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21-11-2001, 11:10am
After just completing a radar course here in NSW as a service police member (ADF) I can tell you (and I was even surprised) that with the new laser guns you are screwed, they have a range of 1000 meters and take around .4 of a second to record a speed between 0- 350 KPH. yep 350 is the top recorded speed on one of these guns.
To answer another question no they can't record a speed when you come up behind them, the radar has to be fixed on the target either comming towards the operator or away from the operator, so passing the radar and trying to run is out of the question. the radar will record a + if comming towards and a - speed when going away.
The laser can detect a speeding vehicle in a line of traffic and to top it all off it can be fitted with a camera, so now they don't even have to stop you
The laser has a beam of approx 4cm at 1000m where the older style/ falcon radar has a range of approx 600m and puts out a beam of approx 4m it can not pick out a single vehicle, there must be no other vehicles near it or the reading is not accurate. However after a case before the Supreme Court NSW, it was said that a police officer is seen in the eyes of the court to be judged as an expert in speed, and their word carries a massive amount of weight. So either way we can't win
The laser has been in use in many states now for several months and not one case has been lost against the laser radar unit either fixed or mobile. AND where as the falcon radar had to be tuned every time and callibrated every month, the laser is callibrated/tuned at the factory and only requires servicing every 3 years????
approx.
I hope this helps
this information is only from what I have seen and been instructed on it may now not be current as technology is advancing everyday.
MAX
To answer another question no they can't record a speed when you come up behind them, the radar has to be fixed on the target either comming towards the operator or away from the operator, so passing the radar and trying to run is out of the question. the radar will record a + if comming towards and a - speed when going away.
The laser can detect a speeding vehicle in a line of traffic and to top it all off it can be fitted with a camera, so now they don't even have to stop you
The laser has a beam of approx 4cm at 1000m where the older style/ falcon radar has a range of approx 600m and puts out a beam of approx 4m it can not pick out a single vehicle, there must be no other vehicles near it or the reading is not accurate. However after a case before the Supreme Court NSW, it was said that a police officer is seen in the eyes of the court to be judged as an expert in speed, and their word carries a massive amount of weight. So either way we can't win
The laser has been in use in many states now for several months and not one case has been lost against the laser radar unit either fixed or mobile. AND where as the falcon radar had to be tuned every time and callibrated every month, the laser is callibrated/tuned at the factory and only requires servicing every 3 years????
approx.
I hope this helps
this information is only from what I have seen and been instructed on it may now not be current as technology is advancing everyday.
MAX