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thechuckster
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are VIC/NSW cop radar this good?	Wed, 21 April 2004 14:11

i got this in an email just before Easter from a mate who works for Dept of Ag i NSW ... is it for real? ...<starts with CC from a mate of his>... Had a very good squiz this afternoon at the latest mobile radar being used by our traffic police, both bikes and cars, on Victorian roads. Its awesome. On the police bikes, both marked and unmarked, its forward facing, on the cars it is set up to work both ways. Regardless, either vehicle has the ability to check speed, coming or going away. And the unit can scan up to 3 lanes of traffic, all the police officer has to do, is select the lane he/she wants to check, via a multi-function switch mounted on the left side of the handle bar. The display unit is mounted up high, behind the electric wind screen on the R1150RT, that I was looking at, just below the the riders line of sight. It, amongst other features, displays the police bike's speed on the left and the target vehicle's speed on the right, in between it tells the operator what vehicle it is targeting on a multi lane road. The unit normally runs always on, it records the speed of any vehicle in front of it or behind it, and its instantaneous. The police wont say what distance it is accurate to, but it is believed to be around the 1 kilometre mark. So, if you come around a corner, or crest a rise, if there is an oncoming police vehicle fitted with this, your speed is immediately recorded, and btw, if you happen to be running a radar detector, you and your unit are toast, as the officer can easily see on his monitor that you have received the radar signal and you are suddenly backing off speed, especially at a distance where it is very hard to identify oncoming vehicles. So beware, especially in the North East and Eastern Gippsland, on the way down to the Supers this weekend, or over Easter. ...<snip personal stuff>... i have read about these units a while ago. Dual head units on Police CARS are able to detect speed in 4 directions. Assuming Police vehicle is travelling Westbound it can detect the speed of vehicles travelling Westbound both behind and ahead of the radar unit, and Eastbound vehicles both ahead and behind the radar unit. Speed detection is almost instantaneous. <snip> To the best of my knowledge, these are not yet in use in NSW. Matter of time I guess. Also, I am not aware if Police Procedures have been altered to eliminate the need for a clear and constant tone to be acquired for 3 full seconds prior to determining speed. <ends>... to me this all sounds like radar that instantly grabs your speed and can differentiate between cars travelling in multiple lanes? or was this just pre-holiday FUD (fear, uncertainty & doubt) from the cops? [Report message to a moderator]

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