Will a radar jammer defeat a photo radar speed trap?
A radar based, photo speed
trap camera is aimed across the road at 22 - 25 degrees
at the front of oncoming cars; or it is aimed at the rear
of the vehicle at the same angle across the road. The
radar beam is about 50 – 100 feet from the vehicle,
when the car crosses the radar beam. While a radar jammer
would detect the photo radar speed trap to the left or
right of your vehicle, the radar jamming path is to the
front of the vehicle.
Where is the camera position - left, right or above?
Should one purchase multiple radar jammers, install 1
radar jammer to the left at 22 degrees, one to the front
to jam radar guns, another radar jammer installed at 22
degrees to the right? Buying multiple radar jammers would
be expensive. What if the camera is at 4 feet height or
a typical 10-12 feet height with a pole mounted speed
camera? Assuming the radar jammer was pointed to the left
or right, it may or may not jam the photo radar speed
trap. If the photo speed trap was triggered by laser,
then a radar jammer could not jam a laser based photo
speed trap. It is not feasible to use a radar jammer to
defeat a photo radar speed camera.
The only sure way to jam a photo radar speed trap or
toll camera, is to use an active Photo Jammer. The VF2
(for cars, trucks, SUVs) and VF1 (for motorcycles) do
not search for a radar signal, but detects the light flash
or infrared pulse of the speed camera.
