Escort Passport x500 not picking up cops?

**rapid van cleef** · 7th July 2010, 19:59

well, i rode about 280 through bay of plenty today, from whakatane to rotorua to tauranga and back home. i passed maybe 4 cop cars going the other way and not once did me detector get so much as a chirp.

im hoping the cops either cant be arsed to turn on their radar cos theyre too busy eating donuts and wiping crumbs off the dash,

or

they simply dont have radar in their cars?

weird

and yes, my detector seems to be working fine, going off when i approach shops and the like.

this was on urban roads and highways

no, non of the cops turned and pursued me, becuase i wasnt doing anything wrong!!!!

thats quite werid really, in the uk the cops would usually turn and follow just to put some pressure on you.

anyone else had this happen? i know its not a problem really. i was just suprised that i didnt get anything on me detector from any of the cars

**Jantar** · 7th July 2010, 20:26

Check that you've got Ka band enabled. The fact that you are picking up shops shows that K band is turned on (only usefull for camera vans), but how about Ka band?

**rapid van cleef** · 7th July 2010, 21:28

yeah, i checked, all bands turned on, i did a factory reset on the unit, switching all bands on.

**grusomhat** · 7th July 2010, 22:18

Lots of cars don't have radar and a few more don't turn it on a lot of the time. Other's use instant on and they may have not felt the need to check you.

**rapid van cleef** · 7th July 2010, 22:19

thanks for the reply matey. i pressume you have some insider knowledge in order to make such a statement?

**SMOKEU** · 7th July 2010, 22:27

Most cops don't even bother turning their radar guns on if they have them because it just creates too much extra paper work, and most of them don't really have the time to hand out petty infringement notices.

**marty** · 7th July 2010, 22:41

Originally Posted by Jantar

Check that you've got Ka band enabled. The fact that you are picking up shops shows that K band is turned on (only usefull for camera vans), but how about Ka band?

Camera vans have upgraded to ultra low output 24.100 K band - most detectors including V1 and Bell won't pick them up, or will only pick them up when in direct (as opposed to scattered) beam.

**grusomhat** · 7th July 2010, 23:58

Originally Posted by rapid van cleef

thanks for the reply matey. i pressume you have some insider knowledge in order to make such a statement?

I wish! Nah, just general observations. I don't know how many highway patrol cars don't have radar, I imagine most would being that's their purpose but other than that if you ride with a radar detector for a while you'll soon pickup on how many cars have what.

**SS90** · 8th July 2010, 07:40

That seems really absurd to me..... With all the anti speeding legislation out there (rightly so), I would have thought every single cop car in the country had one.

I am sure they all pay for themselves in the first year!

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th July 2010, 08:31

And you are certain they were all HP? All cars entering the farce are blue/yellow now, regardless of HP/GD.

**rapid van cleef** · 8th July 2010, 09:16

wow, how many abbreviations.

hp= highway patrol ?

gd = ???????

**MSTRS:Me** · 8th July 2010, 09:24

General Duties

**blackdog** · 8th July 2010, 09:25

im guessing general duties?

**scumdog** · 8th July 2010, 09:33

Originally Posted by SMOKEU

Most cops don't even bother turning their radar guns on if they have them because it just creates too much extra paper work, and most of them don't really have the time to hand out petty infringement notices.

Are you a cop or something??

Like maybe a troll?

**roogazza** · 8th July 2010, 09:38

Originally Posted by marty

Camera vans have upgraded to ultra low output 24.100 K band - most detectors including V1 and Bell won't pick them up, or will only pick them up when in direct (as opposed to scattered) beam.

Noticed it was harder to pick them with the V1 myself.