 :)

[skidMark]

My cop buddy says he's been up at 210 :)


Siding with thy enemy. :dodge::lol:

[kezzafish]

they're supposed to stop chasing when speed exceeds 180 aren't they? and they've got flash suspension etc... i wonder if the highway boys get chipped computers for mega money collecting grunt

[GurlRacer]

Well, if they crash or damage the car they still get in the same trouble as we do. Can end up with dangerous driving charges etc.

[portokiwi]

:Police: They go fast:Police:

[FJRider]

The Eagle is faster... Radio transmissions are even faster.... :laugh:

The postal system is slower ... but catches you in the end... :clap:

[scumdog]

they're supposed to stop chasing when speed exceeds 180 aren't they? and they've got flash suspension etc... i wonder if the highway boys get chipped computers for mega money collecting grunt

Mwahahahahaah!!!:rolleyes:

That ranks right up there with 'CDs will deflect the radar' myth as THE most stupid urban myth.

Where DO people get this idea???

(Anyway the most quoted speed is 150kph so get your myth right!!)

[kezzafish]

Mwahahahahaah!!!:rolleyes:

That ranks right up there with 'CDs will deflect the radar' myth as THE most stupid urban myth.

Where DO people get this idea???

(Anyway the most quoted speed is 150kph so get your myth right!!)

I've heard it a whole heap of times. 180 always. i've even heard it on the news so it must be true. They have to have some standard practice for you power trippin twats or it'd be mayhem with big headed cops with big cars giving big tickets to suffice their tiny cocks

[Sidewinder]

Mwahahahahaah!!!:rolleyes:

That ranks right up there with 'CDs will deflect the radar' myth as THE most stupid urban myth.

Where DO people get this idea???

(Anyway the most quoted speed is 150kph so get your myth right!!)

nah the CDs dont work! have you not seen myth busters before?

[GurlRacer]

I've heard it a whole heap of times. 180 always. i've even heard it on the news so it must be true.

Ahh innocence! I love it! :D
The news is always telling the truth... load of codswallop.

The news is merely someone else's interpretation or opinion of something.... the media shows and tells you what it's paid to tell you :) Or what it wants to you to hear or see....

[Sidewinder]

Ahh innocence! I love it! :D
The news is always telling the truth... load of codswallop.

The news is merely someone else's interpretation or opinion of something.... the media shows and tells you what it's paid to tell you :) Or what it wants to you to hear or see....


yea you are right! they never get the fooking weather report corret

[samgab]

Like this one Scummy?

Haha, I like the sticker on the back "Join us..."
It's gonna be tricky to join that car back together.

The new LED light bars are pretty cool. Use less power, and lower so less drag... But they're not as visible in the daytime even though they're brighter. Possibly because of the lower mounting height.
But they reckon it'll save a lot of money in petrol when all the cars eventually have the low profile light bars. I had a Ten-one that said how much it was estimated to save, but I can't remember the exact figure.

[FJRider]

But they reckon it'll save a lot of money in petrol when all the cars eventually have the low profile light bars. I had a Ten-one that said how much it was estimated to save, but I can't remember the exact figure.

Does it really matter if they don't save any money in fuel... :no:

they can just bump up the quota to recoup losses... :eek:

[FJRider]

nah the CDs dont work! have you not seen myth busters before?

Nahhh... DVD's are the one......they're a different type of plastic... :innocent:

[Sidewinder]

Nahhh... DVD's are the one......they're a different type of plastic... :innocent:

get with it, its blue ray these days grandad

[davereid]

My 2007 3.6 VZ Commodore goes like a rocket to 160. From 160 to an indicated 220 it still goes well. At 220 speedo its actually going 200 GPS. At that speed its still accelerating but not with much titty, might reach 240 speedo (215 GPS). My 2002 AU2 Falcon was a V8 - not actually much faster, but better acceleration.


That ranks right up there with 'CDs will deflect the radar' myth as THE most stupid urban myth.


CDs of course wont have any effect on Radar.

But if they are on a steep angle they may cause problems for laser.

Consider how laser works...

The laser sends a pulse towards the target. The time for the beam to hit the target and be reflected tells you the distance to the target. A short time later (say 1/100 sec) you send another pulse. The time tells you the new distance to target.

So, at 100 km/hr or 27m/s, the target should be 270mm closer between your two measurements.

But what if the first pulse is from (for example) the back of the headlight reflector, and the second pulse reflects elsewhere - say the front of the headlight reflector ?

You might get 270mm closer due to your speed, plus another 100mm due to the curve of the headlight reflector.

This would exaggerate your speed. Of course, the reverse could apply !

The laser has software to sort this out - at its simplest it takes several readings, and won't lock until it gets several the same.

