Fixed Speed Camera Help

[carbonhed]

nz fixed cameras / on a pole work on pressure bars on the road so no rd will pick them up
as 4 the signal you r getting must be something else

Hi Phil. I did some googling and it looks like you're right about the Pole Cams using an induction loop in the road. Which would explain why I never get any response from my detector when I drive past them

Thanks for that nugget of information.

[allyoops]

One lesson I learned, which applies all over the world is that there is no one device that does everything, despite what most manufacturers claim. You usually need a combination of products to cover yourself against all speed traps.

From the UK experience there are three basic rules of thumb and you can use them depending on the cameras you have in your country.

1. Fixed cameras - use GPS location to warn you of their location. There are so many types of induction loop or piezo strip camera systems that traditional radar detectors can't detect becuase there are no signals to be detected.

2. Mobile radar traps - get a detector that works well against the frequencies used by the cameras in your country. Common sense will tell you that different detectors perform better against different frequencies but you usually get what you pay for.

3. Mobile laser traps - laser detectors can help and are better than nothing but don't rely completely on them. You really need a decent laser diffuser for a better level of protection.

My advice would always be to start with the product that takes care of the biggest threat to your licence first and build from there.

What you need in NZ in addition to your RX65 detector is a GPS device in your car which has the software and a database containing the GPS co-ordinates of the fixed pole mounted cameras in NZ. Then it can bleep and flash at you whenever you are approaching that GPS location. There are various free databases already available for NZ (and most other countries in the world) which you can download onto your choice of GPS devices. But if you are more concerned about mobile laser guns get a decent jammer first and just keep your eyes open for the poles or the induction loops in the road like the attached picture until you get your GPS device.

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Intersting info about NZ police is on the following site - make sure that any cameras that catch you have been calibrated within the required guidelines which you can also see from that page.

http://www.police.govt.nz/service/road/infringements.php[/img]

[stalker]

WTF?? I posted a massive reply with all the info you will need for loop Radar...admins can you look in the bin...dunno if it got lost...oh well...

[RacerX]

hmmmmm?

i just looked and there's nothing in there.

:? i've had that happen once or twice, but it think i closed a window before i hit submit.

it does suck to do a long write-up to see it disappear though.