or are they just trying to trick us while they upgrade to new gear??
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...-losing-radars
Fair weather rider
or are they just trying to trick us while they upgrade to new gear??
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...-losing-radars
Slowest cnut in the Bay
Oh well, guess we'll all have to sell our detectors, no need now eh.........
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The Stalker - is that the one that does instant-on or not?
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An earlier decision to "lease" the equipment seems now to be behind the decision to cut costs by returning the gear.....................bummer, LOL
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Double shot!!
yeah it is, but in the end it's still just an analogue electronics box with an 80's red LED readout. Pretty old-school, really.Originally Posted by Mikkel
It does worry me - what they might replace the stalker with. In this modern day and age of DSP and processing power, much magic can be wrought in software, and they could pull a real weapon out of their arse if they so choose. Police doppler radar so far has broadcast a huge beam of microwave energy about the sky for all and sundry to observe, making radar detectors relatively easy to build and use. This could all change, and if I were engineering it, it would.
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My thoughts exactly, wtf are they gunna replace them with
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Yeah right... they would have something to replace them i am sure or they will just take them out of the townie's cars and not the highway patrol
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Technology leasing within the Government sector makes perfect sense, particularly when the asset is generating revenue so I don't think this is the "real" reason.
Highway Biker
Can you honestly see them deprive themselves of that sort of revenue? Its their biggest earner. How will they meet their quota ? .....oh of course no such thing.......new Tui ad perhaps?
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Night rider
So they are removing 400 of the older Stalkers, out of a fleet of 3300 cars. I wouldn't get too complacent about that. Also, do not forget that the overall fleet is being reduced by 300 vehicles, so that means the majority of police cars will still have speed detection equipment. I'm not about to ditch my radar detector just yet.
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A very good point
You can't save the fallen, direct the lost or motivate the lazy.
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yeah well its a worry alright. Any microwave engineer could defeat a modern radar detector with a flick of his little finger. Multi-band, multi-method, frequency hopping, micro-power, digital spread spectrum - you name it, they will do it. The stakes are high!My thoughts exactly, wtf are they gunna replace them with
I wouldn't be surprised if they had a detector-detector built into it, that would take countermeasures against you. It's a new smart digital age, and the stalker is not.
Steve
"I am a licenced motorcycle instructor, I agree with dangerousbastard, no point in repeating what he said."
"read what Steve says. He's right."
"What Steve said pretty much summed it up."
"I did axactly as you said and it worked...!!"
"Wow, Great advise there DB."
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Rider in training
It maybe those 400 cars are going to be used for other general duties (such as call outs) rather than road policing now.
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That'll be no fun at all!
Steve
"I am a licenced motorcycle instructor, I agree with dangerousbastard, no point in repeating what he said."
"read what Steve says. He's right."
"What Steve said pretty much summed it up."
"I did axactly as you said and it worked...!!"
"Wow, Great advise there DB."
WTB: Hyosung bikes or going or not.
Hardcore Biker
There is more than those 400 cars a day sitting up private driveways on a cops day off, that's part of the general duties of todays police force..
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