Radar K band

[CookMySock]

Fixed cameras don't use microwave

X/K/Ka are all 10-34GHz microwave bands. It's just terminology though.

@MarkH, ANY vehicle parked on the side of the road is fair game, and stay out of the left lane where you can.

Steve

[grusomhat]

That's the thing - the speed camera vehicles are positioned in plain sight - you tend to see them as you go passed. I believe at one time they used a camera that was practically out of sight - you would be lucky to see the lens in the bushes (or whatever). But to be 'overt' do they have to have the speed camera visible for more than x distance before you get to it? Or does it just have to be plainly seen as you go passed it?

I guess technically all camera vans are being used in an overt manner. I would assume though that if you can't see the van until you are next to it then it's not being used in an overt manner. I take back my original statement, camera vans are fair game keep an eye out and don't speed down long straights.

X/K/Ka are all 10-34GHz microwave bands. It's just terminology though.

@MarkH, ANY vehicle parked on the side of the road is fair game, and stay out of the left lane where you can.

Steve

The fixed cameras use inductive loops don't they? They definitely aren't radar.

[MarkH]

X/K/Ka are all 10-34GHz microwave bands. It's just terminology though.

@MarkH, ANY vehicle parked on the side of the road is fair game, and stay out of the left lane where you can.

The last ticket I got (back when I drove a car) I was in the right lane out of 3 - staying out of the left lane didn't do shit for me! Changing from 4 wheels to 2 definitely did the job though - speed cameras just aren't the same problem when you have no number plate on the front of your vehicle!

I am cautious about ANY vehicle on the side of the road - but as I mentioned in my first post on this matter - the speed camera vehicle could NOT be seen until it was about to take the picture. It was on the grass at the side of the motorway, nestled in between the trees and bushes - totally unable to be seen until you had less than a second to slow down if you were traveling over 110kph, if you were traveling under 110kph then it really didn't matter.

BTW
Pixie is right - fixed camera DON'T use microwave! They use the loop under the road as grusomhat said - you can see the lines in the road where the loop is.

[CookMySock]

Ah I see what you mean. I did not know that.

Staying in the right lane just gives you more time to see cars parked on the left in gaps.

I think bikers should not be plowing through speed cameras at horrific speeds just coz they can. If you don't watch it, you will have to have rego's on our windscreen.

Steve

[MarkH]

I think bikers should not be plowing through speed cameras at horrific speeds just coz they can. If you don't watch it, you will have to have rego's on our windscreen.

I definitely agree with this - if bikers scream passed the cameras and can't be ticketed then someone will look at what can be changed to make sure that speeding bikers get the tickets - and this will be used for all speeding bikers, not just the insanely fast ones.

[dipshit]

if bikers scream passed the cameras and can't be ticketed then someone will look at what can be changed to make sure that speeding bikers get the tickets.

You mean like a photo database they are compiling by pulling motorcyclists over and taking a photo of them on their bike..???

[Pixie]

X/K/Ka are all 10-34GHz microwave bands. It's just terminology though.

@MarkH, ANY vehicle parked on the side of the road is fair game, and stay out of the left lane where you can.

Steve

"Sigh"Let me explain in easily understood terms: Fixed cameras use sensors in the road to detect vehicles and their speeds,not X/K/Ka EHF,SHF,UHF,VHF,HF,LF,VLF, or any radio waves at all,non,nil ,nada not a bean

[pritch]

It's not like it's one way or the other, all other options excluded.

I can't be bothered with all the false warnings when using the K band locally. In a few weeks though I'm riding over to Hawkes Bay. I have no idea where all the school zones are twixt here and there, so I think it might be wise to turn the K band on for the trip. Shouldn't be too much trouble to turn it off again when I get home. Horses for courses and all that...