Radar detector

A radar detector is an electronic device used by motorists to detect if their speed is being monitored by police or law enforcement using a radar gun. Most radar detectors are used so the driver can reduce the car's speed before being ticketed for speeding. Only doppler radar-based devices can be detected — other speed measuring devices including those using ANPR, piezo sensors, and VASCAR technology cannot be detected. LIDAR devices require a different type of sensor, although many modern detectors include LIDAR sensors. Most of today's radar detectors detect signals across a variety of wavelength bands: usually X, K, and K_a. In Europe the K_u band is common as well.

Description

One of the technologies that law enforcement agencies can use to measure the speed of a moving vehicle uses doppler radar to beam a radio wave at the vehicle, and then infer the vehicle's speed by measuring the Doppler effect-moderated change in the reflected wave's frequency. Radar guns can be hand-held, vehicle mounted or mounted on a fixed object, such as a traffic signal.

Radar Detector

"Radar Detector" is the second single from Alternative band Darwin Deez. It was released as a digital download on 25 April 2010 and also features on the self-titled debut album Darwin Deez.

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Chart performance

"Radar Detector" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 62 on 11 April 2010. On its second week in the Top 100, the single fell 8 places to number 70, marking Darwin Deez's most successful single to date, having been the only one to crack the Top 100. The single also debuted on the UK Indie Chart at number 5, where it remained for two consecutive weeks. On 25 April 2010, the single fell 3 places to number 8 before falling out of the chart on 2 May 2010. Australian station Triple J announced on January 26, 2011 that "Radar Detector" was the 28th most popular song of 2010 in its annual Hottest 100 poll.

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