Do mobile speed cameras work at nite? radar detectors ...

[Whisky_Tango]

So if I get a detector like a Valentine 1 right now. Lets say they do some upgrade to the speed cameras. Could they detect that I am using a radar detector?
What are the charges for using one?

Im not using one, so duno if they can counter detect. But I heard that the higher end system can detect yours. What happens is that your speedtrap detector is emitting a frequency as well, so when u detected the TP, the TP also detects u.

Penalty is very heavy!! Jail term is definate.

 

[piggyboyz]

any idea if radar detectors work in sgp? they should be able to sense it when the guys in blue zap the cars in front of u and beep a warning..

I don know if u r using the word "radar" as generic but u may like to know that the latest equiptment used by the TP is using Laser technology, radar is outdated liao....

Yes even the V1 claims they can track Laser but the difference between the radar and laser is that the radar has got very wide band but the laser is using beam which is very narrow.

Also, for radar, the machine is constantly on and from miles away, u can detect their presence if u got a radar detector but for the laser, the default is off and will only activate if the officer squeeze the trigger. All it takes is 0.3 second for the laser to detect your car speed and ur detecotr will probably think it's a stray signal and will not beep when in actual fact, a candid photo is taken...

And for discussion sake, has anyone been caught by the laser gun at night before ? I'm not talking about those operation where they hide behind bushes, trap your speed and wave u down in front since we all know that laser can work very well without lights but rather, those kind where they just snap using the laser gun at night and send u a summon... Can they really take a photo in almost 0 lighting, at that kind of speed ?

 

[Whisky_Tango]

Can they really take a photo in almost 0 lighting, at that kind of speed ?

Bro, one day when we are in other country. Lets try it out.

Change ur camera lens to night vision and get a IR flash. I speed you snap??

 

[piggyboyz]

Different la...

That one is a laser technology wor....

If i got, i go to East Coast Park prowling every night liao, got better things to take than taking speeding cars wahahahahaha !!!!!!!!

Now, i must go check out where to find such things kekekeke........

 

[Whisky_Tango]

Different la...

That one is a laser technology wor....

If i got, i go to East Coast Park prowling every night liao, got better things to take than taking speeding cars wahahahahaha !!!!!!!!

Now, i must go check out where to find such things kekekeke........

Hahahah true! call me for prowling!

 

[cabrio_ken]

hi, i saw on magazine that sell laser and radar detector any one has one , be going to sydney soon thinking of getting one and some is plug and detect kind

 

[Whisky_Tango]

For those who wants to know more about Infra-Red Photography please click here http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/text-infrared-basics.html


An abstract from the article herewith;

In the Dark

Since infrared radiation is invisible, photography in total darkness can be readily carried out if infrared film is used and the light source is covered with a light-absorbing but infrared-transmitting filter.

Infrared flash photography has been used in this way for many special purposes, such as press photography outdoors in the blackout during war, for photographing during nightime landing operations on an aircraft carrier and in other situations where a bright flash would be disturbing (or betray the photographer), such as for detection of intruders and criminals in the dark; audience-reaction studies in lectures, training-film projection, and motion-picture theaters; unobtrusive instrument recording in aircraft; dark adaptation studies of the eye; photography of wildlife in darkness; and photography of industrial operations that are carried out in the dark, as in the photographic industry.

Usually, filters that permit the passage of the minimum of visible radiation are used but it must be recognized that deep red light can be very visible in the dark. The filters may be placed over the front of the flash unit, or the flash bulb or the jackets of electronic discharge tubes may be dipped in a dark, infrared-transmitting lacquer. Normal safelight lamps provide a good lamphouse if an infrared filter is used in place of the safelight glass. Suitably dyed plastic bags have also been used as covers for flash bulbs.

In audience-reaction studies by flash, it is usually sufficient to cover flash lamps and reflectors with an infrared filter, and point them to the ceiling as for bounce-flash to produce illumination that is invisible to the audience. Members of the audience who are looking in the direction of a flash unit covered with a deep infrared filter, will probably be conscious of a red flash. A few deep ruby bulbs among the cove lights or in the exit signs of rooms can often provide enough unobtrusive illumination for infrared photography.