hello all,

coming back to malaysia for vacation, and i thought to get my dad a radar detector for his birthday seeing as he likes to speed a lot. unlike in US though, dont know if such things are common in malaysia, and what bands are used. his use case is mainly to avoid the speed cameras.

would this be a good buy? and if so, what bands do police/speed cameras use?

thanks for the info!

What are you saying?

Getting your dad a radar detector for your dad for his birthday cause he likes to speed??? The very least is advice him to drive slower that should be the more logical thing to do. Come on. Getting him that it's just encouraging him to drive fast and putting himself in harms way for him and for others.

Getting him an apple watch will make more sense

I bought one from US 10 years ago. Doesn't work dude....

Buying a radar detector = RM1000++
Getting a saman = RM300

U do the math.

caught red handed...not worth of rm1000

welp. guess that makes up my decision for me

out of curiosity though, does malaysian police even use radar guns? mainly i see the AES cameras, but no guns. if so, does anyone know what band they are?

Speaking from my own experience, I brought one radar detector back from USA many years ago and tried it in Malaysia. But when I passed by Slim River AES camera which I wasn't paying attention how fast I was going, I was actually doing 120kph but my radar detector doesn't make any sound, but the camera flashed.

So my thought is, the AES camera is using some kind of detector on the ground to calculate the vehicle speed and not using radar.

I cannot speak the same for radar gun that the police are using under the bridge since I have not experienced it myself.

AES use sensor on the road...


but hand held speed radar might work using the detector...

very interesting. i guess since more AES than radar gun, makes even less sense to get a detector, unlike in US where handheld radar is very popular.

malaysia all move to laser speed detectors already, trucam etc. is one of the brands used







This post has been edited by rcracer: Jun 19 2015, 02:36 PM

If I'm not mistaken using RD is a traffic offence here.
Its like you're supposed to get caught and penalized for speeding, not help you or prevent your desire to speed.
Its the same mindset as make cars so expensive that people do not buy more cars and cause traffic jams. If looked from another angle, it help removing old, not so fit and unsafe cars. Look at our commercial lorries, many very old, smoggy and looks dangerous because new lorries are so blardi expensive to change. Sorry its a little OT but its about how laws are pernicious rather than to encourage better civil behavior.
Its sometimes I think maybe in future, its not wrong to think some smart alec in authority may propose a ban on WAZE navigation app due to its ability to forewarn motorists of speed traps and such.

This post has been edited by bsl555: Jun 19 2015, 03:06 PM