If the best reflector on your car is the flat number plate, the laser will get a reading easily.

But, if the best reflector is a CD - which is of course a device specifically designed to be a great reflector of laser, and that CD is on a very steep angle on the dash board, then the laser has a big challenge.

If the first reflection is from the bottom of the CD, and then 1/100 sec later, the beam is 20mm higher and reflects off the back of the CD, the laser unit will reject the reading.

[cs363]

According to a mate that works for a leading automotive publication, the SV6's are good for around 230km/h +/- 10km/h flat out, though after about 190 they take a while to get there. SV8's are apparently good for around 250 and will obviously get there a tad quicker than the V6.

Many of the Police cars aren't SV6's though (I believe they are used by the HWP), vast majority of them are the base model Omega.

As previously mentioned, no doubt the extra equipment carried would have some effect on the power/weight calculation as would the drag of the lights and aerials, though the newer style lights are considerably lower drag then the bulky old units.

Interesting comment that was made is that the new VE Commodore runs the new 3.6L V6 with variable cam timing on exhaust and inlet and make 195Kw - that's 10Kw more than an HSV Clubsport from a few years ago!

Whilst trying to verify the above info I came across this: http://www.autozine.org/html/Holden/Commodore.html on the interweb, and it seems to back up the above figures and also gives other performance info for those planning to outrun their local rozzer.... :laugh:

Regardless, even if they were using Porsche Turbo's or whatever the comments regarding the speed of radio transmission and helicopters should be a cautionary advisory for any of you with anarchistic tendencies.... :)

[cs363]

A bit of additional info: Obviously magazines etc are testing relatively fresh cars under controlled conditions - real world (attainable) speeds are probably more in line with davereid's comments above.

It's also interesting to note that one of the issues experienced with the new VE shape over the old VZ when it comes to Supercar racing was that the VE was actually slower because of the drag created by the wider frontal area.

And like anything, outright performance figures should be taken with a grain of salt - as many of us have experienced there can be big differences between cars or bikes of the same model for no apparent reason, maybe the difference between being built on a Friday or a Monday, different conditions or a whole bunch of other variables.

[FJRider]

My 2007 3.6 VZ Commodore goes like a rocket to 160. From 160 to an indicated 220 it still goes well. At 220 speedo its actually going 200 GPS. At that speed its still accelerating but not with much titty, might reach 240 speedo (215 GPS). My 2002 AU2 Falcon was a V8 - not actually much faster, but better acceleration.



CDs of course wont have any effect on Radar.

But if they are on a steep angle they may cause problems for laser.

Consider how laser works...

The laser sends a pulse towards the target. The time for the beam to hit the target and be reflected tells you the distance to the target. A short time later (say 1/100 sec) you send another pulse. The time tells you the new distance to target.

So, at 100 km/hr or 27m/s, the target should be 270mm closer between your two measurements.

But what if the first pulse is from (for example) the back of the headlight reflector, and the second pulse reflects elsewhere - say the front of the headlight reflector ?

You might get 270mm closer due to your speed, plus another 100mm due to the curve of the headlight reflector.

This would exaggerate your speed. Of course, the reverse could apply !

The laser has software to sort this out - at its simplest it takes several readings, and won't lock until it gets several the same.

If the best reflector on your car is the flat number plate, the laser will get a reading easily.

But, if the best reflector is a CD - which is of course a device specifically designed to be a great reflector of laser, and that CD is on a very steep angle on the dash board, then the laser has a big challenge.

If the first reflection is from the bottom of the CD, and then 1/100 sec later, the beam is 20mm higher and reflects off the back of the CD, the laser unit will reject the reading.

And the .000345th's of a km/hr that the two readings might indicate, will have 5/8th's of fuck all difference on the claimed speed written on the ticket, the nice officer gives you.... but feel free to challenge it in court... good luck...

[davereid]

And the .000345th's of a km/hr that the two readings might indicate, will have 5/8th's of fuck all difference on the claimed speed written on the ticket, the nice officer gives you.... but feel free to challenge it in court... good luck...

Actually, the difference is massive - a 150 mm difference in reflection source is an inflation, or deflation of speed of more than 50%.

To simplify it for the simpletons that surround us, your actual speed of 100km/h could be recorded as 150, or 45, depending on your luck.

But, its not something you routinely defend in court.

The clever blokes who designed the laser were aware of this problem, they called it slippage.

They put software in the laser to detect if slippage had occured, and if they detected it, the laser simply took another reading.

This means, that given a very slippage prone surface like a steeply angled CD, the laser has to take a lot of readings before it gets one that is stable.

Will laser eventually "get a lock" ?

Of course ! Its just a matter of time, until a good operator, with a tripod or stable point of balance can get a series of accurate reflections from your number plate, r other reflective surface, without accidently getting a reflection off a different object.

