Radar detectors big on the hit list

**Pixie** · 8th June 2005, 23:14

Originally Posted by Blackbird

Having just fitted a new detector mount on the bike, the detector is now held on with velcro so I must remember to stick it in my pocket! I never swap it over into the car as my wife hates it beeping away. So what happened at Xmas was I didn't see a camera van up the Thames coast and got nailed for $80

Cheers for the reminder.

Geoff

Watch that velcro.
Use a velcro strap around the detector and mount.
I know of someone who saw his brand new detector go down the road five minutes after fitting it,thanks to relying on velcro.

**Pixie** · 8th June 2005, 23:16

Originally Posted by inlinefour

However the alarm stickers on my windows put people off ripping it off me. Well that and my other four legged alarm/tear ur arms off security system.

Your four legged alarm sounds just like my credit card

**scumdog** · 8th June 2005, 23:47

Saved myself a fortune in cash and worry by not having one

And K14, don't mention the thieves get $200 for them - down here they're happy to get $60 or so 'cos that's three tinnies and that's all they're after!!

Next thing the greedy buggers will want $200 "like the fullas up no'th get eh?"

**marty** · 9th June 2005, 10:24

i've mounted mine lower on the screen so it doesn't stand out so much - when i was travelling heaps, and parking either at home or in secure parking, i had it in my line of sight, but around town it's a bit of a pest. i take mine off and put it under the seat, but leave the mount on the screen. pretty easy to see the curly cord and mount if you're looking i guess..... saved me in the car yesterday though - laser near the fieldays site. i have a mount on the bike using a 3M 'velcro', it's stuff we use to keep upholstery panels on in aeroplanes, and it has a really aggressive hold. it has to be peeled off from one end to break the hold.

**ManDownUnder** · 9th June 2005, 10:37

1 Farad Capacitors small enough to fit inside a radar detector case...

Plug it into the 12V supply as usual... Some of you will see where I'm going with this...

[edit] - that's him/her/them (feeling very PC today)... the guy/girl/person of uncertain gender identity that did the backflip over that car, with three fingers missing, groaning really loudly in the gutter.

I guess they didn't see the "don't touch" sticker - oopsie, silly me, I put it on the bottom

... never mind

MDU

**Lou Girardin** · 9th June 2005, 11:03

VG2 is a detector detector, not used in NZ because detctors are legal.
Stop bragging about not having a detector Mr Dog. I didn't use one when I had immunity either.

**Ixion** · 9th June 2005, 11:06

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

VG2 is a detector detector, not used in NZ because detctors are legal.
Stop bragging about not having a detector Mr Dog. I didn't use one when I had immunity either.

Ohhh detector detectors! Can you get detectors to detect the detector detectors before they detect your detector (your detector, not your detector detector detector that is ) , so you can hide it ? [ Go away Mr Hitcher. This is perfectly good English. Sort of ]

**ManDownUnder** · 9th June 2005, 12:24

Originally Posted by Ixion

Ohhh detector detectors! Can you get detectors to detect the detector detectors before they detect your detector (your detector, not your detector detector detector that is ) , so you can hide it ? [ Go away Mr Hitcher. This is perfectly good English. Sort of ]

I follow it - and now I need a drink...

MDU

**HDTboy** · 9th June 2005, 12:35

I've replaced soooooo many side widows due to detector theft it's not funny, BMW should give Valentine a comission on every window they sell.
The funniest thing is when the same car comes back in a week later to have a second window fitted as the owner didn't learn their lesson the first time.

**Clockwork** · 9th June 2005, 15:44

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

VG2 is a detector detector, not used in NZ because detctors are legal.
Stop bragging about not having a detector Mr Dog. I didn't use one when I had immunity either.

I'd always assumed radar detectors were passive..... what do they emit to detect?

**Lou Girardin** · 9th June 2005, 16:14

Originally Posted by Ixion

Ohhh detector detectors! Can you get detectors to detect the detector detectors before they detect your detector (your detector, not your detector detector detector that is ) , so you can hide it ? [ Go away Mr Hitcher. This is perfectly good English. Sort of ]

Yes

**scumdog** · 10th June 2005, 10:03

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

VG2 is a detector detector, not used in NZ because detctors are legal.
Stop bragging about not having a detector Mr Dog. I didn't use one when I had immunity either.

Immunity ain't so good these days - just look at cops being doen by other cops in the paper! (plus you never know when MrInspectorSir is 'out with the boys')

And the speed-camers isn't too discerning either!!

(It's actually a case where I'd end up fluffing around with the detector so much that I'd end up STILL getting caught - k.i.s.s. - Keep It Simple Stupid!).

**Biff** · 10th June 2005, 11:20

Originally Posted by Clockwork

I'd always assumed radar detectors were passive..... what do they emit to detect?

All radar detectors need a reference frequency to work. So inside them is a little circuit, normally driven by a crystal that oscillates, producing said reference frequency. Radar detector detectors detect this.

This is why some 'cheaper' radar detectors give out false alarms when you pass another vehicle fitted with a radar detector. They’re actually picking up the reference frequency of the oncoming detector. Escorts are the worst for this followed by Unidens.

In electromatronics termanohology:
A passive device is something that requires no power to work.
An active device requires power.