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31-05-2005, 07:02pm
Nikmakwell, you need to be sure of which device he used to detect your speed.
Radar, accurate but readings can be influenced by a multitude of things as it works by radio/microwaves. So CB, mobiles, electric transformers, power lines can affect the actual readings. Not all the time but some times.
Radar, you can detect single vehicles speeds but, this becomes more difficult the more targets there is in an area and it depends on how far from the radar operator the target is. Eg, the further you are from the radar operator the wider the radar beam making target selection very difficult. If a group of riders are say within 10 to 30 metres from one another it get very difficult to say which one the radar unit picked up as radar usually locks in on the stronger signal, not always the faster or front bike. If a car or bike putting our or generating more air resistance is in or near the group the radar usually detects that target. The further away the target, the more difficult it is to say which bike/car it was speeding.
So as you can see radar in the right circumstances is very accurate but it can be influenced by a multitude of other things.
Laser - Forget it. You can be booked by these things over a kilometre away from the device. You can be in amoungst a whole group of riders and still be accurately detected. The beam is a light beam, invisible to the eyes, very narrow and not effected by things like the radar. The laser does over 1500 speed checks on the target ever second to ensure the speed shown is accurate. The only thing that effects the laser is fog, rain etc. Doesn't effect the reading just the distance the light beam can go.
There is no requirement in Victoria anyway, of any time frames the device must be used or locked on you. These devices can give a reading within a second or two. In Victoria, that's enough to be booked.
Hope this helps, as I said, you must be sure of which device you were detected on before you decide on which course of action to want to take.
Stewie Mac
Radar, accurate but readings can be influenced by a multitude of things as it works by radio/microwaves. So CB, mobiles, electric transformers, power lines can affect the actual readings. Not all the time but some times.
Radar, you can detect single vehicles speeds but, this becomes more difficult the more targets there is in an area and it depends on how far from the radar operator the target is. Eg, the further you are from the radar operator the wider the radar beam making target selection very difficult. If a group of riders are say within 10 to 30 metres from one another it get very difficult to say which one the radar unit picked up as radar usually locks in on the stronger signal, not always the faster or front bike. If a car or bike putting our or generating more air resistance is in or near the group the radar usually detects that target. The further away the target, the more difficult it is to say which bike/car it was speeding.
So as you can see radar in the right circumstances is very accurate but it can be influenced by a multitude of other things.
Laser - Forget it. You can be booked by these things over a kilometre away from the device. You can be in amoungst a whole group of riders and still be accurately detected. The beam is a light beam, invisible to the eyes, very narrow and not effected by things like the radar. The laser does over 1500 speed checks on the target ever second to ensure the speed shown is accurate. The only thing that effects the laser is fog, rain etc. Doesn't effect the reading just the distance the light beam can go.
There is no requirement in Victoria anyway, of any time frames the device must be used or locked on you. These devices can give a reading within a second or two. In Victoria, that's enough to be booked.
Hope this helps, as I said, you must be sure of which device you were detected on before you decide on which course of action to want to take.
Stewie Mac