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about the calibration of the speed gun,used by the officer..do you have to right to ask them for the re-calibration papers for it?as I was told that the gun must be calibrated or at least checked everyday and logged.If you get caught,you can ask for those papers..if theres none,then the fine may be void if you were not too far over the speed limit.

I think it applies here in nz..just wondering if it does there too.

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where can you download all the camera sites in to a gps, what is the best gps to have these days, i get my license back in 4 weeks and will be needing

to know where these camera's are. it's been a long 3 years so i have no idea where any are now.

i'm just using a basic garmin unit. plenty of websites have the speed camera locations, but they are generally only the fixed camera locations. some will give the locations frequented by the speed camera vans, but you don't know if they will be there or not, and also if they are in a new spot you won't know either.

best bet is to stick to the speed limit as someone said.

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about the calibration of the speed gun,used by the officer..do you have to right to ask them for the re-calibration papers for it?as I was told that the gun must be calibrated or at least checked everyday and logged.If you get caught,you can ask for those papers..if theres none,then the fine may be void if you were not too far over the speed limit.

I think it applies here in nz..just wondering if it does there too.

somewhere in the Australian Standards it would mention that sort of information, ill have a look when i get home, the old man has a copy of them

BstewyR33 Community Regular

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somewhere in the Australian Standards it would mention that sort of information, ill have a look when i get home, the old man has a copy of them

i couldn't see too much that states information about the time of calibration of the radar. just that it needs to be calibrated by a certified company

it references, that if a police officer hasn't used a radar gun in the last 12 months, they need to sit for a re-examination to make sure they are competent with the device and how to use it correctly (not just as simple as point and capture speed, other factors needs to be applied) as specifed by the manufacturer.

but in saying that, by asking for all these papers of "recalibration" "how long ago did you use the radar gun officer" etc etc will most likely see you bent over and lubed up by the long arm of the law.... if your contesting a couple of k's over the above isn't worth it, accept you were speeding and move along.

pear Mentor

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but in saying that, by asking for all these papers of "recalibration" "how long ago did you use the radar gun officer" etc etc will most likely see you bent over and lubed up by the long arm of the law.... if your contesting a couple of k's over the above isn't worth it, accept you were speeding and move along.

that's what I was thinking - now that you have pissed them off, bend over while they look for other problems (*read Mods) you may have with your car, etc.

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i'm just using a basic garmin unit. plenty of websites have the speed camera locations, but they are generally only the fixed camera locations. some will give the locations frequented by the speed camera vans, but you don't know if they will be there or not, and also if they are in a new spot you won't know either.

best bet is to stick to the speed limit as someone said.

Trapster works well, available on iPhone and possibly a number of other handhelds by now? It can tell you where the known spots are based on user submissions, along with fixed speed/red light cameras.

You can also set it up for push notifications so if someone reports a camera you will get an update on your phone much like an SMS.

You can also set it up to alert you based on how common a known location is so that way its not alerting you almost constantly.

Whilst not speeding is obviously the best thing, I think its fairly obvious that they find easy target locations the majority of the time and I know I'd rather be extra safe if I know I'm approaching a mobile radar.

mad082 Grand Master

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i'd rather get book for speeding and have to walk eveywhere than own an iphone, LOL

and you can join websites that have user submitted mobile speed camera locations, but they sometimes charge a joining fee. the site i got the free fixed camera locations from had them but i wasn't going to pay to join. as it was i cheated the system to get the spoken audio alert for the speed cameras and redlight cameras (only got the redlight cameras one because there is a redlight camera in town but the nearest fixed speed camera is about an hour away so i wouldn't to see if they worked). you had to join the site to get the spoken warning, but they had a link where you could play the warning to hear what it sounded like, so it was just a case of *right click on link*, *save link as..* and bob's your aunty, spoken warning for speed cameras and redlight cameras

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hahaha very funny! lol I'm not an apple person, far from it.. in fact after I upgraded to the iphone i was thinking omg wtf am I doing! lol I must say though, once you start exploring the apps available it's really great. My main preference was for the full web browser functionality more than anything.

Anyhow, phone brand/models aside, trapster's definitely a great app to have to be prewarned about mobile radars and police checkpoints (particularly when you drive a Skyline). It's available on various smart phone platforms: http://trapster.com/download_phones.php The new version has a number of additional features like points of interest etc.. similar to GPS so there's a bit of bonus functionality there.

Above all else though, sticking to the limit is the best way to not get caught. If anything, using programs like trapster and seeing the number of known spots, as well as the general mobile speed radar presence in Brisbane the last half year has made me a better driver in that regard. You don't have to speed everywhere you go, and you'll save a bit of money in fuel in the process :thumbsup:

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