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lachlanw Veteran

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lol in nz ive got off a ticket because a cop tried to tell me i was speeding but the valentine one said he had nothing on me so i asked him to see the gun . he saw the radar and told me to slow down and left

WRRR Rising Star

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In my experience they don't treat you any worse - but that depends on how silly you were being and what your attitude is like.

I copped my first speeding fine in years a few weeks back and had a great chat with the female constable, she even wanted to hear the detector go off on laser so she did a point and listen on the side of the road.

She also took great joy in telling me they were going to try and ban them yet again and given the recent press coverage the nanna state pollies will probably do it. :banana:

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I find it funny that in other countries they made them illegal but then made them legal again as they make people slow down more often then not... due to all the false calls and also made poeple pay more attention to their driving speed as they need to be within a small amount of the speed limit to be able to slow down in time...

dan_the_man Grand Master

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Colin Barnett was talking about banning them recently.

Years ago I took my front number plate off to reposition it after adding an FMIC. I had it in my window on display and was driving for a brief trip. The police pulled me over because they said I was trying to evade multinovas, they saw the radar detector and said that was definitely what i was doing.

We had a chat. I wore a hat

There was a cat.

No bricks were shat.

What do you think of that?

phenline Mentor

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they wont be able to enforce the ban anyway people will just get them all hardwired in like my mates one, you cannot see the detector/jammer anywhere has sensors in the rear bumer and the front bar and is probably one of the best detectors i have seen in use.

bubba Grand Master

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There is no way you can detect a "detector" as it is a passive device. A "jammer" on the other hand is an active device and the reason they are illegal is because you have to be licensed to TRANSMIT on the frequencies used.

I have seen the hidden install ones and they're a nice piece of kit, until detectors are banned here I won't bother.

dan_the_man Grand Master

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There is no way you can detect a "detector" as it is a passive device. A "jammer" on the other hand is an active device and the reason they are illegal is because you have to be licensed to TRANSMIT on the frequencies used.

I have seen the hidden install ones and they're a nice piece of kit, until detectors are banned here I won't bother.

http://www.neltronics.com.au/belFAQ.htm

Q: What is a radar detector?

A:Until now all radar detectors leaked a small amount of signal that police can detect by using a "Radar Detector Detector" (RDD).

They scan for common IF (intermediate frequency) emissions given off by the radar detector. Early RDD’s used VG2 Technology, which concentrated on IF emissions at 11.550 GHz, but radar detector manufactures soon moved their emissions to different frequencies to eliminate its effectiveness. Along came VG3! VG3 technology works in the same manner but scans for multiple IF emissions. RDD’s are of no concern to drivers in states where radar detectors are legal.

The VG2 Interceptor has been used in some states of Australia since 1991. It comes from Canada where a company called Techsonic Industries manufactures it. Radar detector companies struck back by moving their tuning frequency outside this scanned area, making their units "VG-2 Proof" or Stealth.

belFAQ_clip_image001.jpgA newer device named Stalcar (Spectre in the USA) seems to have given the enforcers the upper hand for the time being. It comes from a Queensland company – Stealth Micro Systems Pty Ltd. The Stalcar is now used in parts of North America where it is called the Spectre. The Australian built Spectre and Stalcar RDD were designed to sweep a larger spectrum and a higher frequency than previously possible.

The threat from the Stalcar (Spectre) RDD varies in different areas. Country roads and highways are likely to be the areas where the RDD’s are used most often. In the city and suburbs, false alarms render any RDD far less accurate.

Several Radar manufacturers moved their oscillators outside of the range detected by the Spectre and Stalcar. The RDD manufacturers therefore redesigned them to sweep even larger bands and they were detected. The Spectre / Stalcar cannot detect a radar detector that is not powered up. They also cannot detect a Radar Detector with NO EMISSIONS. The Beltronics XR and USA model Sti are the first radar detector to have no emissions and therefore be undetectable.

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well there you go. there are undetectable detectors. that word has lost all meaning to me.

bubba Grand Master

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http://www.neltronics.com.au/belFAQ.htm

Q: What is a radar detector?

[Heavily abridged version]

well there you go. there are undetectable detectors. that word has lost all meaning to me.

Indeed, I wonder what range the RDD's can detect at.. didn't realise they emitted anything.

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