
Originally Posted by
jrandom
And that's why I'm pondering spending the dosh on a Beltronics STi, if it'll pick up scattered radar signals from behind the crests of hills, etc.
I'm all about reducing speed before the cop's bouncing a signal directly off me.
The STi is the bees knees no doubt about it! However, it will not save your arse every time. (but 90+ out of 100 is pretty good though)
If the cops are using instant on radar you have to rely on other motorists to lure them out or you're shit outta luck... However, I suspect that wouldn't be an issue on the North Island quite as often as down here.

Originally Posted by
scumdog
So for about 12km+ you had to ride like a nana.
When in fact it only needed to be for a half km or so.
Then detectors have a lot to answer for.

A member of the law-enforcing community has just formulated the prime reason why any attempt to ban radar detectors is counter-productive to the cause of getting motorists to "slow the FUCK down".

Originally Posted by
Biggles2000
Honest, its no BS. When it is on highway setting and in line of sight it sees then for miles and miles. On the Culverden straights when the radar detector has gone off and I an riding like a Nana there is stuff all else to do but work out how far away the cop is.
Going south down the Kaikoras it went off a few times and I slowed up a bit. A rep in a white maxima motored past me at a great rate. When I passed him and the cop who had stopped him I would say it was a similar distance. This has happened a few times now.
Ive only had one Laser alarm it was going into the Lyttleton tunnel a few weeks ago. I think they were in the control room.
Radar detectors are not fool proof, they dont see around corners or see cops who turn the radar units on when they are on top of you. But they do work better than I expected.
I can only say I have had similar experiences.
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