What is a radar gun? How does radar protection work?
In the U.S radar and laser guns are the cause of estimated 80% of speeding tickets. The radar guns law enforcements use, emits a radio frequency that uses the doppler effect to bounce off a target and return back to the radar gun, giving the vehicle’s speed. If using a radar detector, it can pick up these frequencies from impeccable distance and give an advance warning.
What is a laser gun? How does laser protection work?
Officers use laser guns that target one specific vehicle at a time. The laser is aimed to the front of a vehicle (usually the license plate) with a concentrated beam of Infrared Laser Light that instantly receives any moving object’s speed. If a laser jammer is used, the beam from the laser gun is received and transmitted back a light pattern that causes the officer to receive an error for a couple of seconds. Overall using radar and laser protection will buy time to slow down to avoid a speeding ticket.
Do Radar Detectors Work?
The short answer is YES! Police radar guns emit a radio frequency that uses the doppler effect to bounce off a target and return to the officer’s gun, giving him the vehicle’s speed. Radar gun frequency waves emitted from the officer’s gun travel a great distance and can be detected by a radar detector even before the driver can see the officer, giving the driver ample time to slow down and avoid a speeding ticket.
Are Radar Detectors Legal?
In the United States, the answer is mostly YES! Radar detectors are legal in 49 states and illegal for drivers only in Virginia, Washington D.C., and on military installations. Radar detectors are illegal in all commercial vehicles (vehicles over 18,000 lbs). Check for the provinces that allow radar detectors if you live in Canada.
What’s the difference between Police laser and Police radar?
LASER: (Estimated to be 20% of all speeding tickets in North America)
- Police laser guns give no advance warning.
- Laser detectors provide little protection when used alone.
- If you are targeted by a police laser gun while speeding and do not have a laser jammer, you will receive a speeding ticket.
- A police laser gun is very short-range. Laser guns range vary from approximately 800-2000 feet.
- An officer cannot be moving/driving while using a laser gun.
- Police laser guns must have an unobstructed view of the target vehicle.
- A police laser gun can target and acquire a speed on a specific vehicle in a pack of cars.
- Although Any police force can use laser guns, data shows that it is used primarily by State and County officers on Interstates and other highways.
RADAR: (Estimated to be 80% of all speeding tickets in North America)
- Police radar guns use a radio frequency that spreads out over great distances.
- Radar detectors can pick up these frequencies from a great distance, giving advance warning.
- Police can be moving/driving while shooting radar.
- A police radar gun will reflect off the largest target in a pack of vehicles.
- Instant-On Radar is when an officer hides on the other side of a hill or curve and turns his gun on as a vehicle crests the hill or comes into view around the bend. The only advance warning a driver might receive is if the officer targets a vehicle in front of their vehicle.