Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1999 - SECT 310

Use of radar devices

310. Use of radar devices

A radar device is used in the prescribed manner for the purposes of section 79
of the Act if-

   (a)  whenever the operator connects the radar device to a source of
        electricity, the operator ensures that-

   (i)  in the case of the Falcon HR and the Raptor RP-1, all of the elements
        of the digital speed display are illuminated; and

   (ii) in the case of any other radar device, a reading of (888) is displayed
        on the digital target speed display; and

   (b)  the doppler audio signal of the radar device is set at a level clearly
        audible to the operator who may take a reading if the signal indicates
        normal operation; and

   (c)  in the case of the Kustom HR4, Kustom Falcon and the Falcon HR,
        the operator activates the device with the device aimed in the
        direction of a motor vehicle within the operator's field of vision and
        observes the reading displayed on the digital target speed display;
        and

   (d)  in the case of the Kustom KR-10SP, the Kustom Golden Eagle, the Kustom
        Silver Eagle, the Silver Eagle II, the Stalker Dual DSR, the
        Directional Golden Eagle II, and the Raptor RP-1, the operator
        activates the device with the antenna set in the direction of a motor
        vehicle within the operator's field of vision and observes the reading
        displayed on the digital target speed display; and

   (e)  the device has been tested in accordance with regulation 306 or the
        corresponding previous regulation within 12 months before the occasion
        of its use; and

   (f)  the device has been sealed in accordance with regulation 307 or the
        corresponding previous regulation.