radar detectors

[Shawn]

hey does it work better in a car then a bike....does the performance vary?...

[pete376403]

Ummm how? Given a detector is only a reciever of impulses - how on gods earth do they know you have them?

Not sure of the exact details, but I understand that the detector has an oscillator in it and this generates a weak RF signal

This from a radar detector FAQ at http://pages.quicksilver.net.nz/geof...r/Radarfaq.htm :
"Some countries or states have banned the use of radar detectors, and the usual weapon against detectors is the Canadian VG2 detector detector. Most radar detectors work on the superhetrodyne principle where the incoming signal is mixed with that from an oscillator inside the detector to help eliminate noise and improve sampling sensitivity. Unfortunately, the oscillator also "leaks" and this is what the VG2 (and other detectors on the road that false alarm) pick up. Most detector makers have come out with a "stealth' model that the VG2 cannot pick up, with the best in this area seem to be the top Bels and the Valentine One. To raise the stakes even further, Whistler have now included a VG2 detector - detector - detector in some of their models which shuts down the unit when it detects the VG2 nearby. Don't forget also that the police can rely on the Mark 1 eyeball. If you are going to use a detector in a VG2 infested area, I would buy one of the under bonnet models , so it cannot be seen, but make sure it is truely "stealthy".

The term "stealth" and "undetectable" seem to have a fairly broad definition by many radar detector manufacturers, where their detectors are indeed able to be found by the VG2, or even an ordinary radar detector. Unidens and Escort are the worst for leakage and causing false alarms in other detectors IMO."

[Lou Girardin]

What does it matter? They're not illegal here, yet.

[DEATH_INC.]

It doesn't really,but a copper will hammer you more if you've got one....
My Bel picks up heaps of others,even my flatmates supposed undetectable one....

[dangerous]

It can be bloody anoying false alarms cos of other detecters, why just today I got held up behind a Sub B4 and I could see his detecter and mine was going nuts but not all the time.

Now as far as making detecters illegal I would think that the piggers would come down on laser jammers first as they interfair with there job as a cop by jamming there reading by stopping the return of the signal......... Hmmmm must get me one of them

[dangerous]

hey does it work better in a car then a bike....does the performance vary?...

Narp....... no diff, you could put it in ya jacket pocket and it will still work as well (in thorey <-sp)

[spudchucka]

So says a man with occupational immunity.
I'll rely on technology thanks. Not hope for discretion to be shown by some paperhanging IRD patrol.
Lou

Yawn!!!!!!!!

You are a clown

[Blackbird]

Now as far as making detecters illegal I would think that the piggers would come down on laser jammers first as they interfair with there job as a cop by jamming there reading by stopping the return of the signal......... Hmmmm must get me one of them

Jammers (not detectors) are technically illegal now. You can be fined under the Broadcasting Act, but the good news is that apparently, the maximum fine for the particular sub-section is $100. Whether you could be done for interfering with police duties is a bit more problematical.

Geoff

[wkid_one]

Jammers (not detectors) are technically elegal now. You can be fined under the Broadcasting Act, but the good news is that apparently, the makimum fine for the particularr sub-section is $100. Whether you could be done for interfering with police duties is a bit more problematical.

Geoff

Not just that BB - but you can be fined under the LTSA/Traffic Act for 'interferring with vehicle surveillance equipment'.

[marty]

when a car is coming towards a highway car at night, or any time the highway car cannot be seen or is not obvious, and the cop is operating on pulse, if the tracked car drops quickly from whatever speed he is doing, when the radar is pulsed, there are two possible explanations - a black dog on the road, or a radar detector. you will get little sympathy from a HP cop if you are using a radar detector - you are considered a 'sophistcated speeder', and as everyone here with a detector will attest, you've been saved more than you've been caught. none of the current NZ gear is able to 'detect' your detector. usually the two circles left on the windscreen, or the cord in the ciggy lighter, or the beeping coming from under the seat, or the frantic movement as you're stopping give it away.....

[marty]

Yawn!!!!!!!!

You are a clown

no - clowns are clever

[Drunken Monkey]

...cos the wank in the car was doing 80-90 then hit the straight and went up to 110k

I HATE that more than anything else on the road! At least when you've been cut off, it's usually through not being seen, momentary lapse of concentration - we all do it on occasion (albeit some more than others), but f!@$ckers that plod through the hills and speed up on the straights are just downright inconsiderate pricks...

oops, should've saved that for another thread

[spudchucka]

no - clowns are clever

You are right and they are funny too.

Sorry Lou you are certainly not a clown.

My humble apologies.

[DEATH_INC.]

I'm pretty sure(from what those in the know have told me...spud??)the radar will emit a different tone (length?)when it has a detector reading it.....

[pete376403]

I recall reading about the Hawk radar (when they were new) that it would display "SNOOP" if it detected a detector. But as the general flavour of the story was "the Hawk is invincible, so don't even try" this may have been journalistic bullshit