Radar detector signal interpretation

[Ixion]

... and the Stalkers are so good, they will pick up the speed of oncoming cars before I see them...

How then can you state that it was *that* car doing the xxx kph ? (Not getting at you, just wondering - I thought you had to see the offending vehicle at the same time as the reading ?). Not that it has any relevance to me of course. nana would never DREAM of speeding

[Da Bird]

How then can you state that it was *that* car doing the xxx kph ? (Not getting at you, just wondering - I thought you had to see the offending vehicle at the same time as the reading ?). Not that it has any relevance to me of course. nana would never DREAM of speeding

haha, the Tui's ad comes to mind.

You are right though, you have to have a visual on the car before confirming which vehicle is doing that speed... it is just helpful when the radar starts picking up speeds around a bend... you then have your "trigger" finger ready to lock on the speed when vehicle comes into view.

BC

[Ixion]

haha, the Tui's ad comes to mind.

You are right though, you have to have a visual on the car before confirming which vehicle is doing that speed... it is just helpful when the radar starts picking up speeds around a bend... you then have your "trigger" finger ready to lock on the speed when vehicle comes into view.

BC

Hm. Trigger finger reflex versus brake lever hand reflex ? Bugger , I think a finger beats a hand.

[LB]

If it goes off in the same place all the time, its typically a false alarm. I get about 99% less falsies on the Escort than I did with the Uniden.
Its detection is so good, sometimes you think you've got a false alarm, but it was a cop car 2 blocks away, or going down a parallel street.
The only thing the Valantine does better is tell you if it's in front or behind (useful to know sometimes!)

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Agree with you DM - HEAPS less false alarms (had a Uniden before too).

I don't really care if it's in front or behind......I just slow down anyway.

And agree re the tractors, someone told me it's a type of GPS thing they have that sets off the alarm.
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[Gixxer 4 ever]

... and the Stalkers are so good, they will pick up the speed of oncoming cars before I see them...

So it is an even playing field then. That's why we live in a free country. As long as the speed is dropped at the very first beep every thing is fair.

[Lou Girardin]

... and the Stalkers are so good, they will pick up the speed of oncoming cars before I see them...

And you book the first one that comes into view?
Shame for him if it was the second car speeding or the truck 200 metres behind!
What the hell though, he probably sped some other time and wasn't caught.

[Beemer]

Hi Blackbird, because of the all out attitude of the government and their collection agency (Police) these days, I threw away my radar detectors and bought a smaller bike. The smaller bike has less tendency to go fast without thinking about it and it's more versatile. In other words I go where plod isn't. Another reason for the smaller bike is I now have a smaller bank balance. Besides her on the back is a lot happier. Shit I think I must have surrendered. Oh well, Cheers John

Oh, if only having a smaller bike meant you didn't ever speed! The only speeding ticket I've ever had was on an RG150 along the Himitangi Straights! And the Goose isn't a lot better - I have to really watch I'm not sitting on 120 because that's where it seems to feel really sweet...

[Ixion]

Oh, if only having a smaller bike meant you didn't ever speed! The only speeding ticket I've ever had was on an RG150 along the Himitangi Straights! And the Goose isn't a lot better - I have to really watch I'm not sitting on 120 because that's where it seems to feel really sweet...

I wnder why it is that the sweet spot on almost every bike seems to be just fast enough to risk tickets.

[Beemer]

I wonder why it is that the sweet spot on almost every bike seems to be just fast enough to risk tickets.

I want to know that too, because now I am in danger of repeating the performance that earned me the ticket in 2000!

[RiderInBlack]

Oh, if only having a smaller bike meant you didn't ever speed!

On the GXSR250 I've had:

124KPH in a 100KPH zone with an 80L backpack strapped to it, and I feel that I was only cruising

111KPH in a 100KPH zone. Just me on a wet day down the Ruakaka/Waipu Straights. What can I say cop was having a bad day, so I cheered him up a bit

124KPH in a 100KPH zone (again). Yep, 80L backpack (yada, yada, yada). Bloody Ngatea Straights (which is why I travel by Matamata going to Tauranga).
Cop "You didn't slow down for me in a hurry"
Having seen him K's up the road but too late to do anything about it I replyed:
"Well I could see that you had me, so I felt there was not point in hurting myself by braking too hard just to stop for you"

The bike would have to be pretty gutless before I wouldn't get done for over the 100KPH, and I wouldn't want to ride it anyway

[ducatijim]

Large Ag tractors have ground sensing radar fitted to them as a rule these days,I don't know what band, but they trigger a half strength alert on my Valeintine1 @ over 600m. The signal does not grow stronger as you close the gap however. So watch out for 'falses' from these machines now the new season is getting underway and you will see more of them on the roads.

[myvice]

Large Ag tractors have ground sensing radar fitted to them as a rule these days,I don't know what band, but they trigger a half strength alert on my Valeintine1 @ over 600m. The signal does not grow stronger as you close the gap however. So watch out for 'falses' from these machines now the new season is getting underway and you will see more of them on the roads.

Tractor warning isnt a bad thing ether!
We might see more of them on the roads but they never see us! Car or bike!

[dangerous]

There wasn’t a cop in sight although there was a line of traffic coming towards me. I assumed that a mufti car was somewhere in the line.

I'd say that it was most likely another quality detector that you picked up.... this is the most common false alert I get with my Escort.
When you get a hard n fast alert look in the windows of the cars about to pass you... bet ya see a detector in there.

Tractor warning isnt a bad thing ether!

No... its a bloody good thing, just like all the other SWS warnings that our detectors can pick up (see attach below)
Pitty the Gvt sees revenue collecting more important than our safety..... look at the SWS warnings that could be of use in NZ, bloody great idea.... might cost a bit to set up but hell....... imagine the lifes it may save.

TXT #64 is the tractor warning.

[RiderInBlack]

Love those "Future Use" ones. Must be for Delorians (SP) Sorry I'll just go back the future

[Timber020]

I used to contract in big ag gear, never thought about what hectare meters output would be. I wonder what the next generation of revenue collecting gear will be like.