Just maybe, if you have the MK1 eyeball going, it might give you the extra 5 seconds to slow down.

[scumdog]

I've heard it a whole heap of times. 180 always. i've even heard it on the news so it must be true. They have to have some standard practice for you power trippin twats or it'd be mayhem with big headed cops with big cars giving big tickets to suffice their tiny cocks

Us power-tripping twats with big heads and small cocks can go as fast as we like, like even faster than 180.:nya:

What d'ya think's gonna happen if we go faster than 180? - the boss will flick a big switch that slows us down or something??;)

Sheesh, some people!:pinch:

[peasea]

Us power-tripping twats with big heads and small cocks


I know, I've seen them both! Mate, tiny doesn't cum into it!

In fact, they're so tiny they don't even cum! Go figure.

[FJRider]

To simplify it for the simpletons that surround us, your actual speed of 100km/h could be recorded as 150, or 45, depending on your luck.

But, its not something you routinely defend in court.


If it is unreliable as you suggest... it should be, by the simpletons that surround us that choose to exceed the posted speed limits...



The clever blokes who designed the laser were aware of this problem, they called it slippage.

They put software in the laser to detect if slippage had occured, and if they detected it, the laser simply took another reading.


Not nearly as clever as the governing authorities that allow the Lasers to be used with the limited legislation and policy, concerning their rules of use...



Will laser eventually "get a lock" ?

Of course ! Its just a matter of time, until a good operator, with a tripod or stable point of balance can get a series of accurate reflections from your number plate, r other reflective surface, without accidently getting a reflection off a different object.


OR... if the "target" motorists speed flucuates enough, so no accurate reading can be achieved...




Just maybe, if you have the MK1 eyeball going, it might give you the extra 5 seconds to slow down.


Might be safer and cheaper to just slow down...

Considering the Laser range, and noted abilitys (and inabilitys) of said MK1 eyeball...

[scumdog]

I know, I've seen them both! Mate, tiny doesn't cum into it!

In fact, they're so tiny they don't even cum! Go figure.

So it's a win-win.

YOU know they have small dicks

THEY know they've screwed you out of $170 and 20 demerits.(or more - and maybe not for the first time!)

Happiness all round.:love:

[peasea]

So it's a win-win.

YOU know they have small dicks

THEY know they've screwed you out of $170 and 20 demerits.(or more - and maybe not for the first time!)

Happiness all round.:love:

You can't see me, so I'm happy.

Me and Jim gonna keep a lookout, sharing shifts, glancing here and there...

[FJRider]

So it's a win-win.

YOU know they have small dicks

THEY know they've screwed you out of $170 and 20 demerits.(or more - and maybe not for the first time!)

Happiness all round.:love:

Is that why they say thankyou when you give them the ticket... ???

[cs363]

Is that why they say thankyou when you give them the ticket... ???


You're not hearing it right.... :whistle: :laugh:

[JacksColdSweat]

The laser sends a pulse towards the target. The time for the beam to hit the target and be reflected tells you the distance to the target. A short time later (say 1/100 sec) you send another pulse. The time tells you the new distance to target.

...

The laser has software to sort this out - at its simplest it takes several readings, and won't lock until it gets several the same.

...

If the first reflection is from the bottom of the CD, and then 1/100 sec later, the beam is 20mm higher and reflects off the back of the CD, the laser unit will reject the reading.

... and no doubt these "multiple readings until lock" can all be achieved in pretty much under a second?

I'm picking you pull the trigger and before you even release it the laser unit has taken several dozen readings until it is happy... all in the space of a second or less...

I once got a positive laser reading on my Bell Escort X50 - freaked me out cos I had never heard the laser warning go off

I think it must have been bounced readings off another vehicle

I saw the gun when I got close to the cop so it was legit and I wasn't speeding so it didn't matter...

...much like this post...

[davereid]

... and no doubt these "multiple readings until lock" can all be achieved in pretty much under a second?

I'm picking you pull the trigger and before you even release it the laser unit has taken several dozen readings until it is happy... all in the space of a second or less...

Was my explaination of how it works that crappy !

Laser cant measure speed directly, it can only measure distance to target.

It has to take two distance measurements a known time apart and then use math to calculate the distance changed, in the time.

That time is 1/100 sec.

Even a tiny fraction of a mm rise or fall in the operators aim will move the reflection point up or down by 50-100mm if the target is 100m away.

If that reflection is coming off a perfectly flat surface then there is no problem.

But, if the refection is coming off a sloped surface, say a CD at 45 degrees from the vertical, each 100mm of vertical "wobble" by the operator, will change the distance to target by 100mm.

This makes it very hard for the laser to get a series of identical readings and thus achieve lock.

ie.. two measurments of distance to a flat surface will give the same result, even if one is a few mm higher or lower than the other.

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But two measurements of a sloped surface wont work.


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Pretty clearly, even if the target was stationary, laser would have measured a change in distance even though none had occured.

So the laser takes a series of measurements, each 1/100 sec apart. Only when it has a whole lot the same indicating a high probability that it is getting reflections off a flat surface does it process the data and give the operator a speed reading.

Thats why CDs work at blinding laser.

[peasea]

I want to be a Stealth Bomber when I grow up. It seems the technology is there but I still refuse to grow up.

Rock and a hard place..........

[barty5]

[QUOTE=davereid;1990160]My 2007 3.6 VZ Commodore goes like a rocket to 160. From 160 to an indicated 220 it still goes well. At 220 speedo its actually going 200 GPS. At that speed its still accelerating but not with much titty, might reach 240 speedo (215 GPS).

My 07 VE SS-V 6.0L (exhuast and intake mods have been done 240kw at wheels stanard is round 210) gets to 160 rather quick and even up to 200 with out much less pace. Past 200 i been to 220 and the needle was still movin at a resonable pace.was done on nice straight road midlle of no where on a very unsed road with another car way ahead incase of others being on the road.

[scumdog]

This makes it very hard for the laser to get a series of identical readings and thus achieve lock.

ie.. two measurments of distance to a flat surface will give the same result, even if one is a few mm higher or lower than the other.

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But two measurements of a sloped surface wont work.


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Pretty clearly, even if the target was stationary, laser would have measured a change in distance even though none had occured.

So the laser takes a series of measurements, each 1/100 sec apart. Only when it has a whole lot the same indicating a high probability that it is getting reflections off a flat surface does it process the data and give the operator a speed reading.

Thats why CDs work at blinding laser.

Fark, I'd love to see the brackets and fixtures needed inside the car to mount the CDs to get THAT to work!!!

(And it hasn't worked yet....)

[3umph]

Fark, I'd love to see the brackets and fixtures needed inside the car to mount the CDs to get THAT to work!!!

(And it hasn't worked yet....)

hahah yip... maybe a cd store promo vehicle with cd's all over it may work :lol:

[Renegade]

i may have seen evidence of a new HP police car doing 230kmh :whistle:

[Sidewinder]

i may have seen evidence of a new HP police car doing 230kmh :whistle:

omg that is just so fast!

[FJRider]

i may have seen evidence of a new HP police car doing 230kmh :whistle:

this post is useless without pic's...

[spudchucka]

Thats why CDs work at blinding laser.

They don't!:no:

[peasea]

They don't!:no:

What does?

[davereid]

As I pointed out early in the thread, it won't work when you are close to the operator, as he will be able to keep the beam on a nice flat surface like the front number plate. (If your car has one.. my plate is on a nice steep slope too)

But at longer ranges it works just fine, giving you plenty of time to spot the cop, or hear the laser warning and slow down.

Its physics, not magic or wishful thinking ;)

[scumdog]

Its physics, not magic or wishful thinking ;)

But as far as being a viable way of not getting a ticket goes it's pie-in-the-sky..

[joshy28]

6 years ago, i got done at 206km. He caught me in a mufti holden station. I was in a cage. Lukily i only recieved a fine of 800 bux rather than a loss of licence :sweatdrop... i had a good excuse :yes:

[joshy28]

6 years ago, i got done at 206km. He caught me in a mufti holden station. I was in a cage. Lukily i only recieved a fine of 800 bux rather than a loss of licence :sweatdrop... i had a good excuse :yes:


oops i forgot to say he was up my ass for at least 5km before pulling me over

[Max Preload]

oops i forgot to say he was up my ass for at least 5km before pulling me over

We're not interested in your recreational activities outside of motorcycling... :oi-grr:

[spudchucka]

As I pointed out early in the thread, it won't work when you are close to the operator, as he will be able to keep the beam on a nice flat surface like the front number plate. (If your car has one.. my plate is on a nice steep slope too)

But at longer ranges it works just fine, giving you plenty of time to spot the cop, or hear the laser warning and slow down.

Its physics, not magic or wishful thinking ;)

What's the point in targeting a vehicle that's two kilometres away? It may be viable in a theoretical sense but will never work in a practical sense. It does provide cops with a great source of amusement though.

[Boob Johnson]

6 years ago, i got done at 206km. He caught me in a mufti holden station. I was in a cage. Lukily i only recieved a fine of 800 bux rather than a loss of licence :sweatdrop... i had a good excuse :yes:
And the excuse was???? :Pokey:

[Sidewinder]

And the excuse was???? :Pokey:

he was coming around to get frisky with you boobie!