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Does the Model 3 detect Police radar?

3.9K views 8 replies 9 participants last post by  Klaus-rf  
#1 ·
I was trailing another car today by maybe 3 car lengths in the "City" and got a weird BEEP from the dash and a red icon ahead and off to the side. Sure enough, it was a cop. I didn't have my Max360 turned on to tell what band he was using, but this is the first time I've seen it display an active radar. Is this common?
 
#3 ·
If the cop was close enough to the road, it could have been warning you about a potential collision with a parked car.

If there is any radar detection at all, theoretically it could see it and think that you’re about to drive head-on into another radar using self-drive capable car. Police radar would be in a different band, but passing cars and objects in the way can cause a frequency shift.
 
#8 ·
Was the road going straight or curving slightly to the right?

And was the cop vehicle an SUV?

(This happens all the time for me driving down a particular residential road that curves gradually to the right when passing a particular SUV parked on the side of the road, but it doesn't happen with cars parked in the same spot. )
 
#5 ·
I have seen it recognize emergency vehicles. No sound though and not consistently.