How far can they see?

[SuperDave]

I'm curious as to what the range of the cop's revenue devices are?

Like, how far away do you need to be for them to zap you with their radar/laser gun?

[rasty]

far enough that they got me today, between Tirau and Cambridge. I wouldn't think it was more than about 100 metres this time though. 113kmh - how embarrassing is that?

[sefer]

Pitty, I had all that info (made them send it to me when defending a speeding ticket), but dumped it reciently when I moved and had a big clean out.

I believe that the laser can ping you from around a Km with a straight line of sight, but that comes down to about 500-600M in practicality. I'm sure that one of the nice plods on the site can give you the exact numbers though. Or you could request the guides from the police.

[SuperDave]

The reason I ask is because I seem to see them way before they see me giving me enough time to slow down. I was going 140kph today and I spotted the cop ahead and slowed down steadily to 105kph and cruised passed him without any worries.

I'm not sure how far he was when I saw him, its hard to tell but basically I could just make out a parked white car with patches of yellow and blue and a hump on the roof.

[Jackrat]

Local cop at Hukarenui just north of Whangarei has about 1 1/2 km either side of his house.He'll ping you without you ever knowing he was standing on his own doorstep.
Last thursday morning about 10.30 he got a guy riding a maroon BMW K100 at 128 km.
Remember this if you ever head up that way,he lives in the house on the small hill behind the Huka pub.Sits in his car in his own drive way when he's off duty an has nothing else to do.If you stop at the huka for lunch he can see you arrive and leave from his lounge.

[Smorg]

600m i was told by the good cunt who clocked me on christmas day coming down to auckland from warkworth at 180kph and let me off with a $400 fine and my liscence

But depending on how thick the cop gauges you to be he'll tell you he can clock you 5k away behind a high rise apartment block

[zeRax]

iwould imagine its more difficult to get a reading from further away too ?

[SuperDave]

Alright, that's a mixed bunch of answers but I'm sure one of our local cops on the site will come to the party soon enough to clarify things. Whilst on this note, any idea the distance a radar detector's warning goes off from?

[Qkchk:Me]

Local cop at Hukarenui just north of Whangarei has about 1 1/2 km either side of his house.He'll ping you without you ever knowing he was standing on his own doorstep.
Last thursday morning about 10.30 he got a guy riding a maroon BMW K100 at 128 km.
Remember this if you ever head up that way,he lives in the house on the small hill behind the Huka pub.Sits in his car in his own drive way when he's off duty an has nothing else to do.If you stop at the huka for lunch he can see you arrive and leave from his lounge.

That wouldn't happen to be the bright blue XR6 or 8 that I happened to see on the side of the road giving out tickets?

[Jackrat]

That wouldn't happen to be the bright blue XR6 or 8 that I happened to see on the side of the road giving out tickets?

No, he has a standard highway car,but I did see two unmarked cars in the area around the same time.
all last week they were really hot between Whang's and Kawakawa after the resent deaths in the area.
Unrelated, but the silver XR8 pulled over a car just south of Huka, the driver wasn't looking at what he was doing as he pulled over an drove into the ditch.
The ditch is around 2-3 meters deep.

[DingDong]

I heard they can get u at 2000 mtrs in line of sight... but I also heard they need to clock you at a steady pace for a second or two, so If you break hard they cant get a lock on your speed.
Thats why when riding ingroups they have a hard time clocking just one bike because the the speeds vary... thats just my opinion thou

[N4CR]

Yeah Jackrat there is a blue XR8 as well, last time I went that route I saw roughly 5 pigs and a tax van at the end of a overtaking lane. Saftey.. yeah :/

From other comments I have seen by cops they can get you line of sight but it can take a few seconds to lock onto a bike as they have a small surface area and radar return 'signature' as such when compared to a tonne or so of car. Wayne, as you may know they are using 'instant on' mode now so they can ping you as soon as the radar is activated. That mode is NOT accurate as the manufacturers say it should only be used for testing or something like that, might pay to ask that question in court should it ever have to arise

[Finn]

Guys, if you're going to ride at license loosing speeds, get a detector. Don't let them win so easily. My V1 has picked them up at least 2 k's away. The BMW guy wouldn't have got pinged if he had one - simple. Unless of course they use instant on at which point you should see em anyway.

Even up the game - get a detector!

[Blackbuell]

Get a detector it will save you. I rode from auckland to russell yesterday,at a average speed of 135,my detector saved me 4 times,i have just got back home, left russell at 5.30 i didn't muck around,the blue xr8 tryed to get me,my detector picked him up,i had plenty of time to slow down,then at ruakaka strits there were 2 cops there they didn't get me either?

[Holy Roller]

I heard they can get u at 2000 mtrs in line of sight... but I also heard they need to clock you at a steady pace for a second or two, so If you break hard they cant get a lock on your speed.
Thats why when riding ingroups they have a hard time clocking just one bike because the the speeds vary... thats just my opinion thou

It is their visual of the person speeding and the speed recorded on the radar could have been from any one of the group that is why they ask you "so how fast were you going then" to get you to admit to speeding.

check out the Radar Direct website http://www.radardirect.co.nz/
or
http://www.radartest.com/

While the expensive units preform very well cheaper units don't seem all that far behind, response times and distance detected. Its the instant on that one has to watch for and quickly respond to.