August 30, 2012 Review of 9 Pocket Radar Gun www.mikeontraffic.com Occassionally a client asks if we can do a spot speed study. I looked into radar guns about 10 years ago and they were close to 00. For the amount of speed studies we could potentially do, I decided not to buy one. In the latest ITE Journal, I saw an announcement about the Pocket Radar. I did a little digging and its a handheld radar detector originally developed for clocking baseball pitches and other sport uses. The list price is 9, it is literally the size of an iPhone, and it does not need calibration. I'm working to get it tested out next to police officer's expensive radar gun. If it pans out, this is a great tool that each public agency should have. Radar guns are big and affect driver behavior. With this little device that looks like a smartphone, people just think you're out taking photos. From our initial tests, it looks like its accurate (and after years of setting out speed tube counters I like to think my internal radar is slightly better than average). It takes two AAA batteries and is easy to use. Just point it at the car (coming or going) and push the red button. UPDATE - Pocket Radar works for Traffic Engineers The pocket radar claims a +/- 1 mph accuracy. Thanks to Marc Culver and Officer Grant Smith at the City of Maple Grove for helping us put it to the test. Not a thorough scientific test, but the minute and a half video below validated the accuracy to me. We're now selling ...
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August 30, 2012 Review of 9 Pocket Radar Gun www.mikeontraffic.com Occassionally a client asks if we can do a spot speed study. I looked into radar guns about 10 years ago and they were close to 00. For the amount of speed studies we could potentially do, I decided not to buy one. In the latest ITE Journal, I saw an announcement about the Pocket Radar. I did a little digging and its a handheld radar detector originally developed for clocking baseball pitches and other sport uses. The list price is 9, it is literally the size of an iPhone, and it does not need calibration. I'm working to get it tested out next to police officer's expensive radar gun. If it pans out, this is a great tool that each public agency should have. Radar guns are big and affect driver behavior. With this little device that looks like a smartphone, people just think you're out taking photos. From our initial tests, it looks like its accurate (and after years of setting out speed tube counters I like to think my internal radar is slightly better than average). It takes two AAA batteries and is easy to use. Just point it at the car (coming or going) and push the red button. UPDATE - Pocket Radar works for Traffic Engineers The pocket radar claims a +/- 1 mph accuracy. Thanks to Marc Culver and Officer Grant Smith at the City of Maple Grove for helping us put it to the test. Not a thorough scientific test, but the minute and a half video below validated the accuracy to me. We're now selling ...
August 30, 2012 Review of 9 Pocket Radar Gun www.mikeontraffic.com Occassionally a client asks if we can do a spot speed study. I looked into radar guns about 10 years ago and they were close to 00. For the amount of speed studies we could potentially do, I decided not to buy one. In the latest ITE Journal, I saw an announcement about the Pocket Radar. I did a little digging and its a handheld radar detector originally developed for clocking baseball pitches and other sport uses. The list price is 9, it is literally the size of an iPhone, and it does not need calibration. I'm working to get it tested out next to police officer's expensive radar gun. If it pans out, this is a great tool that each public agency should have. Radar guns are big and affect driver behavior. With this little device that looks like a smartphone, people just think you're out taking photos. From our initial tests, it looks like its accurate (and after years of setting out speed tube counters I like to think my internal radar is slightly better than average). It takes two AAA batteries and is easy to use. Just point it at the car (coming or going) and push the red button. UPDATE - Pocket Radar works for Traffic Engineers The pocket radar claims a +/- 1 mph accuracy. Thanks to Marc Culver and Officer Grant Smith at the City of Maple Grove for helping us put it to the test. Not a thorough scientific test, but the minute and a half video below validated the accuracy to me. We're now selling ...
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