Radar Detectors - Why You Need Them
If you've ever had the joy of riding along, radar detector online, only to be pulled over by a hidden cop, then there is some news that you might have an interest in hearing. Many of the radar detectors on the market today are not as functional as they claim. In fact, many of them absolutely do not work under real, working conditions. This is due in large part to the development of new radar guns which the police have been only too happy to put into use.
The police utilize radar guns that have digital signal processing (DSP) technology. DSP allows the radar guns to constantly be on just waiting to read a cars speed. This allows radar guns to measure the speed in less than four tenths of a second. You have absolutely no hope of stopping in time to prevent a speeding ticket.
The new radar guns also have the advantage of using a very high bandwidth frequency, Ka band frequency. This frequency is so much higher than previous frequencies that todays radar detector are at a huge disadvantage in even detecting the radar.
Your radar detector is set to scan the entire bandwidth spectrum in order to try to detect a radar gun. This process can be lengthy and does not adequately detect all of the vast ranges that the police radar gun can be set at. Ultimately this makes your radar detector virtually useless to you.
The new radar guns do not necessarily monitor the speed of just one car at a time. They can be programmed to pick out the fastest moving car from all the cars in their range, and measure its speed. This means that you can no longer use the ploy of getting behind a large vehicle to escape the radar gun. The radar gun will pick you out of all the cars within its range.
And things are getting rapidly worse. As the number of old style X band radar guns decreases and the new ones increase, the number of effective radar guns will go down as well.
So, now you will have to do some homework and check out the ratings available that treat radar detectors. Depending on your particular situation you may want to look for a detector that is rated highly for hi way driving. Or if you do most of your commuting in the city, then you may want a detector that has a well designed filter that will cut down on false alarms but not greatly lose range of detection.
The reality is that radar guns will keep improving and the detectors will have to keep pace with such improvements. All this means is that no matter what type of detector you choose now, it will soon become inefficient and you will have to change it. No radar detector can last you for ever in these times of continuous technological evolution. - 21396
The police utilize radar guns that have digital signal processing (DSP) technology. DSP allows the radar guns to constantly be on just waiting to read a cars speed. This allows radar guns to measure the speed in less than four tenths of a second. You have absolutely no hope of stopping in time to prevent a speeding ticket.
The new radar guns also have the advantage of using a very high bandwidth frequency, Ka band frequency. This frequency is so much higher than previous frequencies that todays radar detector are at a huge disadvantage in even detecting the radar.
Your radar detector is set to scan the entire bandwidth spectrum in order to try to detect a radar gun. This process can be lengthy and does not adequately detect all of the vast ranges that the police radar gun can be set at. Ultimately this makes your radar detector virtually useless to you.
The new radar guns do not necessarily monitor the speed of just one car at a time. They can be programmed to pick out the fastest moving car from all the cars in their range, and measure its speed. This means that you can no longer use the ploy of getting behind a large vehicle to escape the radar gun. The radar gun will pick you out of all the cars within its range.
And things are getting rapidly worse. As the number of old style X band radar guns decreases and the new ones increase, the number of effective radar guns will go down as well.
So, now you will have to do some homework and check out the ratings available that treat radar detectors. Depending on your particular situation you may want to look for a detector that is rated highly for hi way driving. Or if you do most of your commuting in the city, then you may want a detector that has a well designed filter that will cut down on false alarms but not greatly lose range of detection.
The reality is that radar guns will keep improving and the detectors will have to keep pace with such improvements. All this means is that no matter what type of detector you choose now, it will soon become inefficient and you will have to change it. No radar detector can last you for ever in these times of continuous technological evolution. - 21396
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