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Read moreWhy does my radar detector keep saying laser?
A laser alert is simply a feature in radar detectors that alerts a driver when it detects LIDAR . Once a LIDAR gun has been aimed at you, that’s the only time your radar detector can give you a laser alert, which may already be too late for you to take action as your speed has already been measured.
Read moreWhat causes K band on a radar detector?
When the vehicle is traveling under 30 mph , the radar detector will automatically filter X and K band radar signals as they are much more likely to be false alerts, and because you’d be traveling at a speed that’s under most city speed limits.
Read moreWhat does K Alert mean on a radar detector?
K band alert? Slow down, but it may be a false alert . K band radar are radar waves that fall between 18 GHz and 27 GHz, with most of the law enforcement radar guns operating at 24.125 GHz and 24.15 GHz. Police radar began detecting with K band a few decades after X band was introduced.
Read moreWhat can set off my radar detector?
Sometimes your radar detector gets set off by things that aren’t radar or laser enforcement devices. These “false alerts” are usually caused by automatic door openers, roadside traffic monitors and electronic warning signs, emergency vehicles, and in-vehicle technologies (IVT) .
Read moreWhy is my radar detector constantly going off?
First, it means that there will be times when the user drives by a police officer and the radar detector does not alert. The most common cause of this is simply that the officer is not operating a radar gun at this time , which means the radar detector has no way to detect the officer’s presence.
Read moreWhat causes K band false alerts?
In town, commercial automatic door openers routinely cause false alerts. Other K-band false alarms are caused by traffic-sensing radar (TSR) that monitors traffic flow and volume. Many newer detectors recognize TSR radar and GPS-enabled models can lock out door-opener radar.
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