Fighting off camera & radar
- Thread starter miltiadou
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Well I am using a Snooper S4 GPS unit for cameras which is ok but like all systems which use data bases its only as good as the data fed in. I picked it because it is portable and you can attach radar.
I have friends that use the ORIGIN B2 which needs a set up in each vehicle and they think its great,
At the end of the day one of these systems and your eyes is better than nothing but don't rely on them..... I bought my Snooper flew to Scotland to drive my 911 back to Essex and got caught with the Snooper switched on 10 miles into my journey home.... 3 points £120.
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I have friends that use the ORIGIN B2 which needs a set up in each vehicle and they think its great,
At the end of the day one of these systems and your eyes is better than nothing but don't rely on them..... I bought my Snooper flew to Scotland to drive my 911 back to Essex and got caught with the Snooper switched on 10 miles into my journey home.... 3 points £120.
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ORIGINAL: miltiadou
With the ever increasing GATSOs and the latest radar detection that will catch the unsuspecting a mile way, what is considered to be the best kit available to avoid filling the governments coffers and of course avoid those unnecessary points.[FONT=Arial"]![[FONT=verdana,geneva"]](/forum/styles/default/pcgb/space.gif ". [FONT=verdana,geneva\"]")
[FONT=Trebuchet MS"]Best kit available is installed between your ears. Make sure it is switched on at all times. Supplement with radar/laser detector etc, etc but use common sense and keep risk of points to a minimum.
911_turbo
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I have a Road Angel with the laser detector unit but I realise that these are no use. I want to replace the laser detector with a LRC100. Please can someone help clarify three points for me:
- Does the LRC100 plug straight into the back of the Road Angel instead of the detectot unit or is there more to it?
- Where is the LRC100 mounted and is this a DIY or professional job?
- Does the LRC100 cover the front AND rear of the car or front only?
- Does the LRC100 plug straight into the back of the Road Angel instead of the detectot unit or is there more to it?
- Where is the LRC100 mounted and is this a DIY or professional job?
- Does the LRC100 cover the front AND rear of the car or front only?
thboxster
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Don't know about where it plugs into the RA, but the other 2.
The normal setup is to mount one in v.close proximity to the front number plate. Rozzers tend to fire the gun whilst it is aimed at the number plate. Putting the diffuser here should give the most reliable pretection.
Unfortunatley, it is only going to work on the front, if that is where you put it. You would have to install a rear mounted one as well for complete coverage.
The normal setup is to mount one in v.close proximity to the front number plate. Rozzers tend to fire the gun whilst it is aimed at the number plate. Putting the diffuser here should give the most reliable pretection.
Unfortunatley, it is only going to work on the front, if that is where you put it. You would have to install a rear mounted one as well for complete coverage.
thboxster
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Ahh, that's an interesting idea.
I understand that US. Apache helicopters have a "glitter ball" attached, ok, not exactly the same as the '70s disco version but the effect is much the same as the reflection that would be caused by a cd.
I was having a discussion about this earlier on today as we were curious exactly what the laser diffusers do (from a techie point of view) to make them work.
JCB..
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Diffusers spread the reflected beam into many weaker beams so that they are very difficult to pick up by the receiver, bit like aiming a hose at wall.
I don't see the point of a single CD acting as one as you would need to be a good shot to hit it.
I'd go down the stealth route and paint the car in anti reflective matt black!!
Another method would be to have a generator on a trailer and mount a sweep frequency radar on the roof. When an illuminating radar is detected you fire up your transmitter on the same frequency and blast back a pulse at several thousand times the power that the Police reciever is expecting. The results are about the same as turning up the turbo boost too far!
JCB..
I don't see the point of a single CD acting as one as you would need to be a good shot to hit it.
I'd go down the stealth route and paint the car in anti reflective matt black!!
Another method would be to have a generator on a trailer and mount a sweep frequency radar on the roof. When an illuminating radar is detected you fire up your transmitter on the same frequency and blast back a pulse at several thousand times the power that the Police reciever is expecting. The results are about the same as turning up the turbo boost too far!
JCB..
I was lead to believe that the police lazer 'guns' need a reflective surface to bounce the signal back to their gun/receiver. So they aim for the number plate. A CD will add to the 'reflectiveness' of the front of the car, so rather than confusing the gun - it may well improve the reflective area!
Michael Downing
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Number plates are different in that they reflect the laser (or any light) back the way it came. Normal surfaces reflect like a mirror.
So plod aims at the numberplate because the signal will come back to him rather than head off to the other side of the road aka a snooker ball off a cushion.
A CD in the grille won't stop that unless it's actually obscuring the plate. It will just present a nice bright image to all and sundry saying ARREST ME NOW PLEASE! Let's say you're a plod with half a brain cell and you see two cars coming towards you, one with CD and one without. Which one are you going to point the laser at?
The problem with laser detectors is that the beam is very narrow. So by the time a detector tells you that a laser beam has arrived at your car, plod already has the return signal and can prosecute. Radar from a Gatso is different because it is on all the time and there are scattered signals which the unit can detect before the Gatso is looking at you specifically.
So plod aims at the numberplate because the signal will come back to him rather than head off to the other side of the road aka a snooker ball off a cushion.
A CD in the grille won't stop that unless it's actually obscuring the plate. It will just present a nice bright image to all and sundry saying ARREST ME NOW PLEASE! Let's say you're a plod with half a brain cell and you see two cars coming towards you, one with CD and one without. Which one are you going to point the laser at?
The problem with laser detectors is that the beam is very narrow. So by the time a detector tells you that a laser beam has arrived at your car, plod already has the return signal and can prosecute. Radar from a Gatso is different because it is on all the time and there are scattered signals which the unit can detect before the Gatso is looking at you specifically.
I believe the laser jammers work by firing back a similar laser to the gun this confuses the gun as it is receiving a longer signal than it is expecting which messes up the timing. The good ones give you a warning so you can slow and switch off your jammer the nice police officer can then get a proper reading.
A didn't think a CD was very flat when you pointed a laser at it (dont try it with a blank cdr []), so could possibly cause strange readings.
The cars they were affixed to had been 'Improved' in many other ways so it might just have been a 'fashion accesory' ( it was mounted just above the number plate behind the grill though).
Tony (molding cd's into windmills as I type [])
A didn't think a CD was very flat when you pointed a laser at it (dont try it with a blank cdr [
]), so could possibly cause strange readings. The cars they were affixed to had been 'Improved' in many other ways so it might just have been a 'fashion accesory' ( it was mounted just above the number plate behind the grill though).
Tony (molding cd's into windmills as I type [
])graham harvey
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Hi Jeddob - try http://www.radardetectors.co.uk
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