Radar Myth?
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Valentine One does work. A lot of BMW owners have it. I'd read story after story of tickets avoided bacause of it.PAC-MAN said:
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Myself being a physics major...
When Cops use radar (mostly local cops around here) instead of Laser, you can always say that it was the person on the other side who was speeding.
When the radar gun is fired, it records the doppler shift (the changed frequency that comes back after the gun is fired at a certain frequency) and is then able to calculate your speed. So if your driving on the Highway and you are pulled over, ask the cop if he was using laser or radar. If it was radar then ask him how hes sure you were the one who was speeding, and not the porche on the other side of the road going northbound. This actualy help up in court in CT so many times that the highway cops no longer use radar because of the massive amount of tickets that were nulled by speeding physics majors. :byye
When Cops use radar (mostly local cops around here) instead of Laser, you can always say that it was the person on the other side who was speeding.
When the radar gun is fired, it records the doppler shift (the changed frequency that comes back after the gun is fired at a certain frequency) and is then able to calculate your speed. So if your driving on the Highway and you are pulled over, ask the cop if he was using laser or radar. If it was radar then ask him how hes sure you were the one who was speeding, and not the porche on the other side of the road going northbound. This actualy help up in court in CT so many times that the highway cops no longer use radar because of the massive amount of tickets that were nulled by speeding physics majors. :byye
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that works, but before we clock your speed we have to make an estimation of how fast we believe you are going. That's the biggest part of taking a radar class is the estimation of speed. And any good officer knows the best locations to run radar and cross traffic will be limited in that location.Damn Clownz said:
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in chicago is illegale for cops to judge speed by sight. They can pull you over, but if you dont think they shot you with the radar gun then you can tell them NO. Then he has to walk you back to his car and show u your speed on the radar gun box. And if theres nothing, you drive away.
So ive been told anyway
So ive been told anyway
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thats kinda shady information. Because we have to estimate speed, then run the radar/laser. And further more we are not allowed to get radar locks in Florida, so there is no chance that you will ever see the speed. Its actual FL law that we can't radar lock. And if we don't get you on radar, but we know you are speeding, we can always write you for Careless driving. And many other stated have similar laws, sometimes called "Basic Violation of Speed"Damn Clownz said:
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yeh i thought it was kinda shady info to.
But really?? u cant radar lock in florida???? thats amazing considering how many times ive been radar locked in florida. Brought along my radar detector and put it in the rental car. Was lighting up like a christmas tree whenever a cop drove by.
Got a question for ya, when driving along I-95 up here, i usualy see stateys on the other side of the barrier, should i be worried about speeding by them? Or should i just keep on going thinking their not gona jump the next exit and track me down? (im usualy goin 80-85 in a 65mph zone)
But really?? u cant radar lock in florida???? thats amazing considering how many times ive been radar locked in florida. Brought along my radar detector and put it in the rental car. Was lighting up like a christmas tree whenever a cop drove by.
Got a question for ya, when driving along I-95 up here, i usualy see stateys on the other side of the barrier, should i be worried about speeding by them? Or should i just keep on going thinking their not gona jump the next exit and track me down? (im usualy goin 80-85 in a 65mph zone)
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nope seen it happen before, some times there will be a cop sitting along the side of a on ramp on a bridge and will be radaring people going both ways and I've seen a few cops that were parked on the shoulder on the opposite side of the freeway that pulled out past traffic and flipped around through the center median. But in cases like that I would assume you would need to be excessively speeding, 20mph~+ for them to even consider doing something like that, especially if they are driving down the freeway already going the opposite direction
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they will call other troopers if they are in the area, so you ain't completely safe. And we have the radar continuously running, it just doesn't lock to one set speed. Thats a reason we can say it was your car we were tracking. Because if there are other cars around the radar will jump between each cars speed. What we do is follow your vehicle and we can take a few readings to know what car we are getting for sure.Damn Clownz said:
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those radar detectors not always work. i have 2 of them and was pulled over never lit up till i had the cruiser behind me. lol(it's an older model.)
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with my cheap $90 cobra radar detector, I've been pulled over a few times but were all because I was being stupid and going too fast for conditions but anyways, every time I've been ticketed the detector always went off... The detector is not your only line of defense at avoiding a speeding ticket more of a aid than anything. I can't tell you how many speed traps I've avoided because of it, its paid for itself more than 10x over is well worth it, but if you drive like a complete jackass it can't save you from getting pulled over.d16y8alltheway said:
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I got a guy with my laser the other day, he had a detector. He was like "all i saw was a "L" on the detector for like 2 seconds" I was like, yup I got you.
The laser is not continuously on, so we just point it at a specific car, pull the trigger and bam.
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The laser is not continuously on, so we just point it at a specific car, pull the trigger and bam.
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Deeeeee Dee Deeeeee!! Where did you get this non-sense? Point, Pull trigger, Busted!! I never seen a scope on one over our GVP radars. We just got this cool looking portable barricade laser in Florida. Remotely operated. Now you really better watch out!
The primer color things is funny too.
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Deeeeee Dee Deeeeee!! Where did you get this non-sense? Point, Pull trigger, Busted!! I never seen a scope on one over our GVP radars. We just got this cool looking portable barricade laser in Florida. Remotely operated. Now you really better watch out!
The primer color things is funny too.
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