Police Radars?

Zyros · Post by **Zyros** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:44 pm

Hey, do police radars actually work?

Like, could you pick up cops targetting you or sending out a unit to your area if you were for example.. street racing, or whatever?

I would of thought it would be to hard to use, as there are so many frequences you wouldnt know what one.
Or do cops only use one frequency, cheers.

CozmoNz · Post by **CozmoNz** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:02 pm

police radar? as in just a radar detector?

they work yeh, and help you out every now and then, but if your doing the ol traffic light races, it wont help you as you blaze past at 120 in a 50 lol.

THEN you need a jammer... which is illegal...

but they work

Of course, then hell pull you up coz he didnt get a reading... lol

gordon77 · Post by **gordon77** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:05 pm

my mate got pulled over on friday night while i was in the car... 112kmh. and the cop told us he had seen ppl doing 220 over the bombays, they dont even bother to try and catch them

AJz · Post by **AJz** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:33 pm

Radars and Scanners are two different things.

Radar - unit which beeps when it picks up Police cars, police lasers, and annoying Electric doors :evil:

, shows you relatively how far away the signal is, and in some what direction its coming from.

Scanner - handheld reciever/walkietalkie type thing, with this you can listen to what is being broadcasted over their, and many other channels etc.

nmemr2 · Post by **nmemr2** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:36 pm

all up the cops have 6 methods of detecting your speed
there are only 2 common ones though, the radar detector and the laser timer.
the standard radar dectector, like the V1 etc only pick up radar, its the most most common.
blocking them is illegal and will get pulled up for it even if you are doing 40 in a 50

Crucible · Post by **Crucible** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:33 pm

nmemr2 wrote:all up the cops have 6 methods of detecting your speed
there are only 2 common ones though, the radar detector and the laser timer.
the standard radar dectector, like the V1 etc only pick up radar, its the most most common.

V1's pick up Laser also...well mine does anyways. I believe that once it does alert you its too late as Mr police man is already writting out a ticket :cry:

Crucible · Post by **Crucible** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:36 pm

nmemr2 wrote:all up the cops have 6 methods of detecting your speed
there are only 2 common ones though, the radar detector and the laser timer.
the standard radar dectector, like the V1 etc only pick up radar, its the most most common.

V1's pick up Laser also...well mine does anyways. I believe that once it does alert you its too late as Mr police man is already writting out a ticket :cry:

solberg Fan · Post by **solberg Fan** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:47 pm

gordon77 wrote:my mate got pulled over on friday night while i was in the car... 112kmh. and the cop told us he had seen ppl doing 220 over the bombays, they dont even bother to try and catch them

220 over the bombays is $&#$% fast.

I know at least some (if not most?) cops will keep their radar off and turn them on when they think they see a speeding car. So people with radar dectors cant pick them up untill they have been caught.
They even have remotes so they can turn them on and off from outside the car.

Adamal · Post by **Adamal** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:51 pm

I have a detector built into my head

Honestly, it happens to me all the time. I get a sudden urge to check myspeed, find I'm a bit over, slow down and then within about a minute, I see a cop.

Skidman · Post by **Skidman** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:58 pm

Yea i was talking to a ex-cop mate of mine, and apparently the cops radar emmits a resonably quite but one of those really $&#$% annoying noises-high pitched squeel hense possibly the reason that cops only turn their radars on if they think that you are speeding.
When i used to have my old radar dectector this was noticible, some days on the exact same stretch of road it would pick the cops up before i could even see them, other days it would only pick up a small blip when they were about 300m away and then nothing...

Best protection-- V1 (nothing else is worth the money IMO) PLUS 20/20 vision helps

slighty_sykotic · Post by **slighty_sykotic** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:08 pm

Yup, V1 is the way to go.

Mines pretty good, picks up well over 3kms away on the open road, and if a cop is comming towards you "blipping" his radar at the cars a few km's in front of you, the V1 will pick it up, where others will ignore it, thinking that its just "noise".

And yeah, def gets laser, but yup, its almost too late then. BUT you CAN jam laser LEGALLY...well, if you say its a side effect, not the main reason of your lasar emitters...

--Sykotic

AJz · Post by **AJz** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:31 pm

or you could just slow down and stop street racing altogether

but yea, its true the police only do short bursts with their radar on and off, and yes, if laser comes up on the radar, and ur over the limit, your pretty much fuked, lol

Armourermike · Post by **Armourermike** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:47 am

My detector saved me a ticket on the motorway in the wekend. picked him up in front of me parked out of sight. So it just payed for its self... Some parts of the motorway should be 120 kph.

And lazer jammers are legal. thats why you can buy them on trade me. You can do what I did and ring a police station yourself and ask.

slighty_sykotic · Post by **slighty_sykotic** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:21 am

yes, but they could get you oin interferring with police business....

nmemr2 · Post by **nmemr2** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:50 am

slighty_sykotic wrote:And yeah, def gets laser, but yup, its almost too late then. BUT you CAN jam laser LEGALLY...well, if you say its a side effect, not the main reason of your lasar emitters...

--Sykotic

and what would be the real reason you would have something like this??

Difficult_E · Post by **Difficult_E** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:09 am

And how much are v1's worth?

slighty_sykotic · Post by **slighty_sykotic** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:48 am

and what would be the real reason you would have something like this??

To defet police laser....but you could argue that its for making animals run away from infront of your car, ie, the infared light that they can see...

They can't arrest you for stupid ideas?

V1's start at around 300-400 on Trademe, watch for stolen ones though....

Shops retail them for $1200, trademe seems to be around 800 new.

Again though, like above, only radar worth buying.

--Sykotic

nmemr2 · Post by **nmemr2** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:36 pm

can get them at shops with a good warranty for as little as $1050
the ones on trademe are often stolen or out of warranty and have been dropped and only work sometimes etc
it is however the only one worth getting

slighty_sykotic · Post by **slighty_sykotic** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:52 pm

*hugs my V1*

Paid $300 for it from trademe, and its not stolen. (got serial numbers and i know its history).

Checked police lists.

Dumbass made a $1 res auction finish at 1am......

so good cheap ones are around...

--Sykotic

nmemr2 · Post by **nmemr2** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:04 pm

clap hands for idiots on trade me
i still dont have one though