Radar Detectors
Radar technology has brought us many useful scientific advances over the years. Since the 1970s and the age of Smokey and the Bandit we have also had radar-based speed detection. Thankfully, radar detectors quickly followed, and these innovative devices allow you to be alerted and completely aware of the hand held radar guns and Gatso-style fixed radar speed traps as you approach them.
Portable Radar Detectors
A radar detector will look for specific radar frequencies such as the K, Ka and Ku bands - the channels used for speed-policing. Generally speaking, they will also detect laser at 904nm. Aside from the Gatso cameras, radar is not used much in the UK today, as most of the mobile police traps and hand-held guns are laser based.
However, radar is still used a lot in Europe and the USA. In fact, radar detectors are illegal in much of mainland Europe. Therefore you will be glad to find we can offer easily portable radar detectors and units discretely mounted under the bonnet for just such use.