Any idea? I'm thinking about buying a 2nd RD and may postpone it till next year's driving season if that's the case. Thanks!
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Any idea? I'm thinking about buying a 2nd RD and may postpone it till next year's driving season if that's the case. Thanks!
I find laser activity decreases, but moving radar stays the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by a529612
Does that include the median LEOs?Quote:
Originally Posted by lordhamster
They are definitely alive and kicking in the winter months, but as noted less laser. Radar remains unaffected. Your visibility, however, is pretty compromised as well as your safety when you make visual "OH CRAP BRAKE NOW" judgements without a detector, so it would make sense to get a detector.
Well also I know I tend to speed much less during the winter for safetys sake.
So I would postpone it, just because I'm speeding much less.
+1.Quote:
Originally Posted by lordhamster
And at least for a few of the local townships, it enforcement becomes highly weather-dependent.
A clear weekend usually means that you need to "armor up." :)
I have driven with a few cops...and most of them will not do radar enforcement if the weather is crappy...ie..if the snow is flying or raining pretty good. They have other things to worry about like going to accident calls, etc. But, after a good snowstorm when the day is nice, sure...they hide out in the median turnarounds with the high snowpiles and try to nail ya.Quote:
Any idea? I'm thinking about buying a 2nd RD and may postpone it till next year's driving season if that's the case. Thanks!
Then again, in the winter time, i think we all should take a few MPH off the speedometer.
If you get one, the winter might be a good time just to get used to the radar detector while not driving at blazing speeds.
Good luck!
id agree with less laser because wat cop wants to freeze his ass off standing outside the car when he can just i/o people
+1 - Good points, all. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by icantdrive55
And yes, there's definitely a (good) tendency for our local townships to focus on true SAFETY during periods of bad weather.
Nothing stops NYST's :D
Depends on how tolerant the officers are of the cold and what systems are being used. In my area, very few locals are on speed-enforcement duty (Snow covers VASCAR marks, and the locals hate writing tickets in the cold.) :wink:
You guys are forgetting a very important point!!
Officer safety. I don't want to pull a guy over in the middle of a snow covered road, give him a ticket, and then get rammed into by an idiot that is blind even though my light bar is on...it happens! we've all seen the vids! :roll:
winter is DONUT - COFFEE time for popo's.
hardly anyone speeds on icy roads anyway.
Very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by vliou2173
Heck, forget the vids - I've seen enough "near misses" myself, just as an average driver. And I've also heard of enough stories from my LEO friends to know that this kind of stuff is a true worry.
Do LEO's work on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's?
Yeah, I've seen them out.
Sure!
Like any other profession where life-and-death emergencies can strike at a moment's notice, there's always those who must sacrifice friends/family and the holidays in order to make sure that we're safe. :)
Of the handful of friends of mine who are LEOs, some do perform traffic-enforcement on such holidays. Nearly to-a-man, though, they typically focus enforcement on the "truly unreasonable/unsafe" during such times, as they know that everyone is in a slight hurry and slightly frazzled from their holiday plans.
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by lordhamster
Does anyone know what kind of effect snow on the ground would have on laser and radar? Would the snow act as a RAM and absorb the radar and cause the laser to reflect off at random angles? Also, a lot of people don't like standing out in the cold brushing the snow off of their vehicles. I do get laser alerts that bounce off of other cars sometimes. What affect would the snow have on that?
Cops don't aim at the ground.... they aim for your car.
Generally the detectors are more sensitve to radar in the colder weather due to the a) lower operating temp of the detector... allows less electrical resistance, and b) the air is a bit more dense, so the radar carries a bit farther.
None, and very very little. Snow on the ground probably makes laser/radar a moot point -- I can't imagine exceeding the speed limit on any of the routes I drive when there is snow accumulation on the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beatlesfan
Crime happens every day of the year..Quote:
Originally Posted by a529612
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Originally Posted by SourDiesel
Also NYST's stop at nothing as someone said to nail you... especially on the thruway. Neither laser nor radar decreases there:
They simply roll their windows down, and lidar out the window when the temperature drops below freezing (I got hit twice this past weekend with laser on the thruway it was well below freezing).
DUI checkpoints...Quote:
Originally Posted by a529612
And less laser (almost none unless it's warm outside) and more radar (stationary or moving) to compensate for revenue lose due to no-laser weather conditions...
I've noticed this, too - but I recently asked a cop if they can use laser shooting through their windows and he seemed to think I was an idiot for even CONSIDERING that they couldn't. Is it the case that they can but they just don't because of the huge (?) decrease in range when shooting laser through windows?Quote:
Originally Posted by RW'07
Of course technically they can do ANYTHING, laser in the middle of a snowstorm, of course they will tell you anything that will make you fear them, do you want them to confess that they hate the freaking cold and they would do anything to issue tickets (for revenue purposes) w/out getting out of the cruiser at all? In Ontario, since 1997 when I've seen the very first laser trap (Wilson Ave, west of Keele, right by MOT in Toronto), I've witnessed hundreds and hundreds of laser spots but 100% of them have been during spring-fall months and warm (no snowing) winter days and never after dark as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by beatrice
Exactly what I thought... Thanks for the info. I've seen a huge increase in moving radar since the cold weather, both in ON and QC. You mentioned DUI checkpoints... (RIDE) - I got stopped by one a few weeks back. Luckily I had time between the point I saw flashing lights from the cop cars at the roadblock ahead and approaching the cop standing there to take down my RD and put it in my pocket... it kind of freaked me out though, I have to admit. :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by RW'07
I have had cops pulling me over just to ask me questions not related to any traffic issues at all, to thank me for what I'm doing on a regular basis (I have a very patriotic vehicle that it's impossible to miss), my stuff was up by the visor all the time, it's all about how smart you are in life especially when some things are viewed as illegal, RDs in this case... be careful out there and drive safely :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by beatrice
I have seen them on the 403 after dark. Looked like they were doing training with lidar. They were behind the "inlet" they always use for monitoring the HOV lane. Don't think they don't do it at night.Quote:
Originally Posted by RW'07