I am goning to end by saying this.
These have been fitted to cars by a friend of mine for the last 5 years.
Only one has had any aggravation and that was because he was a complete numpty.
He deliberately would find radar sites and speed passed them.
In the end the Police followed him and yes he went to court.
But it was because he was Police baiting and his previous 2 x drink driving.
No your not allowed to have them fitted to avoid speeding fines ect.
However if you have a garage door or gate that works of the same frequency then thats fine provided you have
the module fitted and remote control unit.
I do:)
They are fitted so that once they are activated they turn them selves off.
I have mine set on 7 secs which gives you enough warning to slow down to the correct speed.
The radar must lock on to you so they get a reading.
After 7 seconds it will.
The 1st couple of times if there is no reading they will flag up your car at Swansea.
You may get a knock at the door from a friendly Police officer who will tell you to calm it and that they dont want to come out again.
So as not to provoke a heated debate, all the above is based on hard evidance that can be supported.
But to once again answer your question. No they are not legal.
This of course is not an answer to safety as we should all drive at a speed that is safe for the conditions.
But show me some one of long standing as a driver who has never ever gone over the speed limit, and I will show you a lier.
I had mine installed so I can get into the automatic lift and through the barrier at a london address.
There is a zero speed policy in the city and cameras will zap and lasers will fire at 32mph. So easy in a Zed to drive along the Embankment late at night at 35mph:)
I do though highly recomend the Pogo Alert plus. This took over from the origine B2 and is purely a camera database device.
Incidently, if you are in a say a 30 mph limit doing 30 mph passed a laser site, you will not activate a warning.
This is because they laser is set up to bounce 2 signals off you. The 1st to check your speed. the 2nd to double check and if you are going above 30 mph it will send out a powerfull beam. It is this 3rd beam that does the damage.
But will only activate if you are speeding:) Hence the equipment you have in the car is often refered to as useless.
One thing i did find about the snooper was that soon after the latest one came out they installed Bus shelter information in real time. All london buses send out a signal so bus stops along the route can display when it is due. It is the same frequency as the snoopers of this world. l think this was done deliberately lol.
Hope this helps