Thread: Anybody been pulled over lately?

ok well here in victoria the screen must not be on unless the handbrake is on

however if the screen is used for navigation it can be on whenever

i sugest running something like ubd on disk or something so that if ya get pulled over just switch to it and tell em its gps


the other way is to put a switch setup so that you can turn the screen off if you fget pulled over

i got pulled over in my brothers car with a 20x4 and the dumb copper thought it was a turbo timer

pity that his car isnt turbo

anyway i beleive its only a 105 buck fine for a screen but i could be wrong

cheers
pcman

Not really relevant to you guys but here in the UK you can have a screen as long as it is only used for displaying navigation or vehicle control information (which includes control of your stereo). Video (like TV or DVD) must not be in view of the driver whilst the vehicle is in motion.

Hi all,
Think here in Germany its the same thing with the handbrake - however mine is connected directly and i have a switch with wich a can quickly turn off the screen when someone would stop me.

However my last experience with police was last monday - Damn f**kin videocars . They got me on the "highway - ( i was at about 120 instead of 100 Km/h and the i did'n see a construction area on a little bridge where speed was limited to 80km/h (100m long) so average speed was finally 43km/h too much :-( Damn so in november i 'll have to live 4 weeks without driving license +3 Points to the database .

But they had very cool TFT inside . 5,6" and a superb quality - my car looked very good on it - But i didn't ask for the video

After this i thought of putting a couple of IR transmitting diodes ( IRlamp - don't know how its called exactly (no dictonary here at home )but its used for ex to make cameras see at night ) so the camera which also sees IR light :-) would be "belndet " (don't know if correct )so no pic
- I know its stupid idea because they would immediatly stop you but i should work

Regards Felix

Felix: I think you mean to make the IRlamp destroy their image by creating noise on their image?

The cameras should be able to compensate for it.. but if you place it strategically you might be able to obstruct the image of the plates with a nice glow that won't be visible to the human eye

Originally posted by felix99
Zee Germans

I thought the law was pretty loose when it came to speeding in Germany. Is that just in certain places?

@ShinkunoNamida:
Yes exactly what I meant. That they would see a white image on their cool TFT's On my next car I'll experiment a bit with cameras and IR lamps

@Gutter
Yes and No .
Everywhere in the world people ask me. Hey is it right that in Germany you don't have any speed limit ? and I always say - yes and No - Yes we have some parts of Higway (Autobahn)that are without limit but mostly there are too many people on da road so that you can't driver faster than 180Km/h only at Night or early in the morning- But mostly speed is limited to 100 , 120 or 130 km/h.
If you are up to 40km/h too fast outside citys you got up to 100€ and 3 points. with 41 Km you get 3 points 100€ and 1 month without driving license Thats my case . On the road especially in Thuringia the love to put mobile radar's and everywhrere in Germany you have "normal cars" looking like the car of your neighbour with cameras . The car who stopped me was a Mercedes Benz 220 from Frankfurt - Looking sport with rear wing , lowered etc etc . who could think that this would be Police !!!
Now I have to respect not to "earn" some more of those damn points But I think cool driving would be beter for my carputer than my old sport style

My Problem is that I'm driving quite much ( about 30.000 Km/ Year ) and I already got 3 Points this year danm Year 2002 - It's not a lucky year for me !-

Last Friday I asked on my repair service to ask how the law is concerning modifying console etc . The guy they asked wasn't very interested . So I think no prob - I'll see Depending on the next car I'll buy I'll do some mods to console or not .

For me November is for buying new car ( because I'll have to live without my license in November - I need it before and after)

Felix :-)

Check the link on my sig for my carputer pics etc...

OK guys, regarding the idea of mountig a few IR diodes to irritate a CCD video camera. It doesn't work. My father was a police officer and we did some "tests" regarding such devices. Nothing worked. No blinding (IR or UV)lights, no flashlights, distortion foils on the licence plate, no radar warner.
The only working thing was a radar jammer which sends a "empty carrier" on the exact frequency the police radar works (the radar cant get a clear reflection from the car). But as there are different models in use, you would need several transmitters on different frequencies. Getting info on this frequencies is possible but i dont know a relieable source.
I know that the german (and austrian) police has special equipment/officers to deal with photos and videos of manipulated licence plates. Manipulating is mainly done by the use of special distorsion foils, which reflect a most of the flashlight if your photograph was taken. It is pretty simple to find the licence number by using photoshop et al (just a contrast adjustment). If you are caught doing this, you are charged with speeding AND counterfeiting/manipulating a official document (the licence plate). And this gets really expensive.

So: Save the time and money for the IR diodes; it won't work.

Originally posted by felix99
However my last experience with police was last monday - Damn f**kin videocars . They got me on the "highway - ( i was at about 120 instead of 100 Km/h and the i did'n see a construction area on a little bridge where speed was limited to 80km/h (100m long) so average speed was finally 43km/h too much :-( Damn so in november i 'll have to live 4 weeks without driving license +3 Points to the database .

Ouch, I guess I'll have to be more careful on the german roads... I didn't think much of the speed limits. Do you know what the fines are for tourists? We rented a BMW 525i last weekend and of course had to test it out on the "autobahn". We were going 240 km/h between Mannhiem and Stuttgart, but this was on a section of road that didn't have any speed limit... or at least we hoped so. Everyone was driving pretty fast, but people were clearing the path as soon as they saw the beamer lights coming. But there was a lot of traffic on some roads, so we had to drive at a reasonable speed most of the trip.

Then we drove through all of switzerland thinking that the signs with the speed limit in black and the black slashes going through the speed limit meant you could go as fast as you liked. So of course everytime I saw one of those, it meant 'go faster'.
The swiss roads were very fun to drive on though as long as there wasn't much traffic. I tried to keep at the posted speed as best as possible... hehe, but the car didn't like going that slow.

I only found out that switzerland had a 130km/h nationwide speed limit once I got back to school in Metz. I just hope that those cameras didn't catch us going 240.

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I didn't think much of the speed limits. Do you know what the fines are for tourists? We rented a BMW 525i last weekend and of course had to test it out on the "autobahn". We were going 240 km/h between Mannhiem and Stuttgart,
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If you don't see any 80/100/120/130 indications you can go as far as you like BUT if you go faster than 130 and you are involved in an accident even when its not your fault - you take part on the culpability!
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wow 240 - its car limit isnt't it ?! Should be ok.
Be carefull of swiss cops - in switzerland their educated eyes are enough to make you pay - so if they think you are too fast they can stop you without radar or video car!!


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I only found out that switzerland had a 130km/h nationwide speed limit once I got back to school in Metz. I just hope that those cameras didn't catch us going 240.
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When they catch you you are "flashed" or they catch you immediately - If your are not german you have to pay immediately!!



regards

Felix