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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Radar Detector

A radar detector is an electronic device used by motorists to determine if their speed is being monitored. The term originates from early speed-detection technologies, in which police bounced a radio wave off a moving vehicle with a device called a radar gun that determined the vehicle's speed by the Doppler-effect-moderated change in the wave's frequency.

Newer speed-detection technology uses pulsed laser light (LIDAR, commonly referred to as laser detection) rather than radio waves. Modern "radar detectors" have been adapted to suit that technology, by detecting the infrared light emitted by these new detection methods. LIDAR detection is not nearly as reliable as the detection of radar, since the light is much more focused and often aimed below the windscreen level, where the detector is usually mounted.

There are many products that are advertised to claim to "scramble" or "absorb" radar; many of these scrambler devices do not work at all, and if they do work, it is by emitting an active radar scrambling pulse, which makes the device illegal to operate under in many jurisdictions. There are also LIDAR jammers that are currently legal throughout most of the US, some Canadian provinces and other countries. read more………

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