Just curious, are radar detectors available and used in Europe? I don't recall hearing people talk about that. A lot of riders in the US mount them. It would seem to solve your problem of being aware when you're being monitored and allow you to grab some brake before it's too late.

sidreilley wrote:Just curious, are radar detectors available and used in Europe? I don't recall hearing people talk about that. A lot of riders in the US mount them. It would seem to solve your problem of being aware when you're being monitored and allow you to grab some brake before it's too late.

Very few UK drivers (except Scotland?) use radar 'detectors' as far as I know? Although many drivers have sat-nav systems that give advance warnings of speed camera sites.

http://www.radardetectors.co.uk/radar_detector_law.htm

L.A.B. wrote:

sidreilley wrote:Just curious, are radar detectors available and used in Europe? I don't recall hearing people talk about that. A lot of riders in the US mount them. It would seem to solve your problem of being aware when you're being monitored and allow you to grab some brake before it's too late.

Very few UK drivers (except Scotland?) use radar 'detectors' as far as I know? Although many drivers have sat-nav systems that give advance warnings of speed camera sites.

http://www.radardetectors.co.uk/radar_detector_law.htm

I thought radar detectors are as illegal in Europe (cue blanket statement) as they are somewhere like Virginia.

swooshdave wrote:I thought radar detectors are as illegal in Europe (cue blanket statement) as they are somewhere like Virginia.

There's a list of countries at the bottom of the page in the link I posted above, that shows which European countries allow posession and/or use of radar detectors and which countries do not.

DogT wrote:Don't speed.

Don't install the Lansdowne Damper Kit! You will be doing 90 without knowing it !!!

When I lived in Pennsylvania, they seemed to have the most effective speed-reduction plan in place: just quit maintaining the roads! You'd think twice about going 20 over too when it's hard enough to even walk slow enough to dodge all the potholes deep enough to be considered Chinese border crossings.

Yeah, you can get radar dectectors, laser detectors ( just so you know you've been caught ) and laser confusers ( sold as garage door openers ) hear in the UK it is classed as an offence to use them as you could be charged with interfering with police business, but ongoing prosecution cases have failed to lay down case law I believe. Laser confusers allegedly work but the Laser detectors work up and over 300m most confusers don't. Number plate spray is the other option and have been stopped on my way to Poole Quay on a tuesday night with other rides who plates can't be read by ANPR result is £60 on the spot fine, £1000 if they prove you are using spray. I believe France have taken speeding heart lately and will come down hard on anyone speeding and if caught with a speed detection device they have the option of seizing and crushing your vehicle. For those wondering, the laser dectector fits inside your helmet and flasehes LEDs and is also auto-dimming for use at night.

Go faster, simples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4pE1KBsWb0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph-qv4gYAE8

Hi all
Some years ago I worked in Andover and one of our drivers had a number plate on his ZZR1100 that hinged horizontally half way up so as to expose two other surfaces on which was written a very rude message. This was manually controlled by a switch on the left grip.

Radar gun's in vans will not catch you [no front plate to read] Gatso ...a couple of coats of Spray...and it works! What Spray It's a Tenner from most bike show's...Doe's it work...Yes! It's a micro cristal base that scatters light.... AND BEFORE ALL YOU GET ALL RIGHT AND LAWFULL! a 80 quid fine for doing 35.. .well its just tax revenue...Nothing but robbery!!!!!

john robert bould wrote:Radar gun's in vans will not catch you [no front plate to read] Gatso ...a couple of coats of Spray...and it works! What Spray It's a Tenner from most bike show's...Doe's it work...Yes! It's a micro cristal base that scatters light.... AND BEFORE ALL YOU GET ALL RIGHT AND LAWFULL! a 80 quid fine for doing 35.. .well its just tax revenue...Nothing but robbery!!!!!

Mythbusters did a whole show on this very subject, nothing short of going over 200 miles per hour or flipping the plate worked, sprays, films... all garbage. There is however a very legal way NOT to get tickets, just obey the traffic laws

Jean

Jeandr wrote:

john robert bould wrote:Radar gun's in vans will not catch you [no front plate to read] Gatso ...a couple of coats of Spray...and it works! What Spray It's a Tenner from most bike show's...Doe's it work...Yes! It's a micro cristal base that scatters light.... AND BEFORE ALL YOU GET ALL RIGHT AND LAWFULL! a 80 quid fine for doing 35.. .well its just tax revenue...Nothing but robbery!!!!!

Mythbusters did a whole show on this very subject, nothing short of going over 200 miles per hour or flipping the plate worked, sprays, films... all garbage. There is however a very legal way NOT to get tickets, just obey the traffic laws

Jean

If Mythbusters had found a method to avoid radar cameras they wouldn't have aired that episode... which means one of those methods may work, they just weren't going to tell us.

swooshdave wrote:If Mythbusters had found a method to avoid radar cameras they wouldn't have aired that episode... which means one of those methods may work, they just weren't going to tell us.

Well, I don't beleive in conspirations, if anything worked, it would be viral on the internet, as it is now, only the snake oil salesmen are saying it does work

Jean

A Swiss multi-millionaire just got a $210,000 fine. He was doing 85 in a 35 zone in his Porsche. I think the report said it was his 85th speeding ticket in 3 years. Apparently, they have a law that allows fines to be set at a level commensurate with the miscreant's wealth.

I think the report was either BBC on line or the Daily Telegraph on line.

In the UK, they have camera vans that just stop and set up on the side of the road. All the UK speed cameras are owned an operated by private companies under contract to the local Police forces and get a slice of the th fines.

The Daily Telegraph reported that a car with four young men riding in it spotted a camera van and stopped. As three of them kept the operators busy in conversation, the fourth removed the front licence plate from the van. They then drove out of sight, installed the plate on their car and then passed the camera van at high speed several times.

The speed camera company was very suprised to get several tickets on their own vehicle.

frankdamp¸ wrote:The speed camera company was very suprised to get several tickets on their own vehicle.

Now wouldn't you think that someone paying $210,000 for a speeding ticket would be smart enough to have sprayed his plate with magic paint especially after being caught so many times, makes you wornder doesn't it

Jean