Speed camera detectors recommendation
Discussion
HantsRat said:
Don't bother with radar detectors. No police speed van uses radar these days.
I also wouldn't bother with laser detectors, laser speed devices take a speed reading of your vehicle in a fraction of a second, by the time the device has alerted you, the reading would've already been taken.
Laser jammers on the other hand are illegal and if caught you could be convicted of perverting the course of justice, a very serious offence! Most modern speed devices can now also detect and bypass jammers too.
Does the vehicle not have to be recorded covering a set distance at an excessive speed ?I also wouldn't bother with laser detectors, laser speed devices take a speed reading of your vehicle in a fraction of a second, by the time the device has alerted you, the reading would've already been taken.
Laser jammers on the other hand are illegal and if caught you could be convicted of perverting the course of justice, a very serious offence! Most modern speed devices can now also detect and bypass jammers too.
rxe said:
Zippyworld said:
Thankyou for positive responses guys.
To those who make it personal regarding eyesight and driving ability don’t waste your time.
Seriously, why would you need a gadget to tell you there is a big yellow box by the side of the road? Either you’re intent on doing humongous excess speed that you can’t possibly scrub off in time, or you’re not looking out of the big pane of glass in front of you. I accept there may be areas of the country that camo them, but all the once I’ve seen in the SE are luminous yellow. To those who make it personal regarding eyesight and driving ability don’t waste your time.
The real challenge is the mobile van and Waze is the only approach that covers that. Yes it relies on someone else reporting it, but in 3 years of using Waze, I’ve only ever managed to report one - it was as a pedestrian, and I saw the van pull over into a lay-by. In every other case, the van has already been reported.
I have been clean for 18 years prior.
I can easily spot yellow boxes without issue and even possess the ability to slow down before I reach them.
Not difficult really, stop being a cock if you can rxe
rxe said:
Zippyworld said:
I have been notified of two offences in a week of 36 in a 30, both by hand held guns.
I have been clean for 18 years prior.
I can easily spot yellow boxes without issue and even possess the ability to slow down before I reach them.
Not difficult really, stop being a cock if you can rxe
Um, then the point I am making is very relevant. A speed camera GPS locator detector won't help you. The only thing that will mitigate your problem is Waze. Per the post from a policeman above, there is no point in a laser detector - once its detected the laser, you will have been nicked. I have been clean for 18 years prior.
I can easily spot yellow boxes without issue and even possess the ability to slow down before I reach them.
Not difficult really, stop being a cock if you can rxe
Just to make it very clear:
The bloke by the side of the road who nicked you uses a laser gun. It shines on your car, and does some very complex calculations involving wavelength to calculate your speed. It does the data acquisition in about 200 milliseconds.
Anything trying to detect the presence of laser light will do it in a 100 milliseconds or so, and then beep at you. About 300 milliseconds later, you will hit the brakes. About 2 seconds later, you will probably be at the right speed.
Thus, you cannot stop the laser detector - there is no technical defence, other than jamming which seems to land you in court.
Waze does not try and jam the radar or even detect it. It relies on the fact that there are enough right-thinking people out there to report mobile cameras. It then alerts users that a report has been made. So half a mile before the guy with the gun, you get a ping that there is a guy with a gun. As a result, you have time to drive past the guy with the gun at an appropriate speed, giving him a nice wave.
In my experience, all mobile camera sites are reported as soon as they set up. I've _never_ encountered one as a driver that I have not been warned about in advance.
Edited by rxe on Thursday 8th October 14:24
HantsRat said:
321boost said:
It does not matter it is just a guideline. Show me that everyone uses that guidelines correctly.
Anyway in someones opinion all cars might be speeding so get them all.
Ok to give you a real world example... We're trained to form a prior opinion. If I wanted to 'zap' every car my arm would ache and my eyes would hurt. I can assure you an officer would not be zapping every car. It's just not practical even if you wanted to. If I see a car travelling at speed, I then take a reading. Anyway in someones opinion all cars might be speeding so get them all.
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