1 September 2005

Police Radar really can pick up motorbikes

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While we may have been critical of the way ACT Policing have media managed the tough issues in recent times I should say they’ve been pumping out a lot more media releases lately to edify the public. Now while I would like a statutory requirement of accountability it is nice to see and hear more about the triumphs.

Mostly unrelatedly, it’s worth noting this media release from last week.

A learner motorcycle rider from Fadden is facing more than $1600 in fines and automatic loss of licence after his motorcycle speed was checked at 165km/h in an 80km/h zone yesterday.

“This particular rider was caught on radar at 11.30pm on Ginninderra Drive, which is a completely irresponsible act,” Sergeant Knight said.

Now it would be a rare motorcycle learner who hasn’t nudged that sort of speed, just to see what it’s like you understand. With front facing speed cameras and no forward licence plate it’s nigh on impossible to get caught by non-police speed traps.

But there was an idea floating around the riding community that bikes might be a little small to get picked up by the radar, as opposed to lasers.

And now we know that isn’t the case.

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if we deregulated the roads and let them find a natural speed balance the community would be much better off

You mean like natural selection? Survival of all those that don’t kill themselves when they have an accident at insane speeds?

if they’re thumping along above the speed limit, it’s a safe bet you can go for it too because there’s no radar around.

Particularly if you’re right behind them and in their radar shadow 😉

Perhaps our Learner was picked up by an unmarked car the old fashioned way. They cruise along behind the speder at the same speed, log it and then turn on the lights. Seems pretty far fetched, but that’s the way it was done not so long ago. Hence the old pre XC interceptors have a speedo mounted in the glove box.

He’s right. They talk to each other on the radio and know where the cops are. If they’re barrelling along its a pretty safe bet there are no cops around.

I’ve got a UHF so I hear well in advance where the cops and speed cameras are.

I have a friend who’s a truckie, and they’ve got it sussed apparently. He said watch what they do on the highways, and if they’re thumping along above the speed limit, it’s a safe bet you can go for it too because there’s no radar around.

Personally I think he’s full of shit.

Radar detectors don’t work.

if we deregulated the roads and let them find a natural speed balance the community would be much better off.

except for govt revenue raising.

i cant see why bikes would be exempt from radar ? that defies physics. i believe the current radar systems use a laser dot to focus on the numberplate of a car or a similar area on a bike.

such as a headlight.

you should fit a radar detector if you want to avoid fines.

of course when the 60Ghz adaptive cruise control radars hit the market, expect some ‘hacking’.

I must be a wuss or something – I never got much above 110 on my Ls…

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