Radar detectors

Posted by: Bosh on 09 August 2001

My 3 year old Bel 855 has gone and requires a new main board (£140 fitted against £230 new!! - shame its not made by Naim!!)
which I'm loathe to do

Any UK experiences of the newer Bels or other models or solutions such as Laser jammers. I've read up on the Geodesy GPS systems which ID the Digital cameras the Radar Detectors dont but they dont ID the hand held Lasers and mobile Gatsos

Of course I intend to use them purely to detect automatic shop doors, Orange transmitters but if they also detect the occasional Gatso painted in army camouflaged colours hidden behind foliage or Police officer hidden in a hedge when I inadvertently creep past the speed limit then all the better

Posted on: 10 May 2004 by BLT

"There is nothing fancy to learn in straight line braking,"

Not strictly true, I use a technique for Tarmac rallying called Threshold Braking, this involves getting the brakes very quickly to the point where the tyres are just beginning to skid slightly, this gives much better braking than a locked wheel.

Posted on: 10 May 2004 by Steve Toy

Stopping in a straight line isn't so easy when your wheels have all locked up. Skidding also reduces the rate of deceleration unless on gravel or freshly-fallen snow.

Regards,

Steve.

Posted on: 10 May 2004 by BLT

Absolutely right, Steven, I advocate removing the ABS fuse when driving in snow.

Posted on: 10 May 2004 by Rockingdoc

Sorry, I don't agree that jumping on the pedal can be bettered on tarmac. The reason you can't just lock the wheels on purpose when racing is that the tyres will flat-spot. This doesn't matter if you are just trying to avoid dying. In fresh snow and gravel, locked wheels offer much better braking than ABS/cadence, due to the build up in front of the wheels.

Posted on: 10 May 2004 by John Sheridan

quote:
Originally posted by Rockingdoc:
Sorry, I don't agree that jumping on the pedal can be bettered on tarmac.

then try putting some water on the tarmac.