Do cop bikes have radars?

[1vanvan1]

Do the police bikes have speed radars that can get you while they are moving also?

Its just i was speeding along and a cop bike came round the corner and i slowed down but he never turned around or anything.

Cheers

[imdying]

Last bikey cop I talked to, said although his didn't have one fitted at the time, he showed my the provisions for it on the bike.

[Bonez]

Do the police bikes

You mean they exist?

[Karma]

From http://www.police.govt.nz/resources/...rcement-guide/

staff may use a motor cycle as a power source for a laser speed detector, but are not to pursue speeding motorists themselves when undertaking this activity due to the risk of damage to the laser device. However, this does not apply when speed detection equipment is being operated on a motorcycle as part of a specific trial approved in writing by the National Road Policing Manager.

So the answer would be no.

[1vanvan1]

Ahh ok. I saw him out the back roads of clevedon today. i think maybe just a cop going for a joy ride!

[Karma]

I've seen them out there a couple of times having a cop with a laser, and then the bike sat around the corner, obviously waiting to pickup anyone going a tad too fast.

[Coyote]

From http://www.police.govt.nz/resources/...rcement-guide/
So the answer would be no.

Why do they even have cop bikes if they can't chase and ticket people?

[Karma]

Well that's not what it says...

All it says is that they can't run the radar at the same time as the bike cos they might break it, however, they could match their speed to yours and use that as evidence if they're moving, they can also be used in other areas such as red light jumpers etc...

[Coyote]

Well that's not what it says...

All it says is that they can't run the radar at the same time as the bike cos they might break it, however, they could match their speed to yours and use that as evidence if they're moving, they can also be used in other areas such as red light jumpers etc...

Oh right, read it wrong.

But I guess that's partly why there aren't many riding around, they're all at the side of the road in an open space that all motorists can see from 100m away (aka behind bushes) waiting.

[TLMAN]

The police will be getting new K12s over the next 12 months and these will be fitted with radar.
The current fleet consists of BMW R1150RTs with a few ST1100s hanging on, a few of these older BMWs are fitted with radar as a trial.

[Karma]

they're all at the side of the road in an open space that all motorists can see from 100m away (aka behind bushes) waiting.

Technically they're not supposed to do that either, I would imagine that if you got a ticket in a case like that you'd have grounds for appeal.

Again from http://www.police.govt.nz/resources/...rcement-guide/

all speed measuring devices are to be operated in an overt manner. No form of hidden or camouflaged deployment is to be used, although nothing in these guidelines impugns the use of unmarked Police patrol cars for speed enforcement;

[Coyote]

Technically they're not supposed to do that either, I would imagine that if you got a ticket in a case like that you'd have grounds for appeal.

Again from http://www.police.govt.nz/resources/...rcement-guide/

Hahaha, bull. I'll have to start taking photos of the camera vans around here, make a thread of it

[Karma]

Hmm... well the camera van itself is an oddity I'd imagine, I'm sure the cops on here could clear it up but it may be they fall more under speed camera legislation as opposed to radar guns.

They're usually tinted glass plain white vans, nothing obvious about them eh.

[Grahameeboy]

Hmm... well the camera van itself is an oddity I'd imagine, I'm sure the cops on here could clear it up but it may be they fall more under speed camera legislation as opposed to radar guns.

They're usually tinted glass plain white vans, nothing obvious about them eh.

I have seen a red one on the North Shore................tinted windows still........must be trying to catch us out eh?

[koba]

Around here (same place as coyote) they used to use white ones, then "they" got a red one thats a prick because it doesn't stand out so well.

The latest one is dark green, the same colour as the bushes they park it up next to.

They really do push the boundries of concealment too, you can see them clearly from the road....after you have got within spitting distance of